City of Knowledge

Coimbra

Centuries-old university, Coimbra fado and the forests of Buçaco. The district unites age-old wisdom with the Açor mountains and the beaches of Figueira da Foz.

161 Parishes

17 Municipalities

409K Inhabitants

01

The Grand Route
of Coimbra

A journey through the most emblematic municipalities

1

Santo António dos Olivais

Santo António dos Olivais

800-year-old trees shade chanfana pots and 18th-century gilded carving in Coimbra’s urban grove

2

Lorvão

Lorvão

From vanished convent organ to pasteis perfumed with almond, explore Penacova’s valley cloister.

3

Poiares (Santo André)

Vila Nova de Poiares

Poiares (Santo André)

Twice-stripped council revived by emigrants’ gold; granite lanes echo tubas & candied-chestnut smoke

4

Lousã

Lousã

Hear Rio Ceira gossip over stone while 6,461 villagers keep time with church bells and bakery clocks

5

Miranda do Corvo

Miranda do Corvo

Miranda do Corvo

254 Lousã steps, 1892 town hall, 1962 espresso—feel the valley town’s pulse

6

União das freguesias de São Miguel, Santa Eufémia e Rabaçal

União das freguesias de São Miguel, Santa Eufémia e Rabaçal

Savour slow-aged Rabaçal DOP cheese, hear 16th-century bells and trace schist lanes through São Migu

7

União das freguesias de Condeixa-a-Velha e Condeixa-a-Nova

Condeixa-a-Nova

União das freguesias de Condeixa-a-Velha e Condeixa-a-Nova

Walk 19 centuries of polished limestone, then baroque splendour just 2 km away.

8

Soure

Soure

Walk a Mondego-plain castle, taste creamy Carolino rice, smell wet straw in Portugal’s lowest town.

9

Buarcos

Figueira da Foz

Buarcos

Where 150-million-year limestone meets Atlantic surf and Marinhoa beef sizzles in Figueira da Foz

10

Arazede

Montemor-o-Velho

Arazede

Mondego paddies, Carolino rice, Marinhoa beef—Arazede feeds you from its own earth.

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All Municipalities
of Coimbra

17 municipalities to explore

Arganil

Arganil

14 parishes

Cantanhede

Cantanhede

15 parishes

Coimbra

Coimbra

18 parishes

Condeixa-a-Nova

Condeixa-a-Nova

7 parishes

Figueira da Foz

Figueira da Foz

17 parishes

Góis

Góis

4 parishes

Lousã

Lousã

5 parishes

Mira

Mira

4 parishes

Miranda do Corvo

Miranda do Corvo

4 parishes

Montemor-o-Velho

Montemor-o-Velho

11 parishes

Oliveira do Hospital

Oliveira do Hospital

17 parishes

Pampilhosa da Serra

Pampilhosa da Serra

8 parishes

Penacova

Penacova

8 parishes

Penela

Penela

4 parishes

Soure

Soure

10 parishes

Tábua

Tábua

11 parishes

Vila Nova de Poiares

Vila Nova de Poiares

4 parishes

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