For anyone keen to learn about the Algarve in a different way and who is curious about the manufacturing processes used to make the region's identifying products; for anyone who would like to know more about the techniques used in the past, as well as current and innovative ones; and for anyone with an interest in the stories, culture and lifestyle of the local population, industrial tourism experiences are the perfect way to enrich a holiday in the Algarve.
The term "industrial tourism" refers to experiences involving activities conducted at live industrial sites or industrial heritage venues, and which are related to the products and their manufacturing processes or to their historical and cultural past.
Going down into a rock salt mine and learning about the mining processes, visiting saltpans and seeing how flower of salt is collected and preserved, discovering how olive oil is produced at the mill, finding out about the various stages in the harvesting and transformation of cork, or touring a canning plant are just a few of the industrial experiences on offer in the Algarve.
Tourism in the Algarve is also about discovering the magic of how things are made.