Page 207 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Portugal

8 Ovar recreate the lifestyle of a HIDDEN GEM
bygone era, alongside displays
Ovar of regional costume and dolls. Perfect Picnics
Located 6.5 km (4 miles) From Figeuira da Foz,
! E2 £ @ n Rua Elias from Ovar, the church at it’s a short drive to the
Garcia; 256 572 215
Válega makes a rewarding Parque Florestal da
This small town once earned its visit. Its façade is a Serra da Boa Viagem.
living from the Ria de Aveiro masterpiece of azulejos. This beautiful wooded
(p195). Indus try has arrived in hilltop reserve offers
the shape of foun dries and Museu de Ovar woodland walks and
steel mills, but oxen still plod " ⌂ Rua Heliodoro Salgado picnic and children’s play
along the roads. Gleaming tiles 11 § 256 572 822 # Tue–Sat areas, as well as the
cover many of the small ¢ Public hols Parque Aventura – a
houses, as well as the twin- high-rope adventure
towered 17th-century Igreja course with zip wires.
Matriz in Avenida do Bom 9
Reitor. In the town centre the
Calvary chapel of the 18th- Figueira da Foz eclectic display from Arraiolos
century Capela dos Passos ! D3 £ @ n Avenida 25 de carpets and religious art to
is adorned with wood car- Abril; 233 422 610 Indo-Portuguese furniture.
vings carrying a shell motif.
Tableaux in the Museu de Lively and cosmopolitan, this Museu Municipal Dr
popular resort has a busy Santos Rocha
marina, a casino and a wide, ⌂ Rua Calouste Gulbenkian
curving beach with breakers § 233 402 840 # Jul & Aug:
that attract surfers. 9:30am–6pm Tue–Fri, 2–7pm
The town is not Sat & Sun; Sep–Jun 9:30am–
just a playground 5pm Tue–Fri, 2–7pm Sat
for holiday-makers, ¢ 1 Jan, Easter, 1 May, 25 Dec
however, and the
Museu Municipal Dr
Santos Rocha has Eye-catching church
archaeo logical decorated with azulejos
artifacts, and an at Válega, near Ovar

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