Barco Trip Overview
It will be a unique, differentiating and innovative mining trip in Portugal, in terms of mining, environmental, rural, recreational, educational and scientific tourism.
Explore the geomineiro heritage, geotourism, geodiversity, geoconservation, geosite, tungsten and tin route, mineralogy, quartz veins.
Enjoy the panoramic and magnificent views of the Vale and Rio Zêzere, with which we directly adjoin, Serra da Estrela, fauna, flora, biodiversity.
Additional Info
* Duration: 1 to 3 hours
* Starts: Barco, Portugal
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Barco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
It will be a unique, differentiating and innovative mining trip in Portugal, in terms of mining, environmental, rural, recreational, educational and scientific tourism.
Explore the geomineiro heritage, geotourism, geodiversity, geoconservation, geosite, tungsten and tin route, mineralogy, quartz veins.
Enjoy the panoramic and magnificent views of the Vale and Rio Zêzere, with which we directly adjoin, Serra da Estrela, fauna, flora, biodiversity.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Quinta das Minas da Recheira, Rua das Minas da Recheira Quinta Das Minas Da Recheira, Covilha 6215-097 Portugal
In this experience, tourists will have an explanation at the reception about the mining complex, will dress like the miners, with a helmet and vest and will accompany the guide to the first mining gallery, where they will be able to see mannequins demonstrating the work done by the miners, observe the various lodes. Afterwards, they will take a tour of the Quinta, surrounded by nature, enjoying the Zêzere River, the Serra da Estrela and arriving at galleries 2 and 3, where they will discover the mining estate (logs, rails where the trolleys circulated, pieces that executed the trolleys having to change direction), they will observe many chimneys, visit a gallery where we have wine tourism through the maturation of wines and sparkling wines, visit a mining hall inside the mine, where various events took place, golden anniversaries, birthdays, dinners, lunches , team building, etc. Finally, they will go to the reception where they will taste a delicious homemade cherry liqueur and receive a souvenir souvenir.