Venice of Portugal

Aveiro

Moliceiros on the Ria channels, century-old salt pans and Costa Nova beaches. The sweetness of ovos moles reflects the soul of a region between water and land.

174 Parishes

19 Municipalities

701K Inhabitants

01

The Grand Route
of Aveiro

A journey through the most emblematic municipalities

1

São João da Madeira

São João da Madeira

São João da Madeira

Walk 45 minutes across Portugal’s densest shoe-scented granite core

2

União das freguesias de Santa Maria da Feira, Travanca, Sanfins e Espargo

Santa Maria da Feira

União das freguesias de Santa Maria da Feira, Travanca, Sanfins e Espargo

Taste brioche towers, tenth-century pots and torch-lit processions in Aveiro’s most theatrical fregu

3

Esmoriz

Esmoriz

Ride the boardwalk above Barrinha’s mirrored marshes, spoonbills overhead

4

Espinho

Espinho

Ride the 1870 railway to a low-rise town of fish-market azulejos, dawn surfers and iodine air

5

Avanca

Avanca

Fog lifts off the paddies, church bells rattle the panes, Marinhoa beef smokes beside ovos moles.

6

União das freguesias de Oliveira de Azeméis, Santiago de Riba-Ul, Ul, Macinhata da Seixa e Madail

Oliveira de Azeméis

União das freguesias de Oliveira de Azeméis, Santiago de Riba-Ul, Ul, Macinhata da Seixa e Madail

Manueline portals, osprey bends and baroque naves shape Oliveira de Azeméis’ merged parishes

7

São Pedro de Castelões

São Pedro de Castelões

Morning mist, woodsmoke and 1746-carved stone breathe life into Aveiro’s hillside parish

8

Sever do Vouga

Sever do Vouga

Cycle disused rails, taste fire-kissed Arouquesa beef and greet locals who still say “se faz favor”.

9

Albergaria-a-Velha e Valmaior

Albergaria-a-Velha

Albergaria-a-Velha e Valmaior

Dawn mist lifts over flat rye fields, revealing pilgrim-roofed town and quiet Valmaior paddocks

10

Murtosa

Murtosa

Float moliceiro canals beneath Atlantic skies, tasting Sargasso-born caldeirada in Portugal’s lowest

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All Municipalities
of Aveiro

19 municipalities to explore

Águeda

Águeda

15 parishes

Albergaria-a-Velha

Albergaria-a-Velha

6 parishes

Anadia

Anadia

10 parishes

Arouca

Arouca

16 parishes

Aveiro

Aveiro

10 parishes

Castelo de Paiva

Castelo de Paiva

9 parishes

Espinho

Espinho

5 parishes

Estarreja

Estarreja

6 parishes

Ílhavo

Ílhavo

4 parishes

Mealhada

Mealhada

8 parishes

Murtosa

Murtosa

4 parishes

Oliveira de Azeméis

Oliveira de Azeméis

13 parishes

Oliveira do Bairro

Oliveira do Bairro

4 parishes

Ovar

Ovar

8 parishes

Santa Maria da Feira

Santa Maria da Feira

28 parishes

São João da Madeira

São João da Madeira

1 parishes

Sever do Vouga

Sever do Vouga

9 parishes

Vagos

Vagos

11 parishes

Vale de Cambra

Vale de Cambra

7 parishes

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