Art Nouveau style building, with attic waters with a «Japanese arch», a regional characteristic of Aveiro. Inside, the compartment doors are made of wood with tinted glass. The handles of one of the doors are worked, reminiscent of a butterfly.

Franciscan chapel founded in 1677, integrating the architectural ensemble of the Santo António Convent. In the 18th century, the walls were covered with tiles from the workshop of Vital Rifarto. The Casa do Despacho dates from 1682, with the sacred way being added to the outer walls in the 18th century. This architectural ensemble is well preserved, showing sobriety on the outside but a great wealth on the inside.

In Baixo Vouga, between Ovar and the village of São Jacinto and covering the Municipality of Aveiro in the coastal area located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Ria de Aveiro, this extensive dune cord is located. The Nature Reserve includes, in addition to fixed and mobile dunes, a sandy beach and a forest area (Mata de São Jacinto). Once a suitable place for sardine fishing (in the 19th century), the 666 hectares of the Nature Reserve are today an important fauna and flora heritage. In terms of flora, the dunes constitute the natural habitat for numerous species , to …

Beach inserted in a fishing village in the center of the São Jacinto dunes nature reserve. It is an extensive tongue of dunes and soft sands without any buildings nearby. It has simple restaurants serving excellent typical dishes and has some terraces.

A carved stone wall with a niche where you can see a Gothic-style Nossa Senhora is what remains, in the current Cathedral, of the former church of the Dominican convent (1423). Highlight for the side chapels, one with a limestone altarpiece, from the 16th century, and another with a carved wooden altarpiece where a statue of Nossa Senhora do Rosário appears. In 1719 a new Baroque façade was built and in the mid-18th century the high choir and roof were built, and the chancel was renovated. In 1860 the bell tower was built.

A place where you can learn more about the salt production in the Aveiro region, here a salt navy works. Prior booking of the visit is mandatory.

The Aveiro Museum (also known as the Santa Joana Museum) is housed in the former Convent of Jesus, founded in 1464 by Dom Brites Leitoa. During the late 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, it underwent numerous interventions, from the construction of the cloister and of the tomb of Santa Joana, as well as the gilded carvings and historic tiles of the chancel and church body. By virtue of the Decree dated 1834 (extinction of the religious Orders) the convent is extinguished, and it starts to function as a college until 1910. In 1911 it is becames a Museum. It undergoes …

In 1855-1858 began the construction of the Teatro Aveirense, a project by Araújo e Silva. The building would only be completed in 1878-1881, having been inaugurated by the Dona Maria II Theater Company. In 1912 the animatograph sessions began. Later, in 1947-1949, the space was rebuilt and opened, having been designed by Ernesto Korrodi and Engineer Von Haff. True ex-libris of the city of Aveiro, this room was the stage for a wide range of shows as Ney Matogrosso, Maria Bethânia and Vicente Amigo. It was also the space chosen for the academic soirees of the University of Aveiro.

Building covered with tile panels from the Fonte Nova Factory (1916), which reproduce information on the main monuments of the region and the country. They have an exceptional quality, not only for their artistic quality but also for their informative and pedagogical quality. It dates back to the 19th century and, despite its modernist style, follows the typology of the so-called "Portuguese House".