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Cork Factory and Shop Tour: Explore Traditional Cork Processing and Fashion Accessories
4.5
89 Ratings
Eco-Cork Factory | Eco-Fábrica de Cortiça | Francisco Carrusca
Cork Tour Itinerary:
• Traditional Cork Factory Visit: Gain insights into the procedures employed in preparing and packaging the cork.
• Cork Store Tour: Witness the modern applications of cork in the creation of fashion accessories made from cork fabric.
Cork Tour Itinerary:
• Traditional Cork Factory Visit: Gain insights into the procedures employed in preparing and packaging the cork.
• Cork Store Tour: Witness the modern applications of cork in the creation of fashion accessories made from cork fabric.
Duration:
1 hour, 10 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Algarve Rotas - Visit a Traditional Cork factory
- Algarve Rotas - Visit a Traditional Cork factory
What's Included
- Visit the Cork Shop
- Visit the Eco-Cork factory
- Visit the Cork Shop
- Visit the Eco-Cork factory
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
- Child seats are available under request if informed at time of booking
- Child seats are available under request if informed at time of booking
Location
Eco-Cork Factory | Eco-Fábrica de Cortiça | Francisco Carrusca
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(89 Ratings)
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John_k
Dec 3, 2024
Informative, interesting, educational, memorable. - The cork assessor made a hand crafted bowl. Learning about how the production of cork is so labour intensive. Learning about the trees was also very interesting.
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Lloyd_b
Dec 3, 2024
Great tour. I highly recommend it. - This is a well done tour and very informative. I learned a lot about cork that I never knew. They offer a new gift shop as well.
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Judy_h
Nov 30, 2024
Eco cork Factory excellent! - Excellent presentation of cork making and history very interesting and informative.
Shop is very good and cheaper than in local shops, quality excellent.
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Rick_g
Nov 22, 2024
Cork tour was great - The tour guide was fantastic. Very personable and informative. The gift shop was small. Took turns cutting the bark.
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Claire_h
Oct 28, 2024
Great experience. - Learned a lot about cork, its harvesting, its properties and its uses. Guide was very knowledgeable and pleasant. We were given the opportunity to cut some cork ourselves! Very, very interesting. Highly recommend.
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Graham_s
Oct 14, 2024
Very interesting of cork collection and sorting for various cork products. - Learning about the cork trade in Portugal. Learn so much about the collection growing selection of cork for various products. Very informative and interesting.
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Brent_s
Oct 12, 2024
Corked, a whole new meaning! - Very educational, I had no clue about the process of farming and processing cork.
The tour was fun and easy to understand.
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Poppeke673
Oct 25, 2024
Very interesting - Was a very interesting tour, nice to hear on the story how cork is won, how the build-up is over the years and what you can make with cork, from insulation to corks / coasters and even shoes. The only thing, the tour guide turned out to be allergic and had a face mask on. Perhaps useful to mention when booking if you are sensitive to pollen or have general allergy. I personally would have liked it.
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Gilda_k
Oct 18, 2024
Fascinating - It was fascinating ! Who knew what a extreme process to make all the beloved cork items
I was disappointed by the guides lack of knowledge about synthetic cork products. She insisted they were all real cork. The fake stuff is made from a plastic like material made to look like cork
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Julian_a
Nov 16, 2024
Interesting your - This would have been a great tour, but unfortunately there was torrential rain which was so loud that nobody could hear the lady giving the information! But I would go again on a drier day.
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