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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.
This year, the city’s patron will walk through Coimbra. In July, you’ll be able to witness the grand celebrations of the city in honor of its patron, Queen Santa Isabel. Every two years the inhabitants of Coimbra stop to see their queen, a tradition that you can
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Coimbra is not only an amazing city at its core. If you venture out of town, you will find out that there are very interesting places like Figueira da Foz, a beautiful fishing town with a long story to tell and a great culinary tradition. It is
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Portugal is a very musical country and, during our revolution, that happened on the 25th of April of 1974, songs worked like secret codes. One of our biggest authors and singerswas Zeca Afonso, who lived part of his life in Coimbra. He’s the author of the famous
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In a month when Coimbra begins to attract even more tourists, Portugal celebrates one of the most important dates – maybe the most important – of its recent past: the 25th of April. This is a historical day, celebrated every year, which recalls the liberation from the
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All month – Exhibition “From the South to the Sun: the University of Coimbra and China”, at the Science Museum 8 | 9:30 pm – Music show “Rediscovering Baroque”, at Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente 28 | 10 pm – Jazz Combo, at Tabacaria (Oficina Municipal de
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This month we recommend you pay a visit to the new establishment NATA Lisboa. If you like a truly traditional and very sweet snack, this is the perfect place. Here, you can try some of the true Portuguese icons – called natas or pastéis de Belém –
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The Baroque Library is located in the central space of the Paço das Escolas (School Court). It’s the place where one can find the buildings and monuments that constitute the core of the University of Coimbra and an important part of the area recently considered World Heritage
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2013 has been, so far, a great year for Coimbra’s patrimony. First, the University and some surrounding areas like the street of Sofia, where the city’s centenary colleges are located, earned the stamp of World Heritage Site provided by UNESCO, a certification that ensures the preservation of
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5 – No Rules Fair, near the Convento de Santa Clara 15 | 9:30 pm – Opera “La Princesse Jeune” and “The Wandering Scholar”, at the Academic Theatre of Gil Vicente 26 – Antiques fair, at Praça do Comércio
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This month we want you to be part of the French Cinema Festival in Coimbra. The acclaimed event will pass through the city between October 22 and 26 with several projections and news from the world of French cinema. The inauguration takes place on the 22th, by
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Av. Fernão de Magalhães, 25
3000-175 Coimbra, Portugal
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