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Hotels in Alta

The UNESCO hill: university, two cathedrals, a stepped lane called Back-Breaker Street, and a public lift that rises 51 metres so your calves do not have to.

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The rooftop terrace at Sapientia Boutique Hotel at sunset, over the roofs of Coimbra

Sapientia Boutique Hotel

A boutique address inside the university quarter, with a rooftop facing the Joanina Library and the tower. Its hours and star rating are not published.

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A room at Serenata Hostel, Coimbra, with the house monogram on the wall

Serenata Hostel

Dorms, doubles and suites on the Old Cathedral square, in a restored building that was once a maternity institute and later Coimbra’s music conservatory.

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