GUIDED WALKING TOURS
Booking
None of the walking tours require prior registration.
Registration is made at the place of departure until the time of
departure.
Conditions
and Participation Prices
Pedestrian Walk Public Gallery of Statuary Art of Alpalhão
- FREE for all participants.
Pedestrian Walk Arribas do Tejo and Silk Castle Route
- Walkers residing in the parish of Alpalhão - FREE (present
proof of residence)
- Walkers residing in the municipality where the Pedestrian Walk
takes place - FREE (present proof of residence)
- Walkers housed at Hotel Monte Filipe - FREE
- Walkers staying in other Alentejo hotels - 2,50Euros - Payment
on the spot
- Walkers not housed in a hotel unit - 5,00Euros - Payment on the
spot
Saturday
17 November 2018
Public Gallery of Statuary Art of Alpalhão
Who
would have thought that the best of Statuary Art was spread
out over the fields, through the streets of Alpalhão,
near the Tagus River. Out there, within the reach of everyone,
admirers of art, carefree tourists and dedicated photographers.
This
is the opportunity to see each piece, each work of art.
Admire every stroke, every impact, every line. From blocks
without form were born by the carving and chisel what was
always there in that block. Only the excess has been withdrawn.
For who knows, because who likes, who feels.
Some
needed the industrial mastery of composition, arrangement,
fitting, assembly, as if it were easy to gently compose
the tons of stone into thoughtful, harmonious and balanced
logic.
This
is the ride that unites many of these pieces. That links
art to the earth, artists to spaces, experiences to souls.
From the urban nucleus of Alpalhão to the surrounding
fields, to the Chapel of Senhora da Redonda, place of so
many cults, so many people, so much stone.
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Circular Route: In urban and natural surroundings.
Themes: Statuary Art, Urban Space, Nature
Subjects of interest: Alpalhão Statuary Art, Alpalhão
Village, History of the Stone Biennial, Senhora da Redonda, Arca
das Almas
Distance: 8.6Km
Approximate duration: 3 hours.
Uploads: No Meaning
Difficulty: Low
Meeting point: Reception of Hotel Monte Filipe, Alpalhão,
Alentejo, Portugal
Geographical coordinates (GPS): GPS N39º24'46 W07º37'16
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Sunday
18 November 2018 – 10:00h
Arribas do Tejo - Belver, Gavião
Between the Alentejo and the Beiras, ancestral
rails cross lands with wide views, hills and valleys underlined
by the Tagus.
The river runs so slowly between its banks
that it forms a mirror and thus enhances a landscape full
of charm.
From its high, imposing and omnipresent,
the castle contemplates its own image reflected in the waters
of the Tagus, in the waters of this river that gave its
reason for being: Belver is always watchful and dominates
the territory around him.
It is here that the river loses itself in
history and manages to take the Alentejo on the Beira side,
creating a case of full geographic transshipment with wide
vistas, a pure nature and well hidden ancestor customs.
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Circular Route: In natural and rural surroundings,
by nature trails. Some stretches of tar.
Theme: Nature, Landscape, History and Prehistory.
Topics of interest: Tagus River, Tagus Defense Line, Military Orders,
Belver, Tapir Penedo, Termas da Fadagosa.
Distance: 16Km
Approximate duration: 5 hours.
Maximum level: 140m.
Uploads: Several, some inclined.
Difficulty: Medium (+)
Meeting place: Largo Luis de Camões, Belver
Geographical coordinates (GPS): N39º29'39 '' W07º57'32
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Saturday
24 November
2018 - 10:00h
Rota do Castelo de Seda - Vila de Seda, Alter do Chã
Getting
to the Silk Village is like diving into the best of the
worlds, with breathtaking scenery and a historical heritage
that stands at every corner.
Formerly an outpost of defense, with
its towering castle dominating the landscape, it now stands
as a whitewashed village on the hill and surrounded by fields
of rare beauty along the Seda River, crossed by the magnificent
Roman Villa bridge Formosa.
A journey that has like moments of
rare beauty the course along the bank of the Silk River
and the vineyards to lose sight of. After a small initial
urban section, the entire route is made by easy access roads
and rural roads and breathtaking landscapes.
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Circular
Route: In natural and rural surroundings, by nature trails. Some
stretches of tar.
Subjects: Nature, Rural Life, History
Subjects of interest: Silk Castle, Silk Bank, Roman Bridge of Vila
Formosa, Vineyards,
Distance: 10.4Km
Approximate duration: 3 hours.
Maximum lift: 65m
Ascents: Two, slightly accented
Difficulty: Medium (-)
Meeting place: Garden of the Pools of the Village of Seda
Geographical coordinates (GPS): N39º11'19,65 '' W07º47'08,20
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Sunday
25 November 2018 - 10:00h
Public
Gallery of Statuary Art of Alpalhão
Who
would have thought that the best of Statuary Art was spread
out over the fields, through the streets of Alpalhão,
near the Tagus River. Out there, within the reach of everyone,
admirers of art, carefree tourists and dedicated photographers.
This
is the opportunity to see each piece, each work of art.
Admire every stroke, every impact, every line. From blocks
without form were born by the carving and chisel what was
always there in that block. Only the excess has been withdrawn.
For who knows, because who likes, who feels.
Some
needed the industrial mastery of composition, arrangement,
fitting, assembly, as if it were easy to gently compose
the tons of stone into thoughtful, harmonious and balanced
logic.
This
is the ride that unites many of these pieces. That links
art to the earth, artists to spaces, experiences to souls.
From the urban nucleus of Alpalhão to the surrounding
fields, to the Chapel of Senhora da Redonda, place of so
many cults, so many people, so much stone.
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Circular
Route: In urban and natural surroundings.
Themes: Statuary Art, Urban Space, Nature
Subjects of interest: Alpalhão Statuary Art, Alpalhão
Village, History of the Stone Biennial, Senhora da Redonda, Arca
das Almas
Distance: 8.6Km
Approximate duration: 3 hours.
Uploads: No Meaning
Difficulty: Low
Meeting point: Reception of Hotel Monte Filipe, Alpalhão,
Alentejo, Portugal
Geographical coordinates (GPS): GPS N39º24'46 W07º37'16
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SELF-GUIDED
WALKING TOURS
The Self Guided
Pedestrian Tours are done in autonomy and take place on perfectly
marked routes.
The hikers who wish to carry out only need to inform the reception
of the Hotel Monte Filipe the day before to have the map, support
leaflet, flyer and, if necessary, to combine transport.
19 November
2018 - Monday
10: 00h - Pedestrian walks of Castelo de Vide in the system of AutoGuiados
Supply of navigation kit and snack.
- Pedestrian Tour of Torrinha
- Walking Tour of Fontes de Castelo de Vide
- Walking Tour of the Serra de São Paulo
20 November
2018 - Tuesday
10:00 a.m. - Pedestrian walks of Marvão in a system of AutoGuiados
Supply of navigation kit and snack.
- Walking Tour of Marvão
- Walking Tour of the Eyes of Water
21 November
2018 - Wednesday
10: 00h - Gavião and Portalegre Pedestrian Tours in a Self
Guided System
Supply of navigation kit and snack.
- Passeio Pedestre (Gavião) Ecological Corridor of Ribeira
de Alferreireira and Barrocas
- Walking Tour (Portalegre) Cold Hall
23 November
2018 - Friday
10:00 a.m. - Nisa Pedestrian Tours in a Self Guided System
Supply of navigation kit and snack.
- Walking Tour to the Discovery of São Miguel
- Pedestrian Walk of the Conhal Gold Mine
