Bars

Fado houses in Coimbra

Fado houses

Musicians performing Coimbra fado in a former chapel interior

À Capella

Coimbra fado three times a night inside a chapel built in 1364. The times and the cover charge come from one undated source — confirm before you go.

Cover charge reported at 5 EUR — re-confirm

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The vaulted interior of Café Santa Cruz in the former church of São João, Coimbra

Café Santa Cruz

A café inside a church deconsecrated in 1834 and converted in 1923, with free Coimbra fado twice a day and no published opening hours of its own.

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A Coimbra guitarra and a singer in academic dress at a small fado house

Fado ao Centro

A fado house on the stepped lane below the cathedral, built around explaining the tradition. Its own site publishes neither show times nor ticket prices.

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