The past shapes the present and the future. As such, Coimbra remains a city closely linked to traditional commerce. The city’s past was shaped by centuries of tradition and generations of traders who helped to build Coimbra today. Discover the 10 stores you really have to visit
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On May 3, 2020, Portugal relieved the Covid19 control measures from a state of emergency to a state of calamity so several street shops, restaurants and cafes were allowed to open their doors after a long time. A series of rules were imposed by the General Direction
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In December 2019, the first cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, caused by a new Coronavirus, appeared in China. It quickly spread around the world, became a pandemic and on March 2, 2020, the first case in Portugal was diagnosed. After a few months of struggle against
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A must see for those who like chocolate. Recently opened at Quebra Costas, in downtown Coimbra, a beautifully decorated artisanal chocolate shop: “Chocolataria Equador”. This speciality shop is distinguished for being “independent of the massive worldwide chain of cocoa beans commercialization” because it works to “recover the
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Include in your visit a day at the “Praia Fluvial Torres do Mondego”. There are several beautiful river beaches along the course of the River Mondego. One of them is the famous “Praia Fluvial de Palheiros and Zorro“, also known as the “Praia Fluvial de Torres do
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In “Baixa de Coimbra”. It was in 1982 that the brothers António and Miguel Faustino, passioned about sports wear, opened the first Sportino store, in Bombarral. In the last few years the business has expanded and today there are already 15 Sportino stores scattered across the country,
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Include in your visit. Lúcia de Jesus Rosa dos Santos or simply known to all of us as “Irmã Lúcia” was just ten years old when on July 13 1917, with her cousins Jacinta and Francisco, she attended the apparitions of “Nossa Senhora de Fátima” in “Cova
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7th Feb. | 9:30 p.m. | TAGV Capitão Fausto Concert. 7th Feb. | 9:30 p.m. | Saint Francis Convent Pedro Moutinho – Um Fado ao Contrário 9th Feb. | 5:00 p.m. | Salão Brazil Samba in the center – Samba wheel 14th Feb. | 10:00 p.m. |
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Include in your visit. The Municipal Museum – “Edifício Chiado”, located at “Rua Ferreira Borges” and is one of the highlights of one of the main commercial street of downtown Coimbra. Going back in time, in 1905 the Great Warehouses of Chiado were inaugurated in Lisbon. A
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Visit the “Museu Nacional Machado de Castro” – integrated in the UNESCO World Heritage Area. The “Museu Nacional Machado de Castro“, integrated in the area selected by UNESCO as World Heritage of the University of Coimbra, Alta and Sofia, is an icon of the city. It was
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Av. Fernão de Magalhães, 25
3000-175 Coimbra, Portugal
Tel. +351 239 829 071
(national landline call)
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