Much more than a visit to the salt pan, get ready to experience life on the salt pan. As well as being a journey through a magical place where time seems to pass more slowly, enjoy the pleasure of harvesting the salt and of savouring the sea accompanied by a cool glass of wine together with the salt-maker. A journey for two or for four that ends with a toast to sharing and to friendship and the wish to return.
Visit to the salt pans + work on the salt pans (when the visit coincides with the work of harvesting the salt) + gastronomic tasting + tasting of salt + o seu sal (your salt).
The visit begins with a short explanation of the area where the visit takes place and the reason for the location of the salt pans, including the area arising from a socio-economic activity. As the group moves on to the area of the salt pans, their operation is explained: the entry of water, the location of the sea, evaporation of the water before the formation of the salt. When the visit takes place during the harvest, the salt pan will be visited and salt collected with a final practical explanation. Where the visit takes place in the winter months when there is no production going on the visit will be made to a salt pan where the process will be explained leaving out the harvest (depending on the number of visitors, this part of the visit may last for between 20 and 60 minutes).
The visit then continues to O Armazem with a salt tasting and another one of a Salina de Carabineiros or Camarão de Monte Gordo (typical local dishes) (which may be substituted for a different type of seafood) accompanied by a Magnum de Soalheiro (Vinho Verde Alvarinho).
At the close of the visit the participants will take their salt with them (Fleur de sel – salt blossoms in a Cortiço Magnum Salt shaker) and a photographic memento of the experience.
Between 2 and 3 hours, depending on the interaction with the visitors.
70.00 € for 2 people.
Young people aged 13 to 18 years, 50% discount.
Children up to 12 years free of charge.
Minimum 2 people - Maximum 6 people.