INDUSTRIAL TOURISM

Partners

Our institutional partnerships are an alliance for success.

At the heart of our commitment to excellence are the institutional partnerships that shape and strengthen São João da Madeira Industrial Tourism.

We collaborate with renowned organizations to further enrich your visit. The City Council plays a vital role in preserving and promoting our industrial heritage. Together, we seek to preserve the authenticity of local history and foster sustainable development, ensuring that every visit contributes to the harmonious growth of the community.

We value the importance of education and culture, which is why we have established strategic partnerships with local, regional, national and international institutions. These collaborations allow us to offer engaging educational programs and cultural events that enrich the visitor experience, promoting understanding and appreciation of our industrial heritage.

São João da Madeira Industrial Tourism is proud to collaborate with innovative companies that drive the present and future of the industry. These partnerships provide visitors with a unique insight into contemporary practices and technologies, highlighting São João da Madeira's ability to remain at the forefront of industrial innovation. Join us on this unique journey!

Responsible for the promotion, enhancement and sustainability of tourism, it brings together in a single entity all the institutional competencies relating to the promotion of tourism, from supply to demand. With a privileged relationship with other public bodies and economic agents at home and abroad, Turismo de Portugal is committed to strengthening tourism as one of the main engines of growth in the Portuguese economy.

S. João da Madeira has one of the first Interactive Shops of Turismo do Porto e Norte de Portugal in the north of Portugal. With a network between all the interactive stores, it allows communication and dissemination of the program and offer of each municipality. This partnership allows visitors to access information about S. João da Madeira in any interactive store in the north of the country.

ERIH - European Route of Industrial Heritage is the largest European network for the promotion of Industrial Heritage, which brings together and promotes more than 1,400 industrial sites and museums in 45 European countries. Industrial Tourism, with its tours of S. João da Madeira's industrial heritage, is part of the ERIH as an Anchor Point, the main route of this European network.

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The Dynamization Group of the Portuguese Industrial Tourism Network is an informal structure coordinated by Turismo de Portugal and includes various entities: the 5 Regional Tourism Entities; the Regional Tourism Directorate of the Azores; the Portuguese Industrial Heritage Association; the Route of Mines and Points of Mining and Geological Interest in Portugal, the private projects: Fábrica Vista Alegre and New Hand Lab, and representatives of 7 municipalities, of which S. João da Madeira is a member.

Indústria, História, Património (Industry, History, Heritage), set up in November 2012, brings together research units and other entities and researchers interested in the fields generally summarized under the name Industry, History, Heritage.

The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage, better known as TICCIH (pronounced "ticky"), is the world's industrial heritage organization. Its objectives are to promote international cooperation in the preservation, conservation, investigation, documentation, research, interpretation and promotion of education of industrial heritage.

Creative tourism involves genuine learning and creative experiences that give visitors the chance to self-express and develop their creative potential.

Known nationally as the capital of the automobile and furniture industries, São Bernardo has also become a national benchmark for industrial tourism in recent years. Home to important companies from a wide range of sectors, São Bernardo has had a program of guided tours since 2013, the main aim of which is to give students and businesspeople, including foreigners, the chance to get to know the workings and routine of important companies based in the city up close.

"El Generador" is a Spanish tourism and cultural project company specializing in industrial tourism.

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