Trip itinerary designed with activities to escape the commonplace.
Cooking is more than eating. It’s about nurturing, about communities, about culture, about history, and even about religion and economics! That is why each place has its gastronomy and one of the best things about traveling is to try the local food.
How about coming with us to explore what Porto Alegre is doing better and again, also knowing creative examples of how small businesses have inovated the local gastronomy?
Arrival in Porto Alegre and check-in at the hotel. Group meeting at 2 pm in the hotel lobby and departure on a walk through the streets of the Moinho de Ventos neighborhood and the “Most Beautiful Street in the World”.
Then we will leave by van to the Public Market of Porto Alegre to see more than 100 boxes selling regional products. Among the highlights, visit the oldest restaurant in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, opened in 1889, to enjoy a delicious codfish cake and a delicious taste of fruit salad with cream in the most famous stall in the city.
At the beginning of the night we will leave for a Enoteca, a secret place dedicated to gastronomic experiences where the sommelier will receive us for a harmonized dinner: São João theme menu & natural wines. The evening will also be completed with a practical sago class with confectioner Jaque Faraco.
Return to the hotel and overnight.
Departure after breakfast to visit the a property located in the rural area of Porto Alegre. There we will have an on-site class on olive production and its use for olive oil production. An experience that will remain in your memory because your olive oil has just won two gold medals at EVO Italy – one of the main olive oil events in Italy and is at the end of a contest among the best olive oils in the southern hemisphere in which approximately 2,000 brands of olive oil from everyone competes. The end of the activity will be celebrated with a delicious lunch.
Return to the hotel to rest. We will leave again at the beginning of the night to the a bar in the Historic Center.
Day of discovering a natural winemaking project at a winery designed by mother and son. A journalist by training, studied permaculture, astrology, the Mayan calendar and other esoteric aspects before deciding to make pot grape juice and start a biodynamic agriculture course for the implantation of an American grape vineyard on the family’s property in Porto Alegre .
There, in addition to getting to know the details of the production, we will have the opportunity to taste sparkling wines very out of the curve. In the middle of the afternoon we will go for a boat trip on the Guaíba River and see Porto Alegre from another angle from where you will probably take the best photos of your trip. In the first meters of walk, we can already see the silhouette of the Historic Center, framed by the yellow warehouses of Cais Mauá. We will visit the islands of the city accompanied by the most beautiful sunset in Brazil, and then glimpse the beauty of the illuminated bridges. Free evening and overnight.
Free morning in Porto Alegre. Hotel checkout and departure at 11am for a sensory experience focused on the world of roast. a chef invites us to visit his Refuge to have a small workshop on the world of barbecue, a tasting of noble cuts that will take your breath away.
At the end of lunch our driver will be on hand to take you to the airport – we suggest scheduling a flight from 6pm.
