• Vila Viçosa - Explore the Marble Stones Nucleus of the region, featuring a tour and presentation of various stones. The focus will be on marble extraction processes, potential hazards, machinery used, and both economic and artistic perspectives. Visitors are required to have their own vehicle for transportation between the meeting point and the stones.

Experience a visit to a cottage workshop where the artisanal and manual transformation of marble is showcased. This includes techniques, potential dangers, machinery used, the final products, and personal stories from the cottage master.

Tour a marble milling/processing industrial workshop to observe the mechanized industrial processing of marble. Learn about the different machines used, potential hazards, examples of final products, and the overall operational context of a milling facility.

• Professional yet informal local guide

• hotel pickup
• Hotel drop-off
• Food (including meals) and drinks, unless otherwise specified
• Private transportation

Embark on a unique journey through Portugal’s industrial tourism, sure to take you by surprise. The initiation of this remarkable tour starts with a quick outline of the sector’s geography, geology and history at the Núcleo Documental do Mármore meeting point. Your fascinating itinerary includes stepping into a quarry to comprehend the methods of marble extraction, followed by an exploration of a sawmill where this stone is processed for future use. Located in the municipalities of Vila Viçosa and Borba in Alentejo, these sightseeing points are approximately 50 minutes from Évora and about 2 hours from Lisbon. All participants are supplied with necessity equipment - a helmet and a vest - mandatory for the duration of the tour and are returned upon conclusion.

• Mandatory use of closed footwear
• Own vehicle to travel between the meeting point and the places to visit.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.