Did you know that 10 minutes from the city there is a place where you can enjoy one of the most beautiful sunsets in the world? And imagine that you can accompany this moment while enjoying one of the best places in Europe for bird watching. Are you sure you want to leave now?
Inserted in the heart of the Sado Estuary Natural Reserve, in an area of marsh and salt marshes and surrounded by land formerly used for rice cultivation, it served the community in the important cereal milling industry. A tombstone inside marks the date 1601, which is presumed to date back to the year of construction.
The Moinho de Maré da Mourisca is built next to a huge dam (boiler) that fills up until high tide, when the communication gate between it and the river is closed, the dams are opened, the dammed water is released. , being conducted through the channels that connect the caldera to the river.