The fine beach of São Jacinto lies close to woodland and the São Jacinto Dunes Natural Reserve, with well preserved dunes and varied fauna and flora.
Those who appreciate good food can taste the delicious eel stew and a variety of sea and lagoon fish soups. But Aveiro is specially known for its sweets: the most famous is ovos moles (soft eggs), sweetened egg yolk in candied casings shaped like fish or barrels.
The Church of Saint Dominic, now Sé Catedral de Aveiro, was founded in 1423 and was remodelled in the 16th and 17th centuries. The works executed in 1719 greatly altered its façade. It features examples of several religious architectural styles, namely mannerist (side chapels), baroque (high choir, vaults and cross) and modernist (transept and master chapel).
Also known as Igreja das Carmelitas (Carmelites Church), the Igreja de São João Evangelista belonged to the convent of the same name, of Carmelite nuns. Founded in 1657, it is a classic example of the religious architecture of the mannerist and baroque periods. It is a temple of longitudinal plan, with mannerist architectural structure and internal baroque decoration, in golden woodwork and tiles.
Constructed in 1613. Inside, two altars of 17th and a8yh centuries can be admired. It contains sculptures of artistic value and screens representing scenes of the Passion.
Hexagonal chapel, constructed during the first quarter of century XVIII. The cult of S. Gonçalo represents for the Aveirenses a very peculiar devotion. It is traditional to throw dry cakes for the multitude, as fulfilment of promises.
Established in 1911, the Museum of Aveiro occupies the building of the old Convent of Jesus, conserving unbroken some spaces of the previous conventual experience that integrate the circuit of visit of the museum. The quantity of the museum, with origin in the estates of the Convent of Jesus and other religious houses of the extinct city and the country with the liberal legislation, encloses colecções of painting, sculpture, would paramentaria, tile, goldsmithery, furniture, ceramics with particular incidence in the baroque period. It still possesss deep a documentary one of centuries XV to the XIX.
Established in 1972, the University of Aveiro became an institution of the great national and international prestige.
Situated in Aveiro, with two distinct but connected buildings, the Hotel as Américas combines, in a unique ample space, modern architecture with that of the beginning of the 20th century. The old building, "New Art Style", has been adapted into a breakfast room, bar and games room. In the new building you will find the bedrooms, the living room, the reception and the conference room.