Spring tour to the enchanted world of bees and wildflowers

When spring awakens in the hills of Serra de Mértola, around February the first almond trees appear in bloom.

We walk along the paths that surround Mértola, paying attention to the flowers that appear in greater numbers every day.

We see in them the tireless pollinating work of bees and we visit the apiary, collect the first pollen, try to understand its floral origin and see what is happening in the hives.

Once back, we can admire the beauty of the horizon, with the Guadiana River and the town overlooking it.

Dates: February to April.
Location: Mértola.
Duration: 3 hours
Type: 2 km walking tour on a circular circuit at an easy technical level.
Activities: visit to an apiary; observation of the interior of the hive; recognition of the surrounding bee flora; pollen collection; honey tasting.
Participants: maximum group of 4 people, over 14 years old.
Price: Upon request.
Includes: Personal accident and civil liability insurance, guide and support, protective overalls, gift of a bottle of honey or Serras do Guadiana pollen.

On the edge of Guadiana and Pulo do Lobo

One of the wildest places in Sergipe deserves to be seen slowly along shepherd and flock paths.

On the slope and on the bank of the Guadiana River, jumping over rocks, we walk slowly and silently along the path to hear the voice of the river and the birds that inhabit it.

With luck we will see the rare and elusive black stork, or eagles soaring in the sky.

Dates: Availability throughout the year, as scheduled.
Location: Between Monte das Pias and Pulo do Lobo, passing by the Escalda mill, Mértola.
Duration: 4 hours.
Type: Circular pedestrian circuit measuring 6km, of moderate difficulty, suitable for people who are adept at walking.
Participants: 1 to 10 people.
Price: Upon request.
Includes: Personal accident and civil liability insurance, guide and support.

Between Azinheira and Horizontes

Walking tour starting and ending in Azinhal, crossing the cork oak forest with the largest holm oak tree in Portugal and an excursion into the white countryside, land of great horizons, bustards and cranes.

Dates: Availability throughout the year, as scheduled
Location: Azinhal, Alcaria Ruiva, Mértola,
Duration: 3 hours.
Type: Circular route of 10 km, of moderate intensity.
Participants: For everyone.
Price: upon request
Includes: Personal accident and civil liability insurance, guide and support.

Early morning, with stories

As the day passes, we hit the road.

Summer in Alentejo invites you to walk in the cool, and, along marked paths and trails, it leads us to appreciate the decline of the day, the horizons, the vegetation and even the animals that we may come across.

Let’s see the setting sun in the countryside, the twilight, the arrival of night that invites us to introspection and sharpens our senses.

We will encounter the stories, the tales of oral tradition through the voice and presence of a storyteller, who will appear to us in a seemingly unexpected way, at a crossroads, in a forest clearing or in any other place along the route.

Dates: June to September
Location: To be defined with the contractor.
Duration: 3 hours, with the possibility of developing activities of other durations.
Participants: Groups of up to 50 people.
Price: Upon request.
Includes: Personal accident and civil liability insurance, guide and support.

Along the hills and Asparagus

Collection activities are part of Mértola’s cultural heritage.

In times gone by of poverty and hunger, it was in the varied existing wild resources that food was sought, wild asparagus being one of them.

We propose a walking tour along the slopes of the Guadiana River, along paths of flocks and shepherds, enjoying the horizons and harvesting asparagus, which will be cooked with eggs at the end of the tour.

Dates: February and March.
Location: Mértola.
Duration: 4 to 5 hours of activity.
Type: Moderate Route.
Participants: For everyone.
Price: Upon request.
Includes: Personal accident and civil liability insurance, guide and support.

São Barão and the "Túbera"

In the first few days of March, the São Barão mountain range experiences enormous hustle and bustle.

The rockrose poppies bloom, the wheatears and larks perform free concerts in the fields and in the sky, celebrating the arrival of good days.

On these exceptional days, in a mountain range covered in snow with white rockroses, tuber collectors head to the hills carrying a bag with which they dig in search of this underground delicacy.

We propose a climb to the Serra de São Barão along the path, between flowering rockroses, to the hermitage, returning slowly to the village of Corte da Velha where a lunch of túberas awaits us.

Dates: February and March.
Location: Corte da Velha.
Duration: 3 to 4 hours.
Type: Moderate Walk.
Participants: For everyone. From 1 to 12 participants.
Price: upon request
Includes: Personal accident and civil liability insurance, guide and support.

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