Sistelo, in the municipality of Arcos de Valdevez, is a village as remote as it is special. It is a Cultural Landscape and National Monument, a sanctuary of biodiversity, a luxuriant garden on the slopes of the crystal-clear and inspiring River Vez. The best way to discover this place...

Quinta de Soalheiro is one of the most glittering emblems of the Monção and Melgaço wine region. Located in Valadares, Melgaço, in the heart of the countryside, it has been able to grow and innovate without ever losing its family character and ties to its origins. And this has made all the...

In Slow Tourism Portugal we don't just want to give visibility to the experiences we promote and carry out in our area of action, the Minho Highlands. We also want to write about projects that carry out activities in other parts of the country, with the...

From the Minho River Valley, Monção or Melgaço to the Peneda Gerês National Park, the distance is less than nothing, such is the splendour of the landscape along the way. And that's why it's important to include a stop to contemplate the villages of the Mouro Valley. It's inexcusable not to...

The Minho River, a cross-border river that rises in the Meira mountain range in Galicia and establishes the border between Portugal and Spain from Melgaço to Caminha. An inspiring river, steeped in culture and history, where we find those ancestral relics that are the fishing grounds, in...

Located in Moreira, Monção, Quinta da Torre - formerly known as Paço/Quinta da Bemposta - is a property strongly rooted in history, which has oscillated between glory and decline, only to be reborn in full splendour in very recent times. By the hand and vision of...

In Slow Tourism Portugal we don't just want to give visibility to the experiences we promote and carry out in our area of action, the Minho Highlands. We also want to write about projects that carry out activities in other parts of the country, with the...

Located in Monção, on the banks of the Minho river, just opposite Salvaterra, Galicia, Quinta de Santiago is a century-old property with a family tradition. This characteristic and its contemporary dynamism make it one of the most emblematic in Monção and...

Located just a few kilometres from the lush town of Arcos de Valdevez, Quinta Ecológica da Peneda (Peneda Ecofarm) is dedicated to organic farming. At the same time, it offers B&B accommodation and organises activities to discover nature, culture and...

Just Natur, located in Castro Laboreiro, a village in the municipality of Melgaço, in the heart of the Peneda Gerês National Park, is a tourist entertainment and local accommodation company. The place is a splendour, capable of petrifying the senses as soon as you arrive,...

This time we challenge you to come and discover the territory of Melgaço, not the mountains, which are imposing and magnetic, but the valley of the River Minho, the border river. Where the fishing boats stand out, stone constructions that come from the depths of time and reveal...

The Peneda Gerês Great Route (GR50) is one of the largest walking routes in Portugal. It takes place entirely in mountainous areas and is a route full of sensory attractions, heritage legacies and marks of ancestral rural culture. In its...

Inland, remote, inspiring landscapes, cultural singularities, traces of ancient history and many tales of life in the past. That's what we have to offer with this full-day experience in the Castro Laboreiro area, in the heart of...

We Want Green promotes slow-paced discovery at the pace of another time, in the far north-west of the country, on the border with Galicia. Join us and explore this corner of the country deeply moulded by rurality. And discover imposing mountains, serene forests,...

Cultural landscape, natural beauty, world biosphere reserve and hillside villages. The cycle of maize and bread in a projection shown at the Casa do Castelo in Sistelo, which highlights the terraced land, the hard and painstaking work, the...

Monção & Melgaço, in the Minho Valley, is the most exciting of the Vinho Verde sub-regions. Come and discover this fascinating wine-growing landscape, broken up into small plots, where the emblematic Alvarinho grape variety is a dominant presence. And enrich yourself with the history...

Underlying the concept of Slow Tourism is the slow pace and deceleration of time, when everything tends towards vertigo and acceleration. But the slowness it embodies is the exact opposite of boredom. In fact, it's meant to be an alternative to the rush of travelling...