The Aveiro Lagoon: between land and sea

Parking is available in the car park along the canal or on the roads surrounding it (depending on how busy it is).

(S/E) Follow the canal northwards via the wooden footbridges.

(1) Follow the path as it turns right; ignore the first path on the left, which leads to a dead end, and take the second path, which branches off to the left.

(2) Follow the path as it turns right, cross the small road and take the path opposite, which then turns left.

(3) You can buy drinks (and ice creams) here.

(4) The walk ends here as the bridge was under repair, but you can continue once the work is finished. All you need to do is turn round and head back to the start along the same path, discovering the route you took on the way there from a different angle (S/E).

(4) Refreshments (including ice cream) are available.
There is little shade (only on the sections inland), so make sure you protect yourself from the sun.
The entire walk is step-free and can therefore be completed in a wheelchair.

Discover the lagoon’s flora and fauna.
Ever-changing views as the lagoon’s appearance shifts with the tides.
By car (and for the more adventurous, on foot via the path below the elevated motorway), and much more touristy, you can carry on to the town of Aveiro for a trip on a ‘Moliceiro’ (a long, flat-bottomed boat with tapered ends, somewhat resembling a Viking longship, which was once used to gather seaweed), the old town, its ‘forum’ (a shopping centre housed in restored historic buildings) and, a little further on – for which you’ll need to take the car – the tourist promenade along the Mira Canal (the southern part of the lagoon), on the ‘Costa Nova’, or on the sea side along the beaches.