It was a nice ride out to the coast. Our guide Bruno A was awesome adding information about both areas we saw as well as historical perspectives.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Porto City Walking Tour (available from the day after your experience)
- River cruise in the traditonal "Moliceiro boat" : unique in the world
- Small Group Tour (Minivan up to 8 participants or Minibus up to 27 participants)
- Guide
- Private transportation for the group
Excludes
- Food and drinks
- Personal expenses
- Hotel Pick up & Drop Off Not included
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Calçada de Vandoma, Porto – right next to the Cathedral of Porto (Sé do Porto). Look for our friendly staff, dressed in red and clearly identified with Living Tours.
Return
- Rua de Alexandre Herculano (next to Praça da Batalha)
Itinerary
Your expert guide will collect you from the meeting point and will drive you to Aveiro and Costa Nova. On your way to Aveiro, the guide will give you insights regarding the Portuguese history, development and cultural facts of portuguese heritage.
The capital of the Ria, a vast lagoon where the freshwater of the River Vouga joins with the sea, Aveiro is intersected by canals, genuine streets of water, along which can be seen gliding the brightly coloured boats known as barcos moliceiros. Originally founded in the time of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Aveiro is now one of the most interesting cities on the Portuguese coast. Discover the history of this beautiful city and tasty the traditional pastry, "Ovos Moles".
Cruise Aveiro's dazzling canals on a classic Moliceiro (traditional boat) Relax and enjoy the landscape on this traditional boat, that once was used to collect seagrass in the lagoon.
The last stop is Costa Nova do Prado beach, famous only by the name Costa Nova. The most picturesque aspect of Costa Nova is its coast road along which a line of wooden huts is painted in brightly coloured stripes alternating with white. Built by fishermen as shelters and equipment stores, the huts have now been converted into rather characteristic holiday homes.
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Reviews
It’s a fantastic guide, Aveiro is very beautiful and I love’it. I go with my family and si the best travel of bus of Oporto
Good commentary too short in Aveiro
The tour went perfectly. Bruno A. is an excellent guide—attentive to the group’s mood, positive, and very punctual. I was really pleased with how well he looked after everyone. Our driver, George, also did a fantastic job; throughout the entire trip, not a single pothole on the road caused any discomfort to my aching lower back.
Nice and round, little bit hasty for 2 different places
Bruno A and Jorge, were a great team. Jorge is a great and safe bus driver and Bruno A was funny, informative and very helpful. The tour had enough time to wander ourselves as well as go to the next place. Highly recommend !
Fun trip and great tour guide.
Bruno A and George our driver were wonderful - Bruno was informative and lighthearted with all of the information he provided.
Bruno A was a wonderful guide and Jorge our driver was very friendly. Nice to see a new part of the country. I would have loved a little more time to explore the city we visited but overall not a bad tour.
The diver Jorge, as well as the guide Bruno A have made as to enjoy this half day trip to Aveuro.
Very cute tour with the best tour guide (Bruno) and the best driver (Jorge)
My mother, siblings & I went on a tour with Bruno A. as a guide & Jorge as a driver. It was a blast! Wonderful personalities & very informative. We will be back!
Our tour guide Henk was great in his knowledge and explanation of sites and the reasons of why it was done. Henk was very accommodating in accepting us from the English tour to his tour. He was our guide and driver and made sure what to see/ visit and where to meet to be on time. He was flexible and was great to everyone in the group. I highly recommend this tour while in Porto.
Good short jaunt out of Porto. Not much to see in Costa Nova. Enjoyed boat tour in Aveiro. Diego and Rui B were great. Only issue- there were two different meeting points listed on the tickets. Had to message morning of for clarification.
A really great afternoon with Chases & France, knowledgeable guides with excellent range of languages, good value and good quality would recommend.
Franco and Chaves were excellent.
Really great way to spend a day. Guide was very nice and funny. Its worth of this price
The chauffeur and guide were good and very friendly. That’s kind off the only positive thing I can say. The program was very poorly. After 70 min driving from Porto to Costa Nova, we literally had 20 min (including time to go to the toilet) just to walk 200m to make some pictures. Then we drove to Aveiro, where we had only 15 minutes (!) to explore the city centre before entering the boat. The guide on the boat was very difficult to understand because of the (electric) motor and because he turned his back a lot of times to address the other passengers. The sightseeing from the boat was not very special. After the boat tour, we received one small pastry and half a shot glass white port. Then we had 10 minutes to buy something in the store where they gave us these consumptions, after which we had to return to the autocar (the autocar I must say was luxury). But honestly.. it wasn’t worth the price nor the time. It was a race against time and we didn’t even suffered a traffic jam.
Wonderful and informative experience. Both guide and driver were very professional, friendly and informed. A must do for all visitors.
Great trip, very knowledgable guide in Mario, with lots of stories to tell! Costa Nova was very pretty and had just enough time to have a little wander around. Aveiro was good and little boat ride was enjoyable, probably needed another half hour there though!
Great snapshot trip to see these two places. It's an hour each way on the minibus. We didn't bother with the boat trip so we had more time in Aveiro to wonder. Our tour guide was knowledgeable about the area.
We had a great morning with Bernardo as our guide, we went on the traditional boats and saw the colorful houses that were very pretty. Recommend !
Tour Guide Cuber and our driver Rui were both excellent on this tour of Aviero and Costa Nova. A lot of information packed into the tour. Note, the moliceiro is not included in Viator price. It is well worth buying g it from guide.
Great trip for a shorter tour experience. We got to the meeting point early and had no idea if we were in the right place. There were no signs nor representative waiting. A bit stressful. However, Christian was excellent and Manuel got us from Porto to our location and back safely. It was a wonderful experience and the boat ride was relaxing and informative.
This trip is a misunderstanding. We drove an hour to see Costa Nova for 20 minutes. We were still blown up in the toilet where there was a queue so we saw one colour house. Later, a cruise that
Excelllent guide João Campos and driver Jorge Perfect Short tour
Joao was an excellent guide for the tour. A little rushed but perfect. Had a very nice time.
Perfect tour when being alone. Last Minute booking was possible which was great. The tour could be maybe little bit longer or more time to at least enjoy a coffee for example at the beach in Costa nova. But otherwise everything was great.
Everything was fine and the boat guide with Polish language really got it for us
We had a wonderful 4-hour, half-day, tour of Aveiro and Costa Nova with Paulo, in Portuguese. He was very attentive, friendly, and knowledgeable, showing us the best spots and making sure we had a fantastic experience. He was also great at entertaining both my mother and me, making us feel comfortable and turning the day into something truly special. Despite the tour lasting only four hours, we were able to enjoy so much thanks to his excellent guidance and thoughtful approach. We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Paulo and would highly recommend him to anyone visiting Aveiro and Costa Nova. Thank you for making our day so memorable!
Gilbert was a very good guide. He had good humor and gave interesting information. We enjoyed the tour very much.
Great visit to a picturesque seaside town. Nice to do when your in Porto for a few days and fancy something different from the city.
A colorful tour on a gloomy day ! Took lots of photos in Costa Nova. We enjoyed the boat ride in Aveiro, the Venice in Portugal ! Our guide Gilbert is so knowledgeable & funny ! Awesome half day tour indeed from Porto. Obrigada / Salamat Gilbert & Silva !
It was nice and valuable trip and team was great and supportive
Both Guide and Driver were excellent. Very well informed and very safe driving. Definitely will book again with this company.
Cubet was so friendly and a great guide, very easy to understand and informative. And silva was a great driver! it was a very lovely tour
Carlos and Jorge our tour guide, they are great, he speaks clearly in different language.. the place are beautiful and friendly tour guide. Keep it up👍👏👏👏
A really enjoyable afternoon
We had a great time exploring the beautiful sites!! Francisco was very informative and entertaining. He also provided great recs for the rest of our stay. Highly recommend!
He asked if anyone had plans for supper. As no one did, we stayed an hour longer. Had a great trip with Francisco and friends
Very fun and exciting tour! And the tour guide is very nice and informative!
Awesome Tour. Francisco was AMAZING.
Great tour!! Amazing beach scenery!
Really nice experience with our guide Bruno A, he’s really nice and made our guide unforgettable. The boat tour was amazing. I woul recommend an extra hour for sightseeing Aveiro.
Bruno A was great. Pick up /drop Off easy enough. Loved Costa Nova & Alveiro but would recommend more time is needed to explore both areas independently / visit cafe’s etc after the boat trip which was fun.
I had such a great day with the group and our tour guide Francisco. Highly recommended activity
Very well organised tour, our guide Bruno A was very knowledgeable and extremely friendly. It was exactly as described.
Lovely trip but we did the half day experience which is a little rushed. We would have preferred longer at each of the stops. 30 mins wasn’t long enough to do anything other than take a few photos. Great if you are pushed for time and just want to experience the sights.
IT was a very beautiful Trip with Geoge & Diego! The explanations were eays to follows und they are realy nice. The only two things we had a bad notice: No. 1: ist was to Shirt! We liked to have more time in Aveiro so engoy the beautiful City! No. 2: die Front-Glas of the Bus was Borken. The windshield kept fogging up during the drive in the morning. We were traveling with our 3-year-old son, and, due to the poor visibility, we were unfortunately concerned for our safety.
I signed up for an English tour. The guy repeated everything in Spanish. You should clearly indicate that to your clients. It’s very annoying to have everything repeated without any prior notice Also the guide in the boat should have an audio speaker. It’s impossible to hear anything he is saying with the motor running and 30 people in the boat. Very disappointing
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