Porto Trava Oasis
Timetable
From April to October
Sundays and public holidays
From 7am to 6pm
The Porto Oasis, Smaltara basin at Trava, is an ancient site on the Po river delta system near the Mezzano Lagoons.
It covers 11 hectares with a seven-hectare stretch of water, where there are several basins, including the Smaltara basin. In this corner of nature, you can stop and spend a few hours walking among the small islands connected by wooden bridges, fishing or admiring the typical valley landscape.
Various archaeological finds have been made in Trava, most notably a Spinetica-era dugout canoe, discovered in 1907 and now lost. This was the site of the ancient Padòa river branch, on which the towns of Portoverrara and Portomaggiore were built.
