Cultural Landscape — A Living Monument
Terraces, water and work have shaped the landscape
A historical and cultural reading of a landscape shaped over centuries
A discovery of Sistelo through the relationship between nature, work and community. Throughout the experience, we seek to understand:
The making of the landscape: terraces, irrigation systems, walls and paths.
- Work and farming: agricultural practices and traditional ways of using the land.
- Community life: cooperation, reciprocity and collective organisation in building and maintaining the territory.
- The rural economy: family farming, food culture and the bond between the land and ways of life.
- The transformations of the territory: changes in the economy, the community and the relationship with the landscape.
- The future of the cultural landscape: preservation, continuity and new challenges for local communities.
An experience to understand Sistelo not only as a landscape built in the past, but as a living territory shaped by the ongoing relationship between people and place.
Discover. Understand. Inhabit.
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Booking
Small groups, with a local guide. Tell us the date and how many people.
Before you book
Experience details
QUICK OVERVIEW
🌿 DURATION: Half Day
🍃 CONTEXT: Sistelo village and agricultural landscape, in the Vez Valley
🌿 FOCUS: Cultural landscape, traditional agriculture, vineyards, community, history and nature
🍃 TYPE OF EXPERIENCE: Cultural, sensory and contemplative
🌿 GROUP From 2 participants (small groups)
🍃MEETING POINT: Sistelo
🌿 PHYSICAL LEVEL: Easy
DAY UNFOLDING
Morning — Reading the landscape
A route through several viewpoints and the rural surroundings of Sistelo.
Lunch — Regional meal
Afternoon — Understanding the community
Discovering the village and its ways of dwelling, working and living as a community.
Closing — Thinking about the future of the landscape
Tasting of local produce and reflection on the continuity of the cultural landscape.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
- Design and guiding of the experience.
- Mediation and historical, social and cultural interpretation of the territory.
- Regional meal.
- Tasting of local produce.
- Public liability and personal accident insurance.
PRICE
● €150 per person, for 2 participants
— For larger groups, the price is adjusted according to the number of participants.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
- Transport, on request and adapted to the size of the group.
- A special format for companies, associations, universities and other organisations, with meetings and moments of collective reflection tailored to each group’s goals.
AN EXPERIENCE THAT CAN GO FURTHER
Sistelo’s cultural landscape opens up themes such as:
- Cooperation and community organisation.
- The relationship between economy, resources and territory.
- Valuing local resources and knowledge.
- Preserving and transforming heritage.
BEFORE PARTICIPATING
- Comfortable footwear suitable for rural paths is recommended
- The experience takes place mostly outdoors.
- Routes are adapted to the group’s abilities and the time of year.
- Clothing suited to the weather is recommended.
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