The Aveiro Salines

A relaxing stop between 2 bustling cities

Aveiro was a last minute stop on our Portugal trip. We only had one night but I wish we had time for another. It was a very pleasant town, much slower paced then Lisbon or Porto which was our other 2 ...

Salt pan tour

A short walk from town, the other side of the highway you find the salt pans. Interesting guided tour explains how this natural product arrives on our tables and kitchens

Fascinating!

Amazing to see salt workings that have been in production for centuries. Great to see a place that uses simple technology to produce salt out of sea water.

Interesting salt mining

It is very interesting that till today this rather workforce intensive way of producing salt out of salt water and sediment is still used

Traces of the past

Original Text

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