For many centuries with its history linked to the sea and fishing activities, Aveiro has a special environment that is due to the three channels of the Ria which enter the city, creating reference axes and a natural division between the oldest and

The fresh, healthy mountain air in Portugal’s highest city flows through the mediaeval streets to which the granite lends nobility and a dark colour.This is the colour of the Cathedral.

Over 200 years old, the string of Napoleonic Wars forts known as the Linhas de Torres at Torres Vedras are the visible remains of the struggle between the Portuguese and the French for sovereignty that occurred at the beginning of the 19th