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Get our insider view on Coimbra! Here you’ll be able to catch-up on what is happening, get the insider tips for your visit and also find out a bit more about the city’s History and Culture!
After all, getting to know any given place from the perspective of an insider is one of the wonders of traveling, we encourage you to take the time to get to know Coimbra, Portugal.
Until July 7th City festival. Concerts in different places in the city. From June 19 to August 31 Jazz nights at weekends on the steps of “Quebra Costas”. Until July 14th | Parque da Canção Popular Fair.
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The shop with more style of downtown. “Gang of four“, a multi-brand casual clothing store, is one of the most fashionable shops in downtown Coimbra. It began by opening in “Terreiro da Erva” in 2005, but soon the space became small and for the last nine years it has
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The remodeled “Café Montanha”. The famous “Café Montanha” does not go unnoticed. Located since 1988 in “Largo da Portagem” in “Baixa de Coimbra” it has been a reference for decades and has recently been carefully remodeled. The four partners (Rogério Alves, Pedro Márcio, António Fonseca and Pedro
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Until June 10th Cultural Fair of Coimbra in “Parque Dr. Manuel Braga”. From June 19 to August 31 Jazz nights are back on the steps of “Quebra Costas”. 20th June | 9:30 p.m. | “Convento de São Francisco” Symphony nº 5 by Tchaikovsky | Gulbenkian Orchestra
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New in town. At number 1 of Adro de Cima, next to the Church “São Bartolomeu”, in the heart of Coimbra’s downtown, you will find the Vieira Duque – Gallery of Art and Culture. Inaugurated very recently, Miguel Vieira Duque (responsible for the artistic management of the
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A workshop open to the public in downtown Coimbra. Laurens De Geest, a Belgian sculptor, moved directly from Paris to Coimbra and so “Atelier 13” was born, on “Rua do Corvo” in downtown Coimbra. An “open atelier”, an open workshop where it is possible to see Laurens
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A restaurant with 80 years of history and tradition in downtown. With over 80 years of existence, the Carmina de Matos Restaurant, located at “Praça 8 de Maio” in downtown Coimbra, has always been a local reference for the quality and excellence of its typical portuguese flavours.
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A record store where pop/rock dominates but there are also fado, jazz, Brasil or África. It was in February 2017 that Rui Ferreira, with a 26 year carreer as a nurse, dived into a huge carreer change from nursing to owning a record store in downtown Coimbra.
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A space of entertainment – 45 minutes of Coimbra. Casino da Figueira da Foz has for many decades been one of the most emblematic entertainment and animation spaces in the country. This venue is the closest to Coimbra and sits by the ocean, only 45 minutes from
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A centenary shop in the heart of downtown. Chapelaria e Camisaria Salgueiro’s, with more than a century, is the oldest store in “Rua Ferreira Borges” and its registration dates from 1869. António Salgueiro is the current owner of this commercial space, having inherited the business from his
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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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