Ericeira Private Tour: 10 Tastings Food Tour

Name: Ericeira Private Tour: 10 Tastings Food Tour
Brand: Viator
Price: 145.66 USD
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5.0(17)4 hoursBook 3 hours aheadCascais, Portugal

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Get a real taste of Ericeira on this private food walking tour with a storyteller guide. I believe that the best way to discover our culture is through our food and wines while seated around at a table, sharing stories, learning about our history, enjoying our local delicacies and tasting the best portuguese wines . Discover the historical importance of the Ericeira fishing port and how artisanal fishing is inseparable from the local identity and the genesis of this community. Understand how the fishermens beach has become a landmark in the Portugal history and how tourism and the “world surfing reserve” have changed the local socio-economic and cultural dynamics. In this walk food tour we will passing through 5 different spots, taste and understand the roots of local gastronomy.You will taste regional delicacies like a fresh muffin associated with the village name, savory classics in a local restaurant, visiting fresh market, taste the freshest seafood & toast with a nectar of gods.

Included

Bottled water
Alcoholic Beverages
Snacks

Not included

Private transportation

What you'll do

After meeting your private guide, start the tour with a rich coffee and an "ouri
ço" (regional pastry delicacy) and understand the cultural importance of coffees in the early 20th century and and the connection of pastry with convents.
30 min
Mercado Municipal da Ericeira
Rua do Mercado, n022, Ericeira, Portugal
Find out why traditional portuguese cuisine is so rich and what other civilizations that have passed through this territory have added to the Portuguese gastronomy, as we walk to the Ericeira Fresh Market. Enjoy the atmosphere of this market, where farmers and fishermen sell their freshest goods.
20 min
We continue to walk through narrow and picturesque streets and alleys to a resta
urant where we will taste some Portuguese products from different regions of Portugal accompanying all this with a good red wine.
40 minAdmission included
Centro de Interpretacao da Reserva Mundial de Surf e Posto de Turismo
Praca da Republica, n. 17, Ericeira, Portugal
At this surf interpretive centre we will understand how this sport and its worldwide distinction have been changing the socio-cultural and economic dynamics of Ericeira while living an immersive experience. And then we will visit the old shellfish and sea urchin farms.
30 min
Praia dos Pescadores
Largo das Ribas 5-7, Ericeira, Portugal
At the fishermen's beach we will meet these "sea wolves"and their fishing "artifacts". We'll see them coming home after a hard/long fishing day or preparing for tomorrow. Here we will enjoy the freshness captured daily for lunch.
1 hour
At this tavern, we'll make a toast to our health with a natural medicine that ha
ve their origin in the convents of monks in the medival period.
30 min

Meeting and pickup

3 locations

Pickup details

At São Domingos Fernandes square, next to the entrance to the Fort of Nossa Senhora da Natividade, also known as the Ericeira Fort, you will see your guide, identified. Next to the fort you will see a viewpoint over the fishermen's beach and the fishing port.