Best Farm Tours close to Nazaré

Meet the herd, take part in milking, and learn to make artisanal goat cheese by hand near Leiria, followed by a homemade tasting and a scenic mountain walk with the goats.

Step inside a 3,000m² hydroponic greenhouse near Torres Novas, home to around 68,000 plants grown soil-free using the NFT system, and learn how modern technology and sustainability come together to grow fresh vegetables and herbs.

Come and enjoy this picking experience, participating in a small but exciting tour in the harvest of what are considered one of the best oranges in Portugal, due to their unique flavor!

Hand-harvest olives in a traditional grove near Leiria, enjoy a rustic picnic among the trees, visit a working olive oil mill, and finish with a tasting of fresh olive oil paired with bread and local products.

A hands-on Portuguese cooking class near Leiria — learn to prepare traditional blood sausage rice and soup on a family farm, then sit down to a full farm-to-table lunch with dessert and drinks.

A hands-on artisan cheese-making workshop in a traditional dairy near Rio Maior — learn age-old techniques using milk from the farm’s own herd, shape your own fresh goat cheese, and take it home with you

A sensory olive oil workshop near Leiria — learn how olive oil is produced, how to distinguish Virgin, Extra Virgin and Refined categories, and taste four award-winning Portuguese extra virgin olive oils.

A hands-on Portuguese bread-making workshop near Leiria — knead traditional wheat and corn bread, bake it in a wood-fired oven, and enjoy it warm with olive oil, sugar, butter and pumpkin jam.

Our most complete rural experience near Lisbon — five hours walking alongside a real working shepherd and his goats in Serra dos Candeeiros, followed by a homemade Portuguese farm lunch prepared with regional products.

Explore the forests near Tomar on a guided walk to identify wild mushroom species — learn foraging safety and sustainable harvesting, with foraging and a mushroom tea possible only during mushroom season, when abundant.

Step inside a certified organic shiitake mushroom farm in Torres Novas and learn how one of the world’s most prized mushrooms is grown from scratch — inoculation, cultivation, and harvest — guided by the Lopes family. A 2-hour hands-on experience with farm tasting included.

A private hands-on pottery workshop in Alvados, inside the Aire and Candeeiros Natural Park — learn hand-building and pottery wheel techniques from a professional artisan and create at least two ceramic pieces of your own.

Step into an authentic, self-sustaining farm near Pedrógão Grande, home to over 70 goats — meet a local shepherd with 35 years of cheese-making experience, walk the terraces and ancient water mines, visit the traditional “queijaria,” then taste homemade wine, goat cheese and broa.

Embark on an adventure and discover the hidden treasures of the forest with our Wild Mushroom Tour!

A hands-on cheese-making workshop near Leiria — learn how artisanal goat cheese is made from fresh milk using traditional techniques, then enjoy a tasting of cheeses and goat milk products with wine.

Spend the morning walking side-by-side with a real local shepherd and his free-roaming goats along ancient limestone trails in the Serra dos Candeeiros Natural Park — genuine rural life, not a staged show.

Spend a meaningful morning in the heart of rural Portugal with a unique experience that combines traditional shepherding and artisan cheese making in Serra dos Candeeiros.

Hand-harvest olives from centuries-old Galega trees at a family-run farm in the Serra d’Aire e Candeeiros Natural Park, taste the farm’s own homemade olive oil, and enjoy a rustic “merenda” picnic. Available September–November.

A hands-on fermentation workshop near Tomar — harvest wild plants, learn a simple fermentation method, make your own pine soda to take home, and taste a range of wild fermented drinks.

A relaxed countryside picnic near Batalha — regional cheeses, smoked meats, homemade bread, local jams, traditional sponge cake and house wine, enjoyed under the trees with rolling farmland views.

Walk a 12-hectare olive grove 1.5 hours from Lisbon, in Batalha, and tour the on-site olive oil mill to learn how fresh olives become high-quality olive oil, finishing with a guided sensory tasting.

A premium olive oil day trip from Lisbon to Batalha — walk a 12-hectare olive grove, tour the mill, taste three extra virgin olive oils paired with bread, and finish with a traditional regional meal.

A relaxed, private farm visit near Batalha — meet and feed sheep, chickens and a pig, then take a leisurely walk through the orchard. A gentle, family-friendly introduction to rural Portuguese life.

A scenic olive oil day trip from Lisbon to Batalha — walk a 12-hectare olive grove, tour an ecological cold-press mill, taste three premium olive oils, then relax with a regional picnic featuring cheese, bread and sausages grilled in front of you.

Visit a family-run organic fig farm in Torres Novas — 1.5 hours from Lisbon — and discover how one of Portugal’s oldest fruits is grown, harvested, and tasted. A 2-hour hands-on experience with guided fig tasting included. Family-friendly.

Pick olives by hand and taste extra virgin olive oil guided by the producers who made it — at a family farm in Torres Novas, 1.5 hours from Lisbon. A 3-hour seasonal experience available September to November. Family-friendly, children under 10 free, groups up to 100.