Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Coimbra, Portugal

The Church of Santo António dos Olivais, also referred to as the Convent of Santo António dos Olivais, the Parish Church of Santo António dos Olivais and the Sanctuary of Saint Anthony of Olivais, is located in the parish of Santo António dos Olivais, in the city, municipality and district of Coimbra, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Santo António dos Olivais (PT)

The Santa Cruz Park, popularly known as Jardim da Sereia, is located in the parishes of Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina and São Bartolomeu, in the city, municipality and district of Coimbra, in Portugal.

Wikipedia: Parque de Santa Cruz (PT)

The São Sebastião Aqueduct, popularly known as the Arches of the Garden, is located on the Martim de Freitas sidewalk, in front of the Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra, in the parish of Sé Nova, city and municipality of Coimbra, in the district of Coimbra, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Aqueduto de São Sebastião (PT), Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

The Biblioteca Joanina, sometimes known in English as the Joanine Library, is a Baroque library in Coimbra, Portugal, located at the heart of the University of Coimbra. The Biblioteca Joanina is regularly considered one of the most beautiful libraries in the world.

Wikipedia: Biblioteca Joanina (EN)

The Old Cathedral of Coimbra is a Romanesque Roman Catholic building in Portugal. Construction of the Sé Velha began some time after the Battle of Ourique (1139), when Prince Afonso Henriques declared himself King of Portugal and chose Coimbra as capital. The first Count of Coimbra, the Mozarab Sisnando Davides, is buried in the cathedral.

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The Palace of Sobre-Ribas, also referred to as Paço de Sub-Ripas and Casa de Sub-Ripas, is located in the parish of Coimbra, municipality of Coimbra, district of Coimbra, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Paço de Sobre-Ribas (PT), Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

It is called the University of Coimbra-Alta and Sofia, the historical-cultural set classified as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013, housing 4 parishes of the historic center of Coimbra located in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. The University of Coimbra is one of the oldest universities still in operation in the world and the oldest in Portugal and the countries and regions of Portuguese.

Wikipedia: Universidade de Coimbra - Alta e Sofia (PT)

The Carmo Church, also referred to as the Carmo College and Church and the Home of the Third Order of St. Francis, is located in the parish of Coimbra, city, municipality, and district of Coimbra in Portugal.

Wikipedia: Igreja do Carmo (Coimbra) (PT), Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

Escola da Noite - Grupo de Teatro de Coimbra is a Portuguese professional theatre company, based in Coimbra since its foundation in 1992, being an Institution of Public Utility since 1998. It has premiered 72 shows so far and presented about two thousand sessions in Coimbra and on tour, both nationally and internationally. In choosing the repertoire, it seeks a balance between classic and contemporary authors, with two special points of interest: the work of Gil Vicente and the dramaturgy in Portuguese. Aeschylus, Euripides, Chekhov, Lorca, Beckett, Heiner Müller, José Sanchis Sinisterra, Nelson Rodrigues, Plínio Marcos and Abel Neves are some of the authors he has worked with. In recent years, he has deepened a new front of work – the scenic adaptation of non-dramatic texts from, for example, the works of Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, Rubem Fonseca and Franz Kafka and, in poetry, Adélia Prado and Manoel de Barros.

Wikipedia: A Escola da Noite (PT)

The ruins of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha are located in the city of Coimbra, in Portugal. The monastery was built in the 14th century on the left bank of the Mondego River, but had to be abandoned in the 17th century due to frequent floods. The well-preserved Gothic ruins of the monastery were excavated in the late 20th century, more than 300 years after being abandoned by the nuns.

Wikipedia: Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (EN), Website

The Portugal dos Pequenitos is a miniature park in the civil parish of Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas, in the municipality of Coimbra, in the Portuguese district of Coimbra. The park consists of diminutive versions of Portuguese houses and monuments, and has pavilions dedicated to the former Portuguese colonies.

Wikipedia: Portugal dos Pequenitos (EN)

The Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra is a botanical garden with an area of 13.5 hectares, located in Coimbra, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Jardim Botânico de Coimbra (PT), Url, Opening Hours

Penedo da Saudade, previously known as Pedra dos Ventos is a historical public garden in Coimbra, Portugal. The garden has partial views of Coimbra skyline and the Coimbra City Stadium. A long winding walkway leads down the hill through a wooded area, from the main section of the garden all the way down to Infanta Dona Maria street.

Wikipedia: Penedo da Saudade (EN)