Vila Sol · Vilamoura · Algarve
built for people who show up.
Spaces is an intimate studio in Vila Sol, a quiet corner of Vilamoura. In our search for the perfect home, we deliberately avoided high-traffic, heavily commercial areas, choosing instead to be rooted in a community where people live, work, and gather.
Two floors. One idea. Movement, beauty, and community under the same roof.
How it started
A love affair
with flowers.
A life of movement.
We embarked on a construction journey to repurpose the empty shell we selected and transform it into a multi purpose wellbeing concept. Concrete floors. Green tiles. Microformers upstairs. Flowers, coffee and wine downstairs.
Spaces blends fitness, mindfulness, floral artistry, masterful coffee brewing, and a carefully curated wine bar to create the perfect place for you to find your wellness.
FOUNDER · INSTRUCTOR · FLORIST
Marco.
Marco didn't set out to build a studio. He set out to understand what makes people feel well and followed that question for over two decades, across continents and disciplines.
It began with flowers in Chicago, almost by accident. Then came Hawaii, London, Milan, learning the craft, building a loyal following, discovering that arranging flowers and training a body share the same core: presence, patience, attention to detail.
What followed was a journey of growth. A love for coffee and a passion for finding a place to have a glass of wine with friends and clients alike. The idea of Spaces grew gradually over the years, based on the desire to create a place where wellbeing and true connections could form and be nurtured.
"Movement and beauty aren't separate things. They never were."
In parallel, Marco built Awaken Learning, a wellness and corporate training company that has delivered mindfulness, resilience, and postural awareness programs to over one million people in 35 countries. That experience sharpened something: the conviction that wellbeing isn't a product. It's a practice.
At Spaces, Marco teaches Lagree, pilates reformer, and yoga reformer the same way he approaches a flower arrangement: slowly, deliberately, with no shortcuts. He is CIMSPA registered and has spent particular focus on back care, pain management, and the relationship between breath and performance.
lagree certified
Megaformer method
pilates instructor
Reformer and mat
Yoga instructor
Registered since 2017
CIMSPA
Chartered Institute for Sport and Physical Activity Member
What we stand for
Three things we don't compromise on.
01
Small by design
Classes are capped intentionally. You are not a number here. Your instructor knows your history, and your goals.
02
Honest movement
We don't sell transformation. We teach method. The results come from showing up, consistently and with intention.
03
Real community
The flowers, the coffee, the fitness classes, all part of the same idea. A space you want to be in, not just pass through.
The founders
Marco and Ana's families met because their children attended the same school. What started as a nod of recognition grew into something that felt inevitable, the kind of friendship that doesn't need to be built because it's already there.
When Marco invited Ana to join Spaces, it wasn't a business decision. It was a natural extension of something that had already been forming. Two people with entirely different backgrounds, entirely different skills and a shared instinct for what this space should feel like.
at the school gate.
"We didn't plan to build this together. But looking back, it couldn't have happened any other way."
Ana
CO-FOUNDER
Portuguese by nature, global by heart.
Ana was born and raised in Portugal, and shaped by years spent building her career across Australia and Singapore. Living abroad gave her perspective; returning home gave it meaning. Four years ago, she came back to Portugal and chose to live in the Algarve.
With a background in marketing, branding and entrepreneurship, she builds with both strategy and instinct; focused on people, meaning, and the emotional detail that turns ideas into experiences.
At Spaces, Ana brings together global perspective and grounded intention. Alongside Marco, she is creating a place defined by clarity, warmth, and belonging. An international community designed to feel like home.
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