The beautiful little city you've probably never heard of dubbed 'Venice of Portugal'

This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more For those wishing to explore a city like Venice but without the crowds and prices, Aveiro is perfect (Image: Getty) Dubbed by holidaymakers the “ Venice of Portugal”, the beautiful coastal city of Averio has almost everything that its Italian counterpart has to offer, with charming canals, colourful boats and Art Nouveau architecture. Gondola-like vessels, called moliceiros, pass up and down the city’s three main canals offering water tours of the estuary that runs through the heart of the city .

What’s more, at around 76.3 square miles, Aveiro is around half the size of Venice, meaning its streets are far more relaxed and void of the dense crowds that descend on the Italian city. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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