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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.
In June 2020, “Imprensa Nacional – Casa da Moeda” (INCM) opened a store on the street “Visconde da Luz”, in the heart of downtown. INCM results from the fusion, in 1972, between the “Imprensa Nacional” (National printing house) and the “Casa da Moeda” (National mint). The “Imprensa
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With a privileged location and a view over “Praça 8 de Maio” square, “Doce Meu” is the latest pastry-shop, making Coimbra Downtown even sweeter. From the same owners of the “Flor de Aveiro” pastry, a reference in the neighboring city of Aveiro, “Doce Meu” now offers Conimbricenses
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6th, 13th, 20th, 27th Nov. | 10:00 a.m. | Botanical Garden Autumn itineraries in the context of 250 years of the botanical gardens. 2, 3 and 4th Nov | 9:00 p.m. | TAGV 14ª Italian Cinema Party. 5th Nov. | 9:30 p.m. | TAGV Teresa Salgueiro Concert.
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The oldest document attesting to the presence of Jews on Portuguese territory is from Coimbra. This presence, having experienced peaceful times, also lived times of extreme intolerance and persecution. It is in the “Pátio da Inquisição”, in a building with more than 470 years of history, that
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Hotel Oslo is located in Coimbra and is proud to be part of the historic city center. Around the hotel, in the narrow streets and in the old alleys, on the stairs and in the squares, you will find cafés, pastry shops, shops and restaurants as charming
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The ancient “Alta de Coimbra” district is just a few minutes away from Hotel Oslo. After seeing one of the most representative images of the city from your room window, you should still see it, again before leaving for discovery, from our bar or from the hotel
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We all know that the past shapes the present and the future. Therefore, the fact that Coimbra still is a town deeply connected to commerce is not really a surprise. The past of the city was shaped by centuries of tradition and countless generations of shopkeepers and
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Just one hour drive from Coimbra you’ll fund the Sanctuary of Fátima in “Cova da Iria – Fátima”, a place of Christian pilgrimage and Catholic devotion known as one of the largest international destination for religious tourism. Going back in time, it was there, in 1917, that
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Visiting Coimbra is always a good idea! Not only because this is a welcoming town where you will find tradition, comfort and safety but also because Coimbra is located in a privileged area where you can find everything you might want on a vacation: culture, mountains, beach,
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The Santa Clara-a-Velha Monastery was built in 1314 at the request of Rainha Santa Isabel, patron saint of Coimbra. Completed in 1330, the Monastery stood out for the size of the Church and Cloister and for the stone vault that covers the three naves of the same
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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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