Aveiro, Portugal

Aveiro is the capital of the Aveiro district and a municipality of central Portugal (80 954 inhabitants · 198 km²), on the Ria de Aveiro, a shallow lagoon behind the Atlantic coast. Canals cross the centre of the city, salt pans lie on its edge, and the moliceiro boats that once carried seaweed now carry visitors, which is why Aveiro and the lagoon coast form the Aveiro and Costa Nova guide.

The history of Aveiro has its own page.

Beaches in Aveiro

Aveiro has one ocean beach, at São Jacinto, on the north side of the lagoon mouth.

Monuments in Aveiro

• Canals of Aveiro: the channels that cross the city, with the moliceiro trips and the bridges over them.
• Monastery of Jesus: the convent of 1458 where Princess Joana lived, with her marble tomb, now the city museum.
• Cathedral and Misericórdia: the cathedral, the former church of São Domingos, and the Misericórdia church with its tiled front.
• Chapel of São Gonçalinho: an 18th-century chapel in the Beira-Mar quarter.

Museums and culture in Aveiro

• Art Nouveau Museum: the museum in the Casa Major Pessoa, and the start of a route through the Art Nouveau buildings of the city.
• Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva: the science centre of the University of Aveiro.
• University of Aveiro: the university founded in 1973, on the campus of Santiago.

Nature in Aveiro

• Salt pans: the salt pans of the lagoon, with the Troncalhada ecomuseum at the Cais das Pirâmides.
• São Jacinto dune reserve: the nature reserve of dunes and pine woods between the ocean and the lagoon, with trails and bird hides.
• Ria de Aveiro: the lagoon itself, with its channels, mudflats and water birds.

Marinas in Aveiro

Leisure in Aveiro

• City visits: Visiting Aveiro covers transport, the city sights, the beach and the sweets.
• Nearby: Costa Nova and its striped houses, in Ílhavo, and the Buçaco Forest and Palace, in Mealhada.

Parishes of Aveiro

• Aradas (10 087 inhabitants · 9 km²)
• Cacia (6 830 inhabitants · 36 km²)
• Eixo e Eirol (6 190 inhabitants · 22 km²)
• Esgueira (13 505 inhabitants · 17 km²)
• Glória e Vera Cruz (21 227 inhabitants · 45 km²): the city parish, with the canals, the old town and the salt pans, the most populous and the largest of the municipality.
• Oliveirinha (4 675 inhabitants · 12 km²)
• Requeixo, Nossa Senhora de Fátima e Nariz (4 383 inhabitants · 32 km²)
• Santa Joana (8 026 inhabitants · 6 km²)
• São Bernardo (5 273 inhabitants · 4 km²)
• São Jacinto (758 inhabitants · 14 km²): the parish across the lagoon mouth, with the beach and the dune reserve.

Healthcare in Aveiro

Guides to Aveiro