The secret Life of the Snails

Our experience will include:
• Arrival to the farm and welcome by the producer
• Guided tour of the farm
• Practical workshop
• Snail picking experience
• Tasting of snails
Extras:
• Lunch - 10 euros / person *
• Transportation leaving Lisbon - With request
*Lunch will include: drinks, appetizers, fried beans and snails "feijoada", dessert and coffee
The Helix Aspersa is an air-breathing snail, which has a single lung. They have a brownish soft body, covered with slimy mucus and yellow or cream-colored shells with brown spiral stripes. The shell of this species has a height of about 0.9-1.3 inches, and a width of 0.9-1.5 inches and a lip appears at its edge when an individual is old. It is a small mollusk, with a shell that has a sphere shape and a slightly rough surface, with about 4 or 5 spirals.