Aveiro Day Trips from Lisbon

Aveiro is often called the Venice of Portugal, a canal town where colourful moliceiro boats, once used to harvest seaweed, now ferry visitors past art nouveau facades. Add the candy-striped beach houses of nearby Costa Nova and the sweet egg-yolk ovos moles, and it makes an easy, photogenic day trip from Lisbon, usually paired with Coimbra along the way.

The Aveiro tours from Lisbon on this page are ones we picked by hand, the routes that fit the canals and the coast into the day without rushing. Most are full-day trips pairing Aveiro with the university city of Coimbra, an hour south, so you get the lagoon town and one of Europe's oldest universities together. A private trip lets you take a moliceiro ride and linger over lunch; a small-group tour keeps it affordable, with pickup in Lisbon on most.

Do take the boat through the canals, even briefly, and walk the Costa Nova seafront for the striped houses. From Lisbon, Aveiro pairs best with Coimbra rather than going alone, given the distance.

5 Aveiro day trips from Lisbon from EUR 200. Handpicked guides, usually with Coimbra and Costa Nova, private and small-group with free cancellation on most - easy to book online.