Plan your trip
Plan your trip to Coimbra
Everything to settle before you arrive: days, dates, tickets and budget.
When to go
Getting there & around
Transport
Coimbra-A vs Coimbra-B
Long-distance trains stop at Coimbra-B, two kilometres out. The connecting train no longer exists. Here is what replaced it and which station you actually want.
Transport
Getting Around Coimbra
The centre is walked, not ridden — but it is vertical. The lift, the new Metrobus and when a taxi is worth it, with the fares we could and could not verify.
Transport
Getting to Coimbra
Coimbra sits on the Lisbon–Porto mainline, which makes it easy to reach and easy to get wrong. Every fast train stops two kilometres outside the city.
Practical info
Families
Coimbra with Kids
A miniature Portugal, a free botanical garden and a river. Also a lot of stairs and a silent library. What works with children here and what to skip.
Practical info
Coimbra Practical Information
Opening-hour traps, the university ticket tiers, the photography ban in the Joanina, and an honest list of the numbers no official source publishes.
