The Mountains of
São Mamede
Serra de São Mamede is a mountainous set of quartzite ridges that erupt in an immense ancient granite punch. Its highest point at 1015 meters is the highest in the whole Alentejo region and on days of good visibility, landscapes can be seen hundreds of kilometers away. The most humanized Natural Park in the whole country is located throughout its area, where the vibrant natural wealth lives in harmony with agricultural, forestry and human traditions since the remote Paleolithic. It is in this privileged territory that walking has fantastic challenges of landscapes and historical heritage.


Duration, Calendar and Group
7 days program - October to May (*)
Groups from 6 to 16 participants

Indicative Prices
99,99 Euros a day per person (dinner free - not included)
119,99 Euros a day per person (with dinners)

Bookings and Reservations
Prepare this program as early as possible. The final reservation must be made up to three months before the date of the program, because it takes time to prepare the hotel reservation, the final study of the routes, the choice of guides and the public and private legal authorizations.
As information by email info@walkinalentejo.com

Daily Program
The days of the program always include a pedestrian route, of varying dimensions, but never of extreme difficulty, which starts in the morning and runs, unhurriedly, until the end of the morning or in the afternoon.

The list of walking routes over the days, for each program, can be changed by different conditions, always maintaining the totality of the offer presented. Unexpected situations of a meteorological nature, restrictions of access, inoperability of the trail, hunting days, blocking by owners or others may imply occasional changes to the global program.
On the longest routes there will be a fly-by lunch, distributed to the walkers after breakfast, and on the shorter walks, we try to go to lunch at a restaurant typical of the local communities. Don't expect luxuries or tourist sites.

After the hikes, there will be time to get to know a little of the local communities, with a visit to the Municipal Museum, Church, Archaeological Monument or Historic Center.

In all programs there will always be one or two visits to a Community Institution - Center for the Elderly, Charity, Disabled, Children with Special Needs, Environment, Nature Conservation, Wild Birds or others. Visiting hikers will, whenever appropriate, be asked for a small financial contribution to help this institution. However, the main reason for these visits is to show what is done in the territory at this level and to contribute to its dissemination.

After these visits there will be time to try a typical sample of Portuguese cuisine. It can be more traditional in a tavern or cellar, with cheeses, sausages and wines or more contemporary in a pastry with sweets and delicious coffee.

The program dinner may or may not be included. In case of being included, family-based restaurants will always be chosen, with typical food and always with alternatives for differentiated options - medical diet, vegetarians, religious options, others. For programs without dinner included, you can be free in case of a place with several alternatives or a restaurant will be chosen in the modality of "each person chooses his menu and makes his payment".

Walking Tour "Catedral Verde" - "Green Cathedral"
15Km - Medium difficulty - Accessible to all walkers
What a wonderful land this contains one of the most valuable treasures of the ancestral representations of our Neolithic ancestors. What a wonderful tribute to the light that bathes these places where people lived who insisted on leaving testimonies that have lived for more than five thousand years. All of this is not enough, as the stunning landscape enriches us with the profusion of gigantic cork oaks that form a true green cathedral, almost symbolic of extreme religiosity, combining humanized nature with human and symbolic representations. Much more than a simple walk, surely.

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