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(Museu de Santa Joana; 234 423 297; www.ipmuseus.pt ; Av Santa Joana; admission €4, 10am-2pm Sun free;
10am-5.30pm Tue-Sun) This fine, if somewhat single-minded, museum in the former Mosteiro
de Jesus opposite the Catedral de São Domingos owes its finest treasures to Princesa (later
canonised) Joana, daughter of Afonso V. In 1472, 11 years after the convent was founded,
Joana 'retired' here and, though forbidden to take full vows, she stayed until her death in
1490.
Her tomb, a 17th-century masterpiece of marble mosaic, takes centre stage in an
equally lavish room (actually the remodelled choir stalls). The adjacent chapel is decor-
ated with azulejos depicting Princesa Joana's life. The museum's paintings include a
late-15th-century portrait of her, attributed to Nuno Gonçalves.
Museu Arte Nova
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MUSEUM
( www.cm-aveiro.pt ; Rua Dr Barbosa Magalhães 9; adult/child €1/0.50; 9.30am-12.30pm Tue-Fri, 2-6pm Tue-Sun )
Set in Aveiro's most eye-catching art nouveau building, this small museum above a cafe
has a modest one-room exhibition in Portuguese on art nouveau design and architecture.
Larger temporary displays upstairs rotate every three months. Ask for the multilingual
brochures mapping and detailing all the town's art nouveau highlights.
Reserva Natural das
Dunas de São Jacinto
Stretching north from São Jacinto, between the sea and the lagoon west of Aveiro, is
this supremely peaceful 6.7-sq-km wooded nature reserve, equipped with trails and bird-
watching hides. A meandering 7km loop trail with information boards runs through the
pines and dunes and can be walked at any time. At the trailhead, 1.5km north of the ferry
on the N327, is a map, as well as a small helpful interpretative centre ( www.icnf.pt ; Estrada Nacional
NATURE RESERVE
. The best birdwatching is from November
327;
9am-noon & 2-5pm Mon-Wed & Fri-Sat)
to February.
To get here, take a bus from Aveiro to Forte da Barra (single/return €2.50/4), where
there is a ferry to São Jacinto (passenger/car return €3/5). Schedules for boats are at
www.moveaveiro.pt ; bus schedules are at www.transdev.pt . Drivers can also circumnavig-
ate the lagoon and arrive from the north via Ovar, but it's a much longer journey.
Oficina do Doce
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CULINARY CENTRE
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