costa nova

Costa Nova - Sunday 21th of June - day 3 of our roadtrip 2020

On Sunday the first day of Summer we went to Costa Nova.
The most picturesque image of the Costa Nova are the wooden houses with stripes in bright colors, with contrasting white stripes. They used to be built by the fishermen for shelter and to store the fishing tackle and are now restored. Nowadays they serve as pleasant holiday homes.

After lunch we visited Praia da Costa Nova, a sandy beach with dunes at the rough ocean, which is mainly visited by many surfers. Since we were there on Sunday, it was slightly busier than usual, because the locals obviously had also pulled out to the beach.

The visit to Costa Nova was also a trip down memory lane. In the summer of 2009 we drove with the children to Portugal in a camper and stayed for a few days in Costa Nova.

Because there was enough space in the camper, I took crochet blankets, my first stool and some handmade pillows. And my heavy Kronan bike, where we did a 'photoshoot' in Costa Nova. Not much has changed...


summer of 2009

summer of 2020

costa nova

Roadtrip Portugal 2016.

On our way from Aveiro to Coimbra we planned a beachday in Costa Nova. It's a colourful village with lots of striped houses in various bright colours. We knew this amazing place from our camper trip in 2009 and actually nothing changed since than.

A striped photo report of the photogenic village Costa Nova.

portugal revisit

[photo was taken in the summer of 2009 in Portugal]

The two of us are on a roadtrip in Portugal.
For the second time in a row we will spend our summer holidays in Portugal.
We will start our journey in Porto and travel southwards to Lisbon.

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Adeus!