25th of October, Saturday, at 10.00 - SMT VLG (Valongo) - From the village of the bread and the biscuit to one of the main Porto “suburbs”
How to participate in a tour:
Send an email with your contact informations to:
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and please try to do it at least until 24hours before the tour.
Otherwise better to use whatsapp contact:
PJP (+351) 93 4476236
Thanks.
Important information about the tour:
Difficulty: accessible (but we will be walking for a while)
Time: around 2h30
Logistics: take comfortable clothing adaptable to the climate circumstances of the day.
Participation fee: with the amount that you feel “Fair” in the end of the circuit
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SMT VLG (Valongo) - From the village of the bread and the biscuit to one of the main Porto suburbs
Valongo in spite of the fact that is situated very near Porto is, at the same time, a really not that well known place for so many people.
Also that many people still ignore the fascinating and so rich past of Valongo as one of the north´s main bread and biscuit production centres. Also a land of watermills and millers (Terra de Moinhos e de Moleiros).
In the most recent years with the industrialisation of those sectors a very significant part of the importance of those traditional sectors decreased but fortunately didn´t disappear at all. And that´s part of the history that we aim to reveal in this Tour.
Besides that, in the most recent decades, with the (chaotic) urbanistic expansion that happened in the Porto Region Valongo was one of the places in which a massive construction took place, in many cases with not so good urbanistic results.
In spite of that it´s still a city where we can actually still find several relevant rural elements and even culture. Lets go together explore them.
It´s also important to mention that around Valongo we can still walk and visit some sites with Natural interest in value.
Find more about:
What circumstances made Valongo such an important bakery centre? What´s the connection between Porto and Valongo? What´s the context in which most part of the Portuguese suburbs were created? What important historical events took place in Valongo? Join us and get to know “why”? Along with many other relevant aspects of Valongo and Portugal history, culture, society and ecology.
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Meeting point SMT VLG (Valongo) - From the village of the bread and the biscuit to one of the main Porto suburbs
at Valongo Train Station
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Slow Motion Tours develops Alternative Touristic Tours and Programs with the aim of providing a different way to get to know and eventually get involved into the local reality. Our main focus is in allowing our participants to get to know the local reality in a deep and significant way, like in what relates to social, ecological and cultural aspects. Slow Motion Tours is an independent socio-cultural project based on the development of Alternative Tourism and Ecossocial Education.
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