Travel, Place, Time and Attention
A Border that Connects: Alto Minho and Galicia as a Shared Cultural Landscape
Between Alto Minho and Galicia there is a clear political border, but a surprisingly porous cultural border. Anyone who travels through this territory with attention quickly realises that the Minho River does not separate worlds: rather, it stitches together human landscapes, memories and ways of life...
Inhabiting Time: Another Way of Travelling in Alto Minho
We Want Green was not conceived as a conventional tourist product, but as a situated way of working with the territory, time and lived cultures. The project is rooted in the rural territories of northern Portugal, in the far north-west, Alto Minho, in...
Júlia Labourdonnay, Viscountess of Sistelo: A Life Between Landscape and Freedom
When we think of Sistelo, the image that comes to mind is almost always that of the landscape: the green terraces, the vernacular architecture, the delicate balance between human labour and nature. But the history of this territory is not only made of stone and earth. It is also made of...
Inhabited Territories, Lived Slowly
There are territories that reveal themselves immediately, and others that require time — not because they are hidden, but because they are layered. They are shaped not by a single moment or event, but by the accumulation of gestures, seasons and ways of life. Time is present in stone paths, agricultural terraces, and in the rhythms of work and rest. It is not abstract — it is felt.
Living Culture Through Nature
We do not understand nature as a backdrop or a resource, but as a lived territory. A space shaped by time, use, everyday practices and the ongoing relationship between people and landscape. Our experiences start with movement — walking,...
Wine as a Cultural Landscape
We do not offer wine tourism experiences in the traditional sense. In the Vinho Verde region, wine is part of everyday life — shaped by the land, the climate, history and the people who have lived with it for generations. It reflects the way the territory...
Disconnect to Reconnect: Nature in the Digital Age
Immersion in nature is highly beneficial for our general well-being. Whether in a small garden, a city park, in the remote mountains or in small rural villages in the countryside. This seems so obvious to us that it needs no clipping support...
Alvarinho: The Soul of a Territory
A grape variety in its own territory, that's what we want to tell you. Alvarinho on the banks and slopes of the River Minho. Not everywhere, because refinement has always been capricious. And this variety is capricious. But before we go any further, let's take a look back. What gives the unmistakable aura to...
The Lightness of Walking
Walking in nature is disconnecting. It is putting one foot in front of the other and moving forward... slowly. It is responding to an ancestral impulse, a nomadic drive inscribed in the dawn of humanity. An excitement as mysterious as it is magical. Walking at a slow pace is devouring the landscape with...
To Pause in Order to Think. To Think in Order to Live Better
An experience of presence, listening and long time Is there anything more appropriate than immersion in nature to disconnect us from the incessant background noise and acceleration that characterises contemporary urbanised and hyperconnected societies? The philosopher...
Monção and Melgaço + Rías Baixas: A Journey of Discovery
Scenario 1 – The complete journey, from Monção and Melgaço to the Rías Baixas Suppose you arrive in Monção or Melgaço from Porto airport, or from anywhere else in Portugal. Settle in and relax. The next day, set off with us to discover this magnificent sub-region...
Alvarinho: A Grape Without Borders
The territory of Alvarinho wine is the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula, the Galician Rías Baixas and Monção & Melgaço in the Vinho Verde region. Here we don't really care which side of the border it came from first, whether it was the Cistercian monks who brought this remarkable variety...
