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751marieannefNovember 2024 • TripAdvisor
Moon shine on the mountain!
A real culture tour, we visited a working distillery in an old farm in the heart of the mountain, got to taste this local fire water , and some honey one too! Great winter fun!
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In the heart of the Monchique mountains, for many centurys a Local Firewater is brewed, the Medronho made from the unique Medronho berry!
Let us take you on a short drive into the hills to visit a local destillery and teach you how it´s all cooked up!
Visit to a local Medronho distillery • Meet a local producer and learn how Medronho is made • Medronho tasting • Visit the Monchique Medronho shop ( where you will see a wide variety of our Medronho) • Transport to and from Monchique center
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In the heart of the Monchique Hills for many generations our local firewater has been distilled by locals.
We now offer you the opportunty to visit one of our local destillerys . You will be pickuped in the center of Monchique, to travel by Mini Van, across the Monchique hills to arrive at an old destillery, where you will learn all about the magic making of Medronho, explained by the producer and followed by a tasting and some cake or local snack.
In the heart of the Monchique Hills for many generations our local firewater has been distilled by l…
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Riana_vendaAugust 2020 • TripAdvisor
Bastante interessante
Là por eu não beber bebidas alcoólicas na mesma achei bastante interessante a experiência de entrar numa estila e aprender como fazer o tradicional medronho de monchique.
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volkers380January 2020 • TripAdvisor
Genuine Rural Charm
Three generations of our family recently enjoyed the Medronho experience in Monchique. The two hour trip provided us with some spectacular views of the Algarve from the Picota range and a facinating insight into the Medronho cottage industry. The demonstration of how the local firewater is distilled was given by a lovely local couple and in English. Although no liquid was currently in production, as many of the Strawberry trees were lost in the big fire in 2018, we still spent a good hour in a b...read more
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Jean Michel FNovember 2019 • TripAdvisor
A great introduction to the art of producing Medronho, the local firewater!
We were taken to the back of Monchique in a remote valley where the producer welcome us and explained what the process of making the medronho involved, from the picking of the berries to the fermentation of the fruit and then the distillation in the old copper still. Then of course we sampled the final product! The end of the tour was the visit of a specialised shop in Monchique from the association of producers which offers a large variety of firewater and associated produced (like the "melosa"...read more
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jazzy009July 2019 • TripAdvisor
Super divertido
Foi uma experiência otima, tivemos oportunidade de passear pela montanha, e duvertir-nos a provar Medrino. Os guias forma muito simpaticos e de bom humor!
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