Guimarães Working Group 4: Tourism and Recreation

Anna Wilcyńska (LNI), Daniel Ferreira (Landscape Laboratory), Ellen Fetzer (LNI / CABULAND)

Objectives

How might we enhance the landscape of Guimarães for tourism and recreation, improving accessibility, visitor experience, community engagement and local governance while preserving natural, cultural, or social values, and considering its role in the wider city network?

Spatial scope: City Park + Penha Mount + Community Gardens

Partners: Lígia Azevedo (from tourism); Sr. Roriz (Penha Confraternity); Carlos (Monte Latito guide); Someone from the municipality (tourism department)

Guiding questions

1. How can Penha Mount be managed to balance tourism, recreation, and ecological conservation?
2. What interventions could enhance the visitor experience while promoting sustainable mobility and accessibility?
3. How might the mountain’s natural and cultural assets be integrated into broader city tourism strategies?
4. Which governance or financing models could support sustainable recreational development at Penha?

Expected outcomes for the forum publication

• An outline for a strategy that integrates the Guimarães landscape into tourism and recreation activities
• Ideas for design, communication, governance and community involvement for advancing the strategy
• A small selection of inspiring good practice case studies
• Suggestions for innovative educational approaches integrating planning and design for tourism and recreation
• Suggestions for possible research topics / research questions and future horizons