Description of Experience
Where the Landscape Unfolds in Time
Here, the landscape is not merely observed: it is walked slowly, among terraces, wineries, and gestures repeated across generations.
A journey that combines walking in nature with the discovery of wine and the cultural landscape of Alto Minho. Our day begins in the village of Sistelo, where the profound rural Vinho Verde landscape is experienced on foot, accompanied by someone intimately familiar with its history and cultural singularities.
Designated a National Monument and Cultural Landscape, the village “gives the impression of being at the ends of the earth, a place outside time — a well-kept secret,” as described by the French channel TF1.
Along the walk, the landscape gradually reveals itself through terraced vineyards, traditional paths, and the subtle interplay between nature and human activity in a territory shaped over centuries. Participants encounter a rustic, ancestral expression of Vinho Verde, produced according to local traditions.
The program also includes a regional lunch and a visit to a pioneering wine project in the Lima Valley, offering contemporary and refined interpretations of Vinho Verde wines. Each moment is designed to immerse visitors in the rhythms, gestures, and stories of the land, creating a deeper connection with both the territory and its people.
Walking through the rustic terraces and vineyards reveals ancestral gestures, extending to where Vinho Verde tradition and innovation meet, allowing one to read the vineyard landscape and feel the presence of the territory.
Experience details
QUICK OVERVIEW
🌿 DURATION: About 7-8 hours
🌳 CONTEXT: Alto Minho, with a focus on Sistelo and Lima Valley where human presence and nature mould a living and continuous cultural landscape.
🌿 FOCUS: Interpretive walk, offering a sensitive reading of the terraced agricultural landscape, local ways of life, and expressions of Vinho Verde
🌳 TYPE OF EXPERIENCE: A relational and sensory walk, with continuous mediation of the rustic vineyard and cultural landscape
🌿 GROUP SIZE: Realisable from 2 participants
🌳 MEETING POINT: Ponte de Lima, Monção and Arcos de Valdevez
— Porto, Braga, and Viana do Castelo: subject to availability and upon request
🌿 PHYSICAL LEVEL: Easy to moderate - walking route with rhythms adjusted to the group and breaks to read the territory
DAY UNFOLDING
● Meeting and introduction to the territory, fostering a state of attentive coexistence with the landscape.
● Interpretive walk through Sistelo and its surroundings, focusing on the reading of terraces and ways of inhabiting the land
● Pause to encounter a traditional, rustic expression of Vinho Verde, embedded in everyday life
● Regional lunch
● Journey to the Lima Valley for a visit to a reference wine project, with contextualisation and guided tasting
● Closing and return, allowing time to integrate the day and the resonant presence of the lived landscape
VALUE OF THE EXPERIENCE
● €190 per person
● For groups of 5 or more people, the price per person can be adjusted.
— Designed for a minimum of two participants, the experience is attentively guided, allowing time, care, and meaningful engagement
WHAT IS INCLUDED
● Territory mediation, led locally
● Accompanied journey through Sistelo and its landscapes
● Transport
● Regional lunch
● Encounter with a renowned wine project in the Lima Valley
— with guided and attentive tastings
● Civil liability and personal accident insurance
● VAT
BEFORE PARTICIPATING
● Walk along old rural paths, covering approximately 4 to 5 km
● Easy to moderate, with a few more demanding stretches. The pace remains calm, leaving time to pause and observe
● Comfortable footwear suitable for uneven terrain is recommended
ESSENCE, TRACES, RHYTHM 🍃
Aroma - Tasting - Landscape - Silence - Cadence
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