SMTours DECEMBER PROGRAM: - 15th of December, Saturday, at 10.30 - SMT9 - Foz do Douro - 21th of December, Friday, at 10.30 - SMT9 - Foz do Douro BENEFIT TOUR (1) *(1) BENEFIT TOUR – All the contributions for this tour revert to a selected ONG/Project - 28th of December, Friday, at 10.30 - SMT TT – Porto Traditional Trade 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) SMT9 - Foz do Douro Foz do Douro is a very special district in Porto. Naturally is the place where the Porto river side, with the the Douro River, meets the Atlantic. Therefore it has been since centuries ago a land of fisherman and sailors, developping its very unique identitiy and personality. Meeting point for SMT9 - Foz do Douro at the entrance of “S.João Baptista” fort https://www.google.com/maps/place/Forte+de+S%C3%A3o+Jo%C3%A3o+Baptista/@41.1496728,-8.6757304,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0xd246f848c77057b:0xd7292728dae58fb!8m2!3d41.1489993!4d-8.6743981 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. SMT9 - Foz do Douro Foz do Douro is a very special district in Porto. Naturally is the place where the Porto river side, with the the Douro River, meets the Atlantic. Therefore it has been since centuries ago a land of fisherman and sailors, developping its very unique identitiy and personality. 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/ facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1388658191265568/ 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/
