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There are four different paths through the woods. You can see the Atlantic and some lakes.
Teatro Aveirense This is the city theatre venue, where seasonal pieces are staged as well as one off productions.
S.C. Beira Mar It was a regular Primeira Liga football team, but due to financial hardships the club was administratively relegated in 2015 and now plays in Serie C of the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores. Nevertheless, on home match days the club ground is the 32,000-seat Estádio Municipal de Aveiro in Taboeira parish and offers good entertainment. On occasion, the Aveiro Municipal Stadium also hosts top notch games between Portuguese top national league sides and sometimes international matches.
Jardim Oudinot, the Park Oudinot is along the left hand side of the main road leading to the harbour complex. It has pathways, sports grounds, children's play areas, the Santo André museum ship and various other facilities.
Clube dos Galitos founded in 1904, is an eclectic culture and sports club with long traditions in rowing, counting several Olympians amongst its past athletes. It also offers swimming, chess, basketball, mountain biking and a philatelic section. It organizes a keenly attended local annual open mountain/off road biking event.
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Fish market
Salt pans
As salt production for many centuries played such a big part in the importance of Aveiro in pre industrial times, it's quite surprising today, to still see remnants of that manual labour activity. As one leaves the city to join the freeway towards Barra and Costa, stay on the right hand side local road that runs roughly parallel with the canal and travel some 300 m alongside the canal and the remaining "salinas" come into view. Sometimes, depending on the season, one can see how the salt water is trapped in the rectangular basins for saturation and evaporation. Later on, it is harvested and made into conical mounds. Locally produced salt is sold at certain shops. There is the "Flor de sal", in the purest form, and the cheaper "sal de Aveiro".
former capitanate of the Aveiro harbour
Now converted and utilized as the new Municipal Assembly Hall. The harbour complex is quite large and spread out on the "ria", offering views of the various inshore individually specialized areas handling different types of cargo. Near the main harbour entrance, is the Jardim Oudinot with a permanent museum ship exhibit, where the former "bacalhoeiro" (cod fishing ship) Santo André is open to visitors, several sports grounds, jogging and cycling paths, picnic areas etc, further along, is the old fort of Aveiro, the Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes (Our Lady of Sailors) chapel, a café, a tavern, a hotel or two, the yacht marina and club house. Continuing along, one gets to the ferryboat berthing harbour for São Jacinto and fisherman village in the north shore. The area has seen a revival with restaurants and snackbars offering a great option to end off a nice nature day trip.