Social Program Aveiro

FULL-DAY TOUR

Aveiro

SOCIAL PROGRAM – 80€
The program only takes place with a minimum of 20 participants

Board on a full day tour from Porto and discover the best of Aveiro and Costa Nova.

What It Includes:

  • Porto/Aveiro/Porto Bus
  • Moliceiro/Mercantel Boat Trip on the city’s canals with guide
  • Sweet “ovos moles” Workshop and Tasting
  • Guided Visit to the Salt Pans
  • Oyster and Seafood Lunch
  • Sandy coast line and colorful beach houses of Costa Nova

The trip through Aveiro’s typical heritage includes the famous moliceiro or merchant boat trip that will travel along the four canals of the city of Aveiro, providing views of emblematic sites such as the main Art Nouveau facades, the Palheiros de Sal, the Manuel Firmino Municipal Market, the Aveiro Congress Center (Old Ceramic Factory), among others.

This visit to the city of Aveiro would not be complete without learning how to make and enjoy the famous “ovos moles” – a conventual sweet made with eggs and sugar, which you will want to take with you.

Later, you will go to the Salinas where Aveiro Salt is still produced by hand. You can learn the production methods of this important local resource and watch the salt harvest.

Lunch at Marinha Passagem

Marinha Passagem is an old navy in the city of Aveiro that was recovered and requalified to host an aquaculture project for oysters, clams, salicornia and fish. All these bivalves and plants are produced in this marine, using the richness of the Ria de Aveiro with its diverse ecosystem and its unique characteristics for this type of production.

This experience, overlooking the wonderful Ria de Aveiro, invites moments of conviviality in a very peaceful environment, with refreshing tastings and in harmony with nature.

Lunch Menu

  • Boat transfer (round trip) to Marinha Passagem
  • Bread and Olives
  • 1 Natural Oyster and 1 Oyster Gratin
  • Steamed clams with lemon and garlic
  • Razor clam bean stew
  • House wine, red and white or 1 capsule drink
  • Coffee

After lunch, stroll along Costa Nova, the most colorful beach in the north of Portugal.