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Very beautiful, but be careful: paths can flood at high tide. You'll then have to stand in knee-deep water for a few meters with your bike.

beautiful boardwalk

popular area, families, couples, solo hikers

These flooded areas combine fresh and salt water, creating a unique ecosystem where the diverse flora attracts a wide variety of fauna. The lagoons, known as pateiras, were reopened in the 1980s and have become a refuge for numerous water birds, including the ducks of the Aveiro estuary, from which they are named.

Walking along the wooden walkway over the dunes, the reserve invites you to explore its most biodiverse corners. Here, nature has taken its course, creating unique dune habitats where native species thrive. The São Jacinto forest, planted over a century ago, was essential to securing the dunes, with the maritime pine as the guardian of this untouched landscape.

A really pleasant long walk, in silence and nature

With 995.69 hectares, of which 733.48 hectares are on land and 262.21 hectares are marine, the Dunas de São Jacinto Nature Reserve is located in the "ria de Aveiro", on a thin sandy peninsula that separates the salt water from the brackish water, to which the Vouga River gives a "sweeter" taste.

The protected area consists of 3 very different zones: the dune area which leads into a pine and acacia forest that was planted at the end of the last century to reinforce the dunes. Inside there are some freshwater ponds.