According to the Guardian, the Marés Vivas festival, which takes place every July in Gaia, just south of Porto, has been moved for the first time to an area of land just 100 metres from the Douro River Estuary nature reserve.


The 150-acre reserve, which is protected under Portuguese law, is home to more than 220 species of birds, including eagles and kingfishers and is one of Europe’s most popular sites for bird watching.