Description of Experience
Walking as a Way of Listening
An attentive reading of the mountainous landscape, where silence opens the horizon and presence inhabits every contour, guiding the walk with time and care.
Set in the heart of Peneda-Gerês National Park, this experience uses the marked trails of the Grande Rota not as itineraries to be completed, but as guiding lines that invite a slower walk, shaped by attention and listening. The path is marked; the rhythm is internal.
In a mountain environment, the walk crosses imposing granite landscapes, traces of medieval heritage, and the deep marks of an ancestral rural culture shaped by isolation, climate, and perseverance.
Here, walking is not about arriving.
It is about being.
About dissolving into the landscape, recovering a sense of inner stillness, and experiencing a broader time — one in which the world stops demanding and simply exists.
“The walking body has no history; it is only a flow of immemorial life.”
Frédéric Gros, Walking – A Philosophy
A small-scale contemplative experience, where walking is reading the landscape, listening to the land, and inhabiting the mountain’s time.
Experience details
QUICK OVERVIEW
🌿 DURATION: Full day, lived at an unhurried pace
🌳 CONTEXT: Peneda-Gerês National Park (mountainous landscape)
🌿 FOCUS: Landscape, heritage, ancestral rural culture
🌳 TYPE OF EXPERIENCE: Contemplative and sensory, connected to nature and the reading of the landscape, at a gentle, unhurried pace
🌿 GROUP SIZE: realisable from 2 participants upwards
🌳 MEETING POINT: Ponte de Lima, Monção and Melgaço
🌿 PHYSICAL LEVEL: Moderate - may have more demanding moments
DAY UNFOLDING
● Route following existing trails, adapted to the group’s pace and daily conditions
● Walk with moments of pause, silence and careful interpretation of the territory
● Experience designed to involve all the senses and encourage presence and attention
● It invites you to absorb the mountain’s sights, sounds, and rhythms across the day.
● Suitable for those seeking deep and sensitive contact with the territory
VALUE OF THE EXPERIENCE
• €120 per person (2 to 4 participants)
• Larger groups: price upon request
— The listed rate serves as a reference; final pricing may be adjusted according to group size
WHAT IS INCLUDED
● Territory mediation, led locally
• Transport
• Civil liability and personal accident insurance
• VAT
BEFORE PARTICIPATING
● Mountain walking, following routes of approximately 7–9 km
● Moderate difficulty, including some demanding climbs and descents
● A calm, accompanied rhythm, prioritizing observation, listening, and time attuned to the territory
● Recommended: appropriate footwear and clothing for uneven terrain and mountain weather conditions
ESSENCE, TRACES, RHYTHM 🍃
Path - Cadence - Silence - Textures - Flow
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