Marco our guide was knowledgeable, passionate and enthusiastic, while showing us the rock art and local nature. He also recommended local walks in the area we were staying which were beautiful and the perfect length.

Marco is an amazing guide. Has knowledge about everything, making it a full experience. After that we had a fun time together at the bar in the village, thanks again Marco! I recomemnd taking the evening tour to the rock carvings.

A beautiful experience, a window in our species past, presented by an excellent and enthusiastic tour guide. Definitely worth it!

Marco is excellent as a tour guide. We spent the day and evening learning from Marco at the Penascosa site. He enjoyed questions, was detailed about the rock art, and taught about prehistoric and modern environment and culture. Marco was so much better than the Foz Coz Museum guide we had the next day at Canada. I preferred Ambieduca, so much better.

Marco pick us up in our hotel and transported us not just to another place, but another time. We were able to stand where Paleolithic people stood and admire their mark on the world. Marco was not just knowledgeable about the art, but informed us miracle the Portuguese people performed in protecting the area, which was due to be submerged by a hydroelectric dam when the art was discovered in the 90s. He the escorted us through the museum where he explained the displays! It was a perfect morning.

After visiting the museum we were ver interested in seeing the drawings. The receptionist at the museum arranged an English speeking guide for the next day. Apparently there are only a few tours a day in order to prevent the site and surroundings from being overrun. For the same reason you cannot enter the site with your own car. Visits can only take place with a certified guide. Marco was our guide. His English is very good and he knows a lot about this area and the drawings. I don’t think there was a question he couldn’t answer. He has a great sense of humor and drove us carefully in his 4x4 over the impassable roads. If you are in the neighborhood don’t hesitate to contact Marco for a visit to the drawings.

We visited Penascosa one of the sites of Foz Côa Archaelogical Park. We had a detailed explenation of several engravings and we were really impressed by the quality of the engravings that have been there for more than 20,000 years. Marco is an easy going guide with a deep knowledge on the archaelogical features and also gives as an insight of the Natural features around use which are very rich as well. It was really a 2 in 1 tour that makes it a great value for the money. He will be there to answer all your questions and the tour may take longer so everyone has time to acknowledge everything. Totally recommended and we will come back for other sites and nature walks!

We wanted to do a night visit to the Penascosa rock art site in the Foz Coa Archaelogical Park, on a Monday night in April when the park staff does not offer tours. The park staff arranged for Marco Ferraz of Ambieduca to give us the Monday night tour (we reserved it in advance through the park) and we were just so pleased with Marco and his excellent tour. He communicated with us in advance by email, letting us where and when to meet him (Castelo Melhor), and he promptly arrived at the 8pm arranged time. We rode in his 4-wheel drive SUV, leaving before sunset so we could see the Coa Valley from an overlook as he drove down the steep dirt road to the Penascosa site. It was just a very short walk to the rock art, with Marco leading the way with his strong flashlight. He showed us 6 or 7 places there with the amazing 25,000 year old rock art carvings into exposed stones. Seeing them at night was superb, as the lighting by Marco really made it easy to see the detailed carvings. Marco also had a notebook full of drawings that showed with colored lines the outlines of the animals carved in each rock, making it even easier to discern them (which can be tricky, because many of them overlap each other). Marco was a passionate guide, evidencing his long term association with the park and with rock art in general. His English was excellent, almost perfect, as he provided extremely informative discussions of the topic and answered our questions. The whole trip, including an introductory discussion at the meeting point, the longish rides down to the valley and back up, and the outstanding time spent at the site, was about 3 hours. We sincerely appreciated Marco's expertise and his ability to tell us all about what we were seeing. He is a great guide and we can highly recommend him for this tour. Thank you again, Marco, for the fantastic tour!

My friend, her husband, her 5 year old and I toured the museum and took a 4 wheel drive out to see the rock art with Marco. Marco made the tour interesting. His knowledge and passion were infectious. I would definitely recommend a guided tour with Marco.

We had a group of 10, ranging in age from 7 to 73. We booked a guided tour with Marco from Ambieduca (+351 934 900 197) and have nothing but great things to say about our experience. We met Marco in the small town of Castelo Melhor, where he and his assistant took us in 4x4 vehicles to the Penascosa rock-art site. The road was very bumpy and steep, we were glad to have guides! We stopped a few times along the way for Marco to explain the landscape and history of the area. Once onsite Marco gave excellent descriptions of each area of rock art, making the experience fun and interesting for both the kids and adults. He was cognoscente of the hot sun and limited out time out in the open, by using shaded areas to do more thorough explanations. Of our 10 day Portugal tour, this trip to the Coa Valley was a definite highlite. Cost was €15 per person, quite reasonable for a 3 hour experience.

Marco is the best guide we've ever had for any kind of tour we've done anywhere, period. He is informed, passionate, accommodating, and kind. He does not rush, he is still just as excited as a newcomer about the rock art and truly happy to share the experience of viewing these phenomenal sites. Months later we still talk about the day we spent with him and hope to return to the Coa Valley as soon as we can. Absolutely incredible, highly recommend. Don't miss the evening tour, pure magic! Thank you Marco!

Not to be missed! Marco Ferraz's knowledge, passion and good humour turned an amazing experience into an absolutely unforgettable one