Santa Maria da Feira

Santa Maria da Feira is a city in the Douro Litoral region of Northern Portugal. It is a city and dense populated municipality, in the Porto metropolitan area, belonging to Aveiro district.

Understand




Santa Maria da Feira (/ˈsɐ̃tɐ mɐˈɾi.ɐ ðɐ ˈfɐjɾɐ/, SUHN-tuh muh-REE-uh thuh FAY-ruh) municipality has over 139,000 residents (2011), with over 18,000 in the city proper.

By plane

 * Porto Int. Airport.

By train
Local trains run from Espinho and Aveiro via the Linha do Vouga line.

By car
Santa Maria da Feira is served by the A1 (Autoestrada do Norte), A29 (Autoestrada da Costa de Prata), A32 (Autoestrada de Entre-Douro-e-Vouga), and A41 (CREP - Circular Regional Exterior do Porto) motorways.

By bus
Intercity bus service is available from Rede Expressos, Transdev, and União de Transportes dos Carvalhos (UTC).

Do

 * Football: CD Feirense play soccer in Liga Portugal 2, the second tier. Their home ground is Estádio Marcolino de Castro (capacity 5500) in town centre.

Go next

 * Espinho - Beach,casino
 * Porto - shopping, monuments, nightclubs.
 * Gaia - caves of port wine,beaches
 * Aveiro - city with canals.