Aveiro City Channels

The Ria de Aveiro, or mouth of the Vouga, is how is called the estuary of the River Vouga, which extends through the interior of Portuguese territory, in parallel to the sea, a distance of 45 kilometers and a maximum width of 11 kilometers, in order East-west Ovar Mira. Of your surroundings appear Aveiro, Ílhavo, Gafanha da Nazaré, Estarreja, Ovar, Murtosa, Vagos and Mira.

The estuary is the result of the sea retreat, with the formation of coastal cords, from the sixteenth century, they formed a lagoon that is one of the most important and beautiful landforms of the Portuguese coast.

In total, the entire mouth covers eleven thousand hectares, of which six thousand are permanently flooded, unfolds in four important branched channels in estuaries that surround many islands and islets. Flow into the rivers Vouga, Antuã, Boco and Fontão, with the only communication with the sea a channel that cuts the shoreline between Barra and San Jacinto, allowing access to the port of Aveiro deep draft vessels.

Rich in fish and waterfowl, has big plans for water, election sites for the practice of all water sports. Furthermore, although it has been losing, year after year, the importance it has had in Aveiro economy, the production of salt, using ancient techniques, it is still one of the traditional activities most characteristic of the city of Aveiro.

The Ria de Aveiro is often used for tourist purposes, particularly through its characteristic boats, moliceiros. The moliceiro boat tours happen only 4 urban channels of Ria de Aveiro. The Central Canal, the Canal Cojo, the Channel of the Pyramids and the Canal de São Roque. These tours have a duration of 45 minutes and allow to know the main attractions and monuments.
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