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The best portuguese products to taste or to buy. An instant classic opened its doors in the “Praça do Comércio” of Coimbra, this is a new restaurant by the renowned Chef Paulo Queirós and was named “Comércio da Praça”. This special new venue proves inviting from the first glance,
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A reference in the traditional commerce of the city. It was in 1957, 61 years ago, that Manuel Marques Veigo opened the beautiful “Casa dos Linhos” in downtown Coimbra. As the name implies, this is a store that sells home textiles like towels, sheets, blankets, tablecloths, among others.
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Are you a vegetarian? This text is for you. Nowadays the focus on eating healthy or lowering one’s impact on the enviroment is increasing and, therefore, many restaurants in downtown already offer in their menus vegetarian dishes, including a few twists of local receipes. Refeitro’s menu includes
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53 years of reference and excellence in the city. “Our Client is our Boss”, explains Mr. Marques, 80 years old, owner of the “Casa dos Enxovais”, in downtown Coimbra. A notable shop in the city, with a history of 53 years, the “Casa dos Enxovais” is a
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A shoe store, in downtown, where you will find footwear made in Portugal. “Margem D’Euforia“, a shoe store in the “Rua Visconde da Luz”, near the Monastery of “Santa Cruz”, was the achievement of a dream for the owner, Diana Rolim. This young Portuguese entrepreneur gained passion
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The ideal place to practice several sporting modalities. The University Stadium of Coimbra (EUC), inaugurated in 1963, is deeply linked to the Academic Association of Coimbra. With more than 50 years of history, the EUC provides physical activity not only to the university community but also to the
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Here you will find a service of excellence and reference brands. The “Loja das Meias Coimbra”, located at Rua Ferreira Borges in downtown Coimbra, belongs to the Carvalho Family since 1961 and is an inescapable reference of the city. At the time, the couple Mr. Cândido Carvalho and
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More than 30 years of history. One of the largest and most active tennis clubs in central Portugal, the Tennis Club of Coimbra was created by a group of friends who had in tennis a common passion. With more than 30 years of history, the Tennis Club
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Mandatory visit in Coimbra. Remember nothing seemed appropriate to your size when you where a child? Everything was too big or high… The only reason you always thought that is because you never visited Portugal dos Pequenitos (Portugal of the Little Ones), a special place in Coimbra created to teach the world
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Two concepts in the same space “Cordel Maneirista” and “Hamburgaria Maneirista”. “Cordel Maneirista”, a Restaurant that joins in the same space two different gastronomic concepts. On the one hand, a menu that offers deep rooted traditional Portuguese dishes such as “Arroz de Carqueja”, “Polvo com Batata Doce e
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