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Best of Coimbra

Rooftops, tapas bars, flamenco venues and budget eats: the shortlists we revisit every season, with reasons for every pick.

Sights & monuments

Gilded shelving in the Joanina Library, the first entry on this list

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The Best Things to Do in Coimbra

Ten picks in order, with published prices and the reason each one earns its place. Three of them are free, and one of the famous ones is not on the list at all.

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Hotels

The flat-iron facade of a historic Coimbra hotel on the riverfront avenue

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The Best Hotels in Coimbra

Eight documented stays in order, from an eighteenth-century palace to a hostel on the Old Cathedral square. No rates, because none are published, and no invented ones.

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Restaurants

A narrow Coimbra tasca with marble tables and handwritten notes covering the walls

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The Best Restaurants in Coimbra

Ten tables in order, with the price bands that exist and blank spaces where none do. Coimbra restaurants publish almost nothing, and this guide says so.

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