Mediterranean Flavours World Heritage

The Mediterranean diet involves a set of skills, knowledge, rituals, symbols, and traditions concerning crops, harvesting, fishing, animal husbandry, conservation, processing, cooking, and particularly the sharing and consumption of food. Eating together is the foundation of the cultural identity and continuity of communities throughout the Mediterranean basin. It is a moment of social exchange and communication, an affirmation, and renewal of family, group or community identity. The Mediterranean diet emphasizes values of hospitality, neighborliness, intercultural dialogue and creativity, and a way of life guided by respect for diversity. It plays a vital role in cultural spaces, festivals, and celebrations, bringing together people of all ages, conditions and social classes. It includes the craftsmanship and production of traditional receptacles for the transport, preservation, and consumption of food, including ceramic plates and glasses. Women play an important role in transmitting knowledge of the Mediterranean diet: they safeguard its techniques, respect seasonal rhythms and festive events, and transmit the values of the element to new generations. In this tour, you can visit an olive oil press and taste four regional products. Day 1 Arrival to the accommodation. Day 2 Breakfast at the accommodation. Morning: Tasting of the internationally famous Nisa cheese; a visit to the Historical Center of the Alentejo town of Nisa, with a workshop of stoned pottery. Lunch in a restaurant with flavors of the Tagus River. Afternoon: Visit the olive oil press of Malpica do Tejo, with regional products tasting; visit the romantic Episcopal Palace Garden, in Castelo Branco. Dinner in a thematic restaurant. Accommodation. Day 3 Breakfast at the accommodation. Morning: Honey Tasting from Native flowers in Proença-a-Nova. Thematic lunch with flavours of the mountain: Roasted goatling with arbutus (known as medronho) products and Callum wine tasting, a medieval treasure, in Oleiros.