Vila Viçosa Trip Overview
This is a tour for those who want to know the marble industry in detail.
In this tour we accompany the group to the marble quarries, to the sawmills where the marble is worked industrially and to the construction sites where the marble is worked by hand.
Additional Info
* Duration: 3 hours
* Starts: Vila Viçosa, Portugal
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
This is a tour for those who want to know the marble industry in detail.
In this tour we accompany the group to the marble quarries, to the sawmills where the marble is worked industrially and to the construction sites where the marble is worked by hand.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Vila Vicosa, Vila Vicosa, Evora District, Alentejo
Visit to the Marble Quarry Center in the region with passage and presentation of several quarries, with emphasis on the marble extraction processes, existing dangers, used machinery, economic and artistic aspects.
Visit to a construction site where the artisanal and manual transformation of marble, the techniques, the existing dangers, the machinery used in the final work and the personal histories of the construction site deserve special mention.
Visit to a marble sawmill / industrial marble transformation workshop where mechanized industrial marble transformation will be presented, the different machines used, the existing dangers, the different examples of final products and the entire operational context of a sawmill.
Duration: 3 hours
