Marginal road to the Ria de Aveiro and the salt-works, which owns a bicycle way. For those who have no bicycle, why don’t use a Buga? Bugas are bicycles of free utilization that the Town Hall puts at everyone disposal. You can have a nice healthy ride combined with beautiful scenery.
This company, established in 1993, promotes tours in typical craft like the Moliceiros and the salt shakers, and even in boats, the wide panoramic area of the Ria de Aveiro. There is also a panoramic bus for those who prefer to discover the city by land.
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 …
Female Dominican monastery with original features of Manueline architecture (such as the portals), denoting after the deep reforms that suffered: Renaissance (the cloister), Mannerist (the chancel and the chapels of the cloister arches) and Baroque (gilded finishes and the facade of the West Wing). Currently, works here the Museum of Aveiro.
