Franco-portugais
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6 jours & 6 nuits
Period
Mars à Novembre
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Leaving and allowing yourself to be guided through an unknown country means you already have the soul of an explorer. Excessive Googling can make you lose it just as quickly. Keeping this instinct for discovery is the prerogative of the great navigators who, with childlike eyes, saw continents for the first time. That's what we offer you at L'Esprit M, with Joao-Filipe at the helm.
Along the way, you may take an impromptu break in a mountain café, where you'll have the honor of chatting with complete strangers, and you'll remember it for a long time. In the evening, over tasty sardines, you'll recount the day's 1001 turns and remember them all. You'll remember that stop at a café racer tuner. We're passionate about motorcycling, and what could be more exciting than sharing it with others? You'll long remember going from the sea to the roof of Portugal via endless switchbacks, not without tasting a Porto far removed from supermarket labels. Finally, you'll long remember all those new visions, tinged with the blue of the azulejos along the way.
Maybe you'll even want to come back more often, like the famous Saudades that are so deeply rooted in the hearts of all Portuguese emigrants.

After getting off the plane, where the bikes are waiting for us, we'll stop off at a café for a coffee and a pasteis de nata. A first stage of just under 200 kilometers to familiarize ourselves with the bikes, on simple roads along the coast to Sagres. Our first meal on the southernmost point, overlooking the Atlantic and sipping a good local beer, La Sagres.
We'll be back on the road, heading for the Serra (forest and mountain range) of Monchique. Here, we'll enjoy winding roads and breathtaking views of the Algarve's 900-meter-high roof, before finishing our day in a hotel with equally breathtaking views.

Our navigation, still between land and sea, will see us using our machines on some very twisty stretches, with contemplative stops on the various peaks of this serra. The view of the sea is so captivating that we never tire of it. We join it for a meal at its closest edge.
We then cross a city emblematic of Portugal's history, which put an end to Salazar's regime. A well-deserved rest on the Comporta peninsula, where you can sip a drink on the beach in the evening.

We'll take a ferry across the Setubal estuary. Once in Setubal, we'll show you a place that represents both discoveries and Portuguese art, with its famous azulejos.
Notre épopée retracera quelques moments historiques du Portugal et nous fera aussi voyager comme à l’époque des grands explorateurs comme Vasco de Gama. Nous ferons une escale en Corse portugaise avec son dernier maquis protégé, aux Etats-Unis avec la traversée du pont jumeau de San Francisco, au Brésil avec le Christ jumeau du mont Corcovado et enfin à la Tour de Belem gardienne du port du Tage au Bord du Tage. Nous finirons notre périple autour du monde à Torres Vedras.

Avant de rentrer un peu plus dans les terres et de réaliser qu’à l’image de la Corse le Portugal est aussi un pays de montagnards, nous ferons escale à Nazaré. Autrefois port emblématique de pêche, il est aujourd’hui reconnu pour sa vague atteignant des hauteurs d’immeuble. Cette saison propice aux premiers swelles d’automne vous fera vibrer non sans avoir gouter les meilleures sardines du Portugal.
Serta est un peu le port d’entrée vers les montagnes plus hautes. Les routes n’ont rien à envier à nos contrées françaises, des virages sans fin, et personne pour perturber votre ascension. Les motos et leurs pilotes seront mis à rude épreuve. Encore un nouveau challenge pour le grand explorateur que vous êtes.

With the roof of Portugal in your sights, at 2000 metres, it can be cold at this time of year, but nothing to put off bikers looking for new adventures. At the same time, you'll discover Portugal, where I'm from. We'll even stop for a coffee in my childhood village!

Cette journée nous emmènera découvrir un atelier préparateur de café racer et leurs propriétaires se feront un plaisir de vous présenter leurs créations en sirotant un verre dans leur atelier.
Mais visiter le Portugal ne serait pas envisageable non sans avoir gouter un bon Porto d’une cave reconnue au bord du Douro, peut-être même que vous en rapporterez dans vos valises.
Le séjour se terminera ici à Porto mais je suis sûr que vous reviendrez voir d’autres facettes du Portugal, car ce pays en a revendre.
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