Castro Marim
Distance: 3km
Difficulty: easy
Best Time: all year
(GPS not available)
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Cacela Velha - Ria Formosa
Distance: 8km
Difficulty: easy
Best time: all year
(GPS not available)
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Sierra
Distance: 13km
Difficulty: medium
Best time: all year
(GPS available)
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AROMA ROUTE IN THE ALGARVIAN SIERRA - ALCOUTIM
Our proposal is to acknowledge the healing and purifying aromatic herbs of the Alcoutim Sierra. This knowledge goes all the way back to the Roman and Arabic ocupation of the region, which was revitalized by Pharmaplant through contemporary techniques of essential oil extraction and hydrolates in the steam.
Visit to Phamaplant and the surrounding lands where this company colects a part of their raw materials for transformation.
Visit to the Archeological Museum of Alcoutim oriented by archeologist Alexandra Gradim .
Throughout the course, the plant resources are highlighted in their Roman and Arabic quotidian use - from their cultivation to their uses in gastronomy, healthcare and hygiene, leaving important cultural artifacts and practices to all of Southern Portugal.
The Hamam of Companhia das Culturas is the first to be built from origin in contomporary Portugal. It's a space that reclaims the mediterranean tradition of the salubrious baths. The destruction and prohibition of public baths during the Reconquest period, and the subsequent white-washing of the Mediterranean and Arabic historical heirlooms, gives this building a historical and political significance.
At the end of the route, the guests experiment the hamam - where the perfumed vapors with Pharmaplant's hydrolates, the aromatized waters, and the Castro Marim Salt with essential oils for exfoliation, complete the immersion in the Sierra ecosystem.
40€ per person
Minimum 4 people.
For more information and reservations, contact us.
Guadiana
Distance: 14km
Difficulty: medium
Best time: all year
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Castro Marim Natural Reserve
Distance: 8km
Difficulty: easy
Best Time: spring/summer
(GPS available)
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Praia Verde
Distance: 7km
Difficulty: easy
Best Time: spring/summer
(GPS available)
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Weekend Retreat [Yoga, Meditation & Hamam]
- 2 Nights in the selected accomodation, breakfast included
- 5 Yoga/Meditation sessions
- 1 use of Hamam
- 1 full body massage (50 minutes)
- 2 light lunches, 2 dinners (may be adapted to food restrictions)
- Fruits, juices, aromatized water, and teas at disposal
Minimum 4 people.
Only available in October, November, December, March and April [except New Year's Eve and Easter]
More details in Retreats.
Prices per person:
Twin Room:
Individual occupation 417€
Double occupation 347€
Twin Interior Room:
Individual occupation 397€
Double occupation 337€
Double Room:
Individual occupation 447€
Double occupation 362€
Double Superior or Suite:
Individual occupation 487€
Double occupation 382€
Duplex Apartment:
Quadruple occupation 407€
All general reservation and cancellation terms and conditions apply.
