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Aveiro: Stories, Canals, and Azulejos Guided Walking Tour
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Aveiro: Stories, Canals, and Azulejos Guided Walking Tour

By Tony Walker
9.6 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$49 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • A real insight into a unique city.
  • The many stories that history hides.
  • Reports with the smell of the lagoon and its salt.
  • Recognise "moliceiros", "mercanteis" and other boats from the lagoon.
  • ... and "azulejos" from early modern time until today.

Activity location

    • Aveiro
    • Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Praça da República, 3810-164 Aveiro, Portugal | Meet your guide near the statue in the center of the square. They will be wearing a yellow/blue badge.
    • Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

Check availability


Tour in English
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English

Walking Tour in English

Language options: English
Price details
AU$49.16 x 1 AdultAU$49.16

Total
Price is AU$49.16
Tour in French
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • French
Language options: French
Price details
AU$49.16 x 1 AdultAU$49.16

Total
Price is AU$49.16
Tour in Portuguese
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • Portuguese
Language options: Portuguese
Price details
AU$49.16 x 1 AdultAU$49.16

Total
Price is AU$49.16
Tour in Spanish
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • Spanish

Tour en español.

Language options: Spanish
Price details
AU$49.16 x 1 AdultAU$49.16

Total
Price is AU$49.16

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedAll sites are either walk-through or free entry.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Service charge.

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Alcohol and drugs, Prams, Bikes, Luggage or large bags, Unaccompanied minors
  • Not suitable for: Children under 10 years, People with low level of fitness, People with mobility impairments, Pregnant women, Wheelchair users

What you can expect

Start at the Praça da Republica with the Town Hall and the Misericórdia church.
We walk along Rua de Coimbra and talk about the black and white calçada à portuguesa.
In the Marques de Pombal square we enter the Carmelite Convent Church - a small but impressive baroque jewel.
Walking further we see the tile panels of Casa de Santa Zita and Sapataria Leão.
We pass next to the Dominican Convent of Jesus where we evoke the history of the city's patron saint: Princess Santa Joana.
After passing the cathedral we will go on to the Canal da Fonte Nova, where the building of one of the many ceramics factories that once existed there is still standing.
Along the canals we will explain their genesis and utility, as well as those of the traditional boats of the Ria de Aveiro.
We will pass through interesting places in the Beira Mar neighbourhood, always with the tiles filling our eyes.
We will recognise the marks of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, of the iron architecture from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. We won't forget the two façades of the Museum of Art Nouveau.
On the way to the saltpans we will talk about the power of Aveiro from the 11th to the 15th century, its crossing of the desert in the 17th and 18th centuries and its revival in the 19th century.
On the way back we will make some references to the local gastronomy, such as eel stew and traditional sweets, namely the “ovos moles” of Aveiro.
We will finish at the Church of São Gonçalinho referring to the traditional January festival, in which another traditional sweet - hard and heavy - is literally thrown over the heads of the faithful, in a ritual full of joy and tradition.

Location

Activity location

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    • Aveiro
    • Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Praça da República, 3810-164 Aveiro, Portugal | Meet your guide near the statue in the center of the square. They will be wearing a yellow/blue badge.
    • Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Praça da República, 3810-164 Aveiro, Portugal | Meet your guide near the statue in the center of the square. They will be wearing a yellow/blue badge.
    • Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal