Gourmet products local specialties and wines Aveiro

Opened in 1856, the Confeitaria Peixinho was the very first merchant ofovos molhes in Aveiro and Portugal. Taken over by Alberto Gomes in 1973, the family business is going strong with its Aveiro specialties: the inevitable ovos molhes, castanhas d'ovos (egg yolk and cooked sugar), broinhas d'ovos (egg yolk and flour) and raivas cookies, very popular with the locals. The store, elegantly decorated and very chic, has a counter to place orders and a small tasting room on the floor. An institution!

A small pastry shop hidden in the narrow streets, behind a garage door, where you can find excellent ovos molos and conventual cakes of Aveiro. This factory of small sweets of all kinds, born in 1882, religiously perpetuates the ancestral recipes of the convents. Of course, we will taste the ovos molos (egg yolk and sugar) and without wanting to compete with THE local specialty, we will appreciate as much to discover other cakes as the mulatinhos (nuts, egg yolk and host). Welcome to the temple of temptation!

Two beautiful renovated markets to stroll around:

The mercado do peixe(fish market), with a restaurant upstairs is located on the Largo da Praça do Peixe. It is here that the night fishing is sold. A must-see, as well as the typical neighborhood surrounding it.

The Mercado Municipalis located near the Canal do Cojo, not far from the shopping arcades of the modern shopping center, the Forum de Aveiro. The latter remain open late at night, including Sundays.

Think about going there when you are in Aveiro, you will get a small taste of the local Portuguese life.