Countryside Portugal: Galegos - Trail of the Coffee Smuggling, 4K ASMR Trilho do Contrabando do Café

Walking in the nature is healing, and Portugal countryside can offer the best experiences ever - living in the countryside is one of the best things in life.
This walking tour explores one of the many medieval trails in the Marvão region of Alentejo, Portugal. It was originally used to travel between the villages of Galegos (Portugal) and La Fontañera (Spain), but in the 20th century it served as a way to smuggle coffee into Spain during the Portuguese dictatorship (1933-1974). The smugglers would bring back money and banned products in Portugal such as Coca-Cola.More info on this smuggling route below the route timestamps.

We start our Zen Walk in the outskirts of the village of Galegos, in the region of Marvão - Alentejo, and start walking towards the Spanish village of La Fontañera, where the Portuguese smugglers would sell their sacks of coffee. After a short walk in the Spanish side of the boarder, we will then reenter Portugal and go inside the house where the smugglers would wait for a clear way into Spain, evading the police.
We will then walk on a medieval trail - one of the many medieval stoned trails that can still be found in the region of Marvão.

For more Zen Walks videos on medieval trails, please go to    • Walking Medieval Trail EUROPE - MARVÃ...   and    • 4K Walking Medieval Trail - Castelo d...  

Fully shot in 4k, at 60fps, and recorded in 3D Audio - use your headphones 🎧 to fully enjoy it.

Recorded - Wednesday, 18th August 2021, 18h30
Temperature - 25º C

ROUTE MAP - 2.1 km / 1.3 miles
https://goo.gl/maps/KzVStCr5DCPasyu97

ROUTE TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Walking tour start
10:12 PR4 Walking Trail intersection
27:25 Crossing the border into Spain: La Fontañera
29:00 Returning to Portugal
31:35 The smuggling house
34:23 Medieval Trail

---- Route of the Coffee Smuggling ----
---- Trilho do Contrabando do Café ----
During the Portuguese dictatorship (1933-1974), the coffee produced in Portugal could not be sold in Spain and, therefore, it was ruled that any attempt to sell it there would be punished with prison sentences.
For those who made their living from selling coffee, they found a way of smuggling it into the neighbouring country, escaping the close watch of the guards and carabinieri that patrolled the border.
From Marvão and the neighbouring villages, where at the time there were half a dozen roasting plants in activity, groups of brave men would set off at night in the direction of La Fontañera with sacks of raw coffee on their backs. From Spain, they brought money and all sorts of products that could be sold in the villages - cloth, porcelain and even Coca-Cola, prohibited in Portugal during the dictatorship, up until 1974.


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--------------- GEAR USED ---------------
Camera: DJI Pocket 2 with Wide Lens
Microphone: Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset
Computer: iMac 24'' Apple M1, 16Gb RAM - 2021
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