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FRDescription Águeda
Águeda is a Portuguese city belonging to the sub-region of the Region of Aveiro and the Center Region with about 14000 inhabitants (2016), being the fourth largest city in resident population of the Region of Aveiro, surpassed only by the cities of Aveiro, Ovar and Ílhavo .
The city is crossed by the river that gave it its name, the Águeda river, spreading its houses over a slight slope, in turn inserted in a wide valley, at 31 meters of altitude. With regard to the municipal territory, it is mostly made up of rugged reliefs and large valleys between mountains to the Serra do Caramulo, being recognized for its quality river beaches, such as Alfusqueiro, and for its picturesque villages, such as Lourizela .
Virtually the entire municipality is part of the gastronomic and natural region of Bairrada, famous for its wines and sparkling wines, sweets and its roasted piglet.
Águeda is a municipality full of corners waiting for you to discover them, where the diversity of its landscapes surrounds you with good gastronomy - the prestigious Leitão da Bairrada has its place of prominence -, accompanied by nectars from the Bairrada Demarcated Region ..
As Tourism is one of the activities with the greatest growth potential, Águeda invites you to a set of annual initiatives, ranging from cultural, gastronomic and sporting events, to hiking trails and cycling routes and the discovery of nature.
With a varied poster of cultural events, Águeda invites you to visit, also due to the beauty and grandeur of Pateira de Fermentelos, the largest Natural lagoon in the Iberian Peninsula, due to the implemented walking routes, which take visitors to the main points of interest in the municipality, from the mountain parishes to the most coastal and urban, finding granaries, watermills or water mills, mansions and various properties of heritage value. The city offers a riverside area that invites you to walk or cycle, several traditional shopping areas, where you can enjoy gastronomy and find traditional sweets.