Aveiro, Portugal · Europe
São João da Madeira works well as a base: 5 minutes from Mosteirô, 27km from Arouca 516 & Paiva Walkways.
São João da Madeira is in Aveiro, Portugal, with about 22,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Mosteirô, about 4 km away.
São João da Madeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w ʒuˈɐ̃w dɐ mɐˈðɐjɾɐ] ), officially the City of São João da Madeira (Portuguese: Cidade de S. João da Madeira), is a city and a municipality in northwestern region of the Portuguese Norte region. It is part of the larger Porto Metropolitan Area, located 30 km fromRead more
central Porto. The population in 2011 was 21,713. With an area of 7.94 km2, it is the smallest municipality in Portugal. In 2010, the city was distinguished in Portuguese quality of life studies as the "Best Municipality to Live In".
São João da Madeira stood out also recently by introducing in 2011 the Industrial Tourism in Portugal and, in 2012, becoming the first Portuguese municipality to offer almost integral wireless coverage in its municipal area.
São João da Madeira is also known as the capital city of the shoes, due to the fact that there is the so-called shoe museum there.
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Within an hour or so of São João da Madeira: Arouca 516 & Paiva Walkways (27 km), Dom Luis I Bridge (28 km), Ponte Dom Luís I, Porto (28 km), Livraria Lello (29 km).
The nearest famous roads are Circuito da Boavista, Estrada Nacional 222 (Peso da Régua–Pinhão) and EN222 Régua–Pinhão Road.
São João da Madeira is in Aveiro, Portugal, about 4 km from Mosteirô.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
bridge
One of the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridges, 516 metres of open mesh deck swaying 175 metres above the Paiva gorge: linked to 8 km of riverside boardwalks through the Arouca Geopark. Book a timed slot; not for vertigo sufferers.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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A striking double-deck iron bridge designed by a student of Gustave Eiffel, spanning the Douro gorge between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.
28 km · about 35 min drive
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A double-deck wrought-iron arch bridge over the Douro completed in 1886, linking Porto with Vila Nova de Gaia.
28 km · about 35 min drive
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A breathtakingly ornate neo-Gothic bookshop in Porto with a famous crimson staircase, often called the world's most beautiful bookstore.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Porto's iconic Baroque bell tower offering panoramic views over the city's terracotta rooftops and the Douro River.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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UNESCO-listed medieval riverside quarter in Porto with colourful facades, port wine cellars, and the iconic Dom Luís I Bridge.
29 km · about 35 min drive
cafe
Porto's Belle Époque showpiece on Rua de Santa Catarina, open since 1921: carved wood, leather benches, chandeliers and mirrored walls attended by white-jacketed waiters. Regularly listed among the most beautiful cafés in the world.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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The 'Venice of Portugal,' a colorful canal city with art nouveau buildings and traditional striped moliceiro boats gliding through its waterways.
32 km · about 35 min drive
7 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
April to October
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