GUIA - Estrela Geopark

Features GUIA - Estrela Geopark

GUIA is an interactive tourist information system and aims to be an instrument for the management, promotion and revaluation of Serra da Estrela, as a tourist destination, and its products.
Its use allows visitors to build itineraries according to their interests.
This tool aims to centralize and standardize information on the tourist offer of the entire territory of the UNESCO World Star Geopark on a single platform, providing visitors with a visit planning tool, through a web platform and app, promoting the dematerialization of tourist communication, accelerating the digital transition of tourist information and management supports.The database that feeds this system (web platform and app) has all the resources that can be used for tourism, local events of interest, hotel information, as well as weather forecasts and other environmental conditions, allowing for more assertive decision making.
As mentioned, the user has access to all the information in the database, being able to build the itinerary according to their interests, allowing export to various formats or consultation and editing through the app, in on or offline mode.
It should be noted that, in the case of offline access to information, it may not be the most updated, since the database will be fed in real time, namely with regard to meteorological issues.
The user can also suggest new itineraries, events and places of interest, which will be subject to validation by the project team, promoting greater interactivity in the GUIA.This tool represents an important step towards enhancing the tourist value of Serra da Estrela in several aspects, either by the effort to centralize and standardize all the information on the tourist offer and services, which will become a more complete and quality experience for the visitor.
of the territory, or for the presentation of the wealth of resources and possibilities that the Estrela Geopark can offer to those who visit us.