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Coimbra
Coimbra: Day 1
Coimbra: Day 1
Day 1
Catch up on your learning at the University of Coimbra The tour to Coimbra couldn´t start in any other way but in one of the classrooms of the University of Coimbra. After that, we´ll go on discovering the World Heritage in Uptown (“Alta”) and in Rua da Sofia, as we head down towards the Mondego River. The day ends with a privileged view of the city and all its heritage.
Coimbra hosts thousands of tourists every day – that is no secret. What you may not know is that the Biblioteca Geral (General Library) isn’t the only place where you can buy tickets. The first of many tips that we will give about Coimbra is this: you can also buy tickets at the Laboratório Chimico, one of the museological centers at Museu da Ciência (Science Museum) and the Faculdade de Philosophia (Philosophy Faculty). And you can start your tour right here by visiting the
Gabinete de Física (Physics Office) where you can find collections of scientific objects and instruments, and the Galeria de História Natural (National History Gallery) that holds an educational collection of animals, plants, fossils, minerals as well as many other objects. A few meters from the Museu da Ciência, on Rua Larga, you will find the Faculdades de Medicina e Letras (Medicine and Humanities Faculties), the Biblioteca Geral and the Departamentos de Química