SLOW MOTION TOURS PROGRAM for NOVEMBER of 2018 SMT8 - Massarelos and the Porto of the Romantism Eco-Social Tourism by Terramote351 Project SMTours NOVEMBER PROGRAM: - 09th of November, Friday, at 10.30 - SMT8 - Massarelos and the Porto of the Romantism - 10th of November, Saturday, at 10.30 - SMT TT – Porto Traditional Trade - 23th of November, Friday, at 10.30 - SMT8 - Massarelos and the Porto of the Romantism BENEFIT TOUR (1) *(1) BENEFIT TOUR – All the contributions for this tour revert to a selected ONG/Project Normally on Slow Motion Tours each month we change our Tours visiting different geographical areas. How to participate: Send an email with your contact informations to slowmotiontours.porto@gmail.com mentioning the DATE and the TOUR that you want to participate and please try to do it until 24hours before the tour. Thanks. Important information about the tour: Difficulty: accessible 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 (please be conscient, consider 6.00 as a fair starting reference ;O) Meeting point for SMT8 - Massarelos and the Porto of the Romantism: at “Palácio de Cristal” main entrance https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jardins+do+Pal%C3%A1cio+de+Cristal/@41.1485505,-8.6256568,19z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0xd24651aa3a065a3:0x646cba8e35b01d38!8m2!3d41.1483446!4d-8.6254315 Meeting point for SMT TT – Traditional Trade at Praça da Batalha, in front of Sto Ildefonso Church (staires) https://www.google.com/maps/place/Igreja+Paroquial+de+Santo+Ildefonso/@41.1461517,-8.6088089,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xd2464e5bc4a1885:0x1d8d4eb48388fdc7!8m2!3d41.1461517!4d-8.6066149 Tours not in the programm: it´s possible, if done in a significant time in advance, to book tours in another dates and, if required, in different geographical areas. Slow Motion Tours Slow Motion Tours developes alternative touristic tours and programms with the aim of providing a different way to get to know and get involved into the local realities. Our main focus is in allowing our participants to get to know the local reality in a deep and significant way instead of “entretaining” “passing by” tourists. So our tours are not conventional touristic tours. Actually, perhaps, we can´t even call it “touristic tours” but something more like a local experience. They´re focused on social, ecological and cultural aspects, in spite of the fact that history is always a very relevant element. Therefore we guide participants through the less well known side of Porto. Eco-Social Tourism by Slow Motion Tours Eco-Social Tourism is based in several essential aspects: - The focus is to educate, to experience, to make aware of the local realities, much more than practicing the conventional models of tourism and entertainment - We work mostly with smaller groups because for us it´s essential not to have a too big local impact and also to allow a better and deeper interaction between participants them selves and with the local reality - We work to benefit the local community instead of “exploting” them Slow Motion Tours is developed byTerramote351 Project, an independent cultural project based on the development of alternative tourism and eco-social education. SMT8 - Massarelos and the Porto of the Romantism The history of Massarelos is deeply related with the Douro River and the Atlantic Ocean. Since very early a land of fishermen and sailor but, at the same time, a place where you can still find a rural landscape sometimes 5minutes away from the city centre. At the same time Massarelos is also an excellent place to travel until the “Romantism” period in Porto. One of the most inspiring and bucolic periods in the history of Porto and Portugal. SMT TT – Traditional Trade Porto is, since its very beginning, known as a city of trade and of traders. Its universe of traditional shops is very rich and unique, in spite of the fact that many of these unic places have been closing specially due to the city gentrification. This tour goes trought a relevant circuit where it´s possible to see some excellent examples of this traditional trade and Porto identity. Contacts and Informations: Slow Motion Tours Tel. (+351) 93 447 6236 (Pedro JP) email. slowmotiontours.porto@gmail.com web page. https://slowmotionporto.wordpress.com/ (for now) facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/slowmotiontours/ Note: Slow Motion Tours is a project with a really informal nature, so it’s an activity that it is not covered by any type of insurance, the participants are responsible for them own safety and health. The contribution is destined to support the various organization costs and to support the development of the project it self, as the social partners as well. Spread the word: we appreciate all the possible and positive (of course) share of our project trough your contacts, it´s our most precious way of “publicity”, Muito obrigado ;O) Partnership and support: Casa da Horta – Cultural Association web page. http://www.casadahorta.pegada.net/ facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/casadahorta.associacaocultural/
