Costa Nova campsite is an unpretentious place – camping fields behind the sand dunes to our left and immediately outside the camp gates – the Aveiro Lagoon. Two good days here.
The beach was vast and deserted. Glorious sand.
First day, exploring Costa Nova with its unique repertoire of stripe-painted houses in different vivid colours and the second day a local bus trip to amazing Aveiro, where there were also some des res. Costa Nova is a favourite excursion destination – pleasant sea front and of course,the houses.
A couple of interesting shops featuring such disparate items as the Portuguese love of Fado music and sardine can collecting!
The bus trip to Aveiro on Sunday was a bargain as it included nearby Barra and its famous lighthouse, the docks and eventually Aveiro.
The immediate impression of Aveiro is the canal network and the brightly painted boats,initially used for collecting seaweed to be made into fertiliser, but now working loads of trippers around the canal network.
But you would not find such a saucy painting on an English narrowboat…
As we walked alongside the canal we came across a concert by the Aveiro School of Music.
Aveiro’s Old quarter has some eye catching residences, one or two to die for and one or two that looked as though they had given up the ghost.
There are some fine civic buildings and venerable churches.
Theworks of long forgotten stone masons and a more recent mural.
I was completely taken by Aveiro – unpretentious, friendly and fascinating.
To finish – a bridge over untroubled waters.
It’s down the Alentejo region next via a stopover at Alcacer Do Sal.
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