Making your own Alentejo pottery
Discover the ancestral techniques used to remove clay from the earth, purify it, mold it, bake it and paint it to make a ceramic piece. An authentic journey through time to meet a community that used clay as its way of life. Take this opportunity to challenge your dexterity and creativity in a traditional pottery workshop. By the wise words and skilful hands of a man who has engaged in artisanal pottery for more than 40 years, learn everything about this handmade craft, decorated with popular motifs and colours that are gaudy and contrast with the regions' brownish landscape. Give free rein to your imagination!
Monsaraz, Portugal
Duration:
2 hours
from € 30.00
Type of
Experience
Authenticity
Speciality
Meeting Point
S. Pedro do Corval
Included
• Workshop of pottery with a local artisan; • Take home the ceramic work that you produced as a souvenir (due to the fact that your ceramic work still needs to cook in the wooven, it will be delivered at your home through post later).
Not Included
• Transfers; • Any aditional expenses; • Guide for accompagny and translate; • Transport costs for the ceramic work produced during the workshop.
Period
All year. On request
Languages
Portuguese, Spanish
Recommendations
Please tell us in advance of any physical limitation that reduces your ability of movement or mobility.
Group
Min: 2; Max: 14
Restrictions
Target
Ideal for groups, families, couples or individual travellers who want to be in touch with a local traditional
