Sende Coliving

We are donation based and our guests contribute anywhere between 690€ and 1200€ per month.

Our minimum rate to operate and run Sende is €690 + taxes for a shared room and €790 + taxes for a private room for a monthly stay (per person). Food not included.

For stays shorter than a month, the weekly rate is €200 for a shared room and €230 for a private one. Taxes and food not included.

Important: There are no upsales in Sende, no extra costs for a washing machine and you don't pay extra to borrow a towel or anything else. Also there are no restaurants or bars, so you will spend very little money for 4 very good meals because we cook together. Considering the lack of shops, your monthly cost eventually becomes quite low for a monthly stay in Europe.

As we like to bring people from different realities and sponsor some stays, we introduced range pricing where you can contribute as much as you can on top of our minimum.

Minimum stay is one week and maximum one month.

We are encouraging everyone to stay one month (better for friendship, focus, and coliving in general). That's why all private rooms are for guests who book their 30-days stay (if booked on time of course).

Let's say that you want to come for only 27 days. In that case you should book 30 days stay, and you can show up a few days later, no problem.

You may leave us your email and we will inform you when we open booking for the next season. Usually we get booked after sending the first email, for the whole season.

Once you book, we collect 300€ deposit fee for stays longer than 15 days and 150€ fee for stays shorter than 15 days.

You may use this booking fee to pay for your food costs in Sende or get it back on your arrival. We collect fees to ensure that you will show up.

If you book and then change your mind, you may cancel at least 14 days before your arrival and we will refund you the whole amount (minus Stripe fees which are up to 10 euros). We can't refund after because we don't have enough time to replace your spot.

If you have any other questions, please send us mail at: sasha@sende.co

All the contributions go on running Sende, which includes: electricity, internet, maintenance, insurance, rebuilding, organisation of free cultural programs, building of Sende 2 in Portugal, on supporting local businesses and our social programs.

We buy a lot of groceries and we all cook meals.

In our space everyone (helps) cooks dinners and we turn. You cook one day with another person, then someone else cooks dinners for you during the whole week.

But yes, it is optional. Everything is optional, and if you don't like (learning) cooking, then you can set up or clean the table.

There is a common kitchen and indoor and outdoor dining space.

We organise groceries shopping and then we split food costs at the end of your stay. It usually costs from 12€–14€/day for 4 daily meals, including desserts.

You can always add on the list your personal preferences.

You will spend less money on the food than in any European city as you only pay your part of ingredients.

During the one month in our village you will forget about organising your food and meals, but you will eat super well.

There are always vegans, vegetarians, and meat eaters in the group, so don't worry about the variety of the meals. Everyone enjoys their own diet.

When you come, you will sleep in a shared room (or in the private if you book on time).

Sende is an experience, not a hotel. Our mission is to build the best possible work experience.

But you will not get a 5 star accommodation.

There are 5 village houses, 2 coworking spaces, and 5 gardens. Your regular day happens inside of the village, between different houses, gardens, and spaces while greeting our neighbours on your way.

When you come here, you get a Sende membership. This allows you to reach out to anyone who ever stayed in Sende.

You may use all our facilities for a month and get access to our network and resources.

You will even learn how to start fire.

Besides the inspiring indoor spaces, even our gardens are optimized for good work. When we say optimized we mean the shade of grapevines, streaming water, singing birds, and Wi-Fi.

We use fiber optics with average speed of 180mbps.

When you are in Sende, besides long dinners where many new ideas and strategic partnerships are born, we organize excursions, concerts, and visits to other villages, small markets, the Atlantic coast etc. You will not get bored here and you will probably cry on the last day.

During your stay you may also join to support our community programs and tasks.

For some reason, many digital nomads are starting their business and nomad "career" from our place.

You come here, and you finish that thing you were struggling with.

Not anymore :(

We love animals, but we had big problems in the past, so we decided to stop accepting pets. Neighbours have hunting dogs, who are sometimes on the loose. They are also trained to kill other animals.

Also, Sende is full of village cats, and when someone brings a dog, we ruin the daily chill of village cats.

If we build a safe environment for your pet in the future, we will let you know.

You may reach Senderiz by car, plane, or public transport.

The biggest closest town is Ourense. There is a parking in the village.

Closest airports are in Porto, Vigo, and Santiago de Compostela. Since 2022, there is a fast train from Madrid to Ourense (it takes only 2 hours).

Check here all details about our location, timetables and other practical information.

Anyone who is working on a personal project or anyone with a remote job. But also a person who is open for coliving (where you support other colivers with small actions).

However, we don't accept tourists (people who just want to chill in the village during their vacations). Because people who come here to work on their projects, or to support our projects, they understand other guests better than a typical tourist who only wants to have fun, hikes, and relax.

Time in Sende runs slow, but it passes fulfilled and fast. When you are not working on your project you may organise excursions or hikes with other people.

But you can also build stuff with tools and hands, work in the garden, do sports, visit other villages, eat long dinners, laugh, learn from others, go on village markets, visit Portugal, visit the Galician coast...

If you need extra side projects, we have plenty of them. You can do some really social and useful work with your skills and help small communities in Sende and around the world.