Coimbra Walking Tour: Discover Main Attractions

Explore Coimbra’s top attractions with a local guide. Discover history, traditions, and hidden gems in just a few hours. Perfect for short visits.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Largo da Portagem - This is one of the main squares in the city center. Here you’ll learn about the city’s occupation over time and what you can visit on the other side of the river.
  • Praca do Comercio - This square is dominated by two churches from the twelve century. You’ll learn more about it here at this spot
  • Igreja Santiago - The…
What's Included
  • Expert and Passionate Tour Guide
  • Sheet or pdf with recommendations from a local to enjoy Coimbra to the fullest
  • Snacks
What's Not Included
  • Other paid entrances
  • Tips or Gratuities
Additional Information

On this walking tour, you’ll uncover all of Coimbra’s key attractions.
It’s an ideal way to explore the city if you only have a few hours.
If you have more time, this tour serves as a great introduction. You can use the tips provided during the tour to delve deeper into certain aspects in the following days.
Don’t just settle for a few historical…

Location
Largo da Portagem
Look for the guide wearing a yellow T-shirt with a black logo next to the statue in the center of the square. If it's cold or raining, I'll wear a yellow-mustard jacket or vest with a black pin.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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786ilenet
Nov 12, 2024
Great overview of Coimbra - Jose was a great guide with attention to the details in taking care of our group. Little things like pointing out public restrooms or tips on which ATMs to use or not use. And the tour and information shared about Coimbra was fantastic
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Thompso2
Nov 10, 2024
A fun and informative morning in Coimbra - Jose's tour is a great way to get oriented in Coimbra, as the uphill tour is fun and informative. The pace was good, and we really appreciated that he loaned us headsets so we could hear him clearly throughout. The best part of the tour was that he didn't just show us the main sights, he also shared lots of details we would otherwise have missed (like a laborer's inscription in Arabic on the Old Cathedral, and information about the university from his time as a student).
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Souvikr915
Nov 5, 2024
Loved it. - One of the best thing to do in Coimbra. Loved the tour with Jose. It was full of historical knowledge and wittyness. He seems very passionate and professional person. Highly recommended.
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Lumor79
Nov 5, 2024
Above my expectations! - José is a very experienced and professional guide. Very glad that I took his free tour, a real pleasure. If u wanna visit Coimbra, u must do it with him, very recomended!
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Fleming75
Nov 1, 2024
Excellent - We very much enjoyed this tour, José was excellent. We learned so much about Coimbra & its history in an engaging and informative way. José was good fun & also provided audio headsets to ensure we could hear him at all times. The tour took in Coimbr’s main sites.
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721darcim
Oct 31, 2024
Enjoyable tour with excellent guide Jose … - Comprehensive tour with great exercise and excellent guide Jose. Enjoyed all aspects from cathedrals to scenic lookouts to the university
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Liz
Oct 29, 2024
Jose provides the best introduction to Coimbra! - Interesting and fun tour of Coimbra. Our guide, Jose, kept us all moving and engaged with his knowledge and wit. Couldn’t have been better.
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Caroline_h
Oct 28, 2024
Highly informative and entertaining walking tour - It was our first time visiting Coimbra and this tour was so helpful and entertaining. Jose - our guide - was super friendly & knowledgeable. We covered a lot of the city and learnt loads. Jose also left us with a helpful list of recommendations. Highly recommend this tour! Thanks Jose!
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T4535dajonathann
Oct 28, 2024
Fun and informative walking tour - José was a wonderful and knowledgeable guide with lots of anecdotes about the student life and culture of Coimbra. He shared the history and spoke about the different periods of the city in a very exciting 2.5 hour tour, we didn't want it to end.
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Deborah_s
Oct 30, 2024
Rip off from Viatour - book for free elsewhere - We really liked the tour itself. José was very good as a guide. But - Viator failed to mention that this was a FREE walking tour, for which they charged 3€/person! Had we realized this, we would have signed up for the exact same tour on the Coimbrawalkingtours website!
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).