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Kings, Scholars and Rebels Self Guided Tour of Coimbra
União das freguesias de Coimbra (Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina e São Bartolomeu)
Important Information
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Portugal's first capital has a habit of giving old buildings new jobs. A royal throne room is now where doctoral students defend their theses. A parish church is now a café. A Moorish gate still guards the hill. This self-guided audio walking tour, on the Tourific app, stitches it all together.
Follow a route from the Monastery of Santa Cruz, where Portugal's first two kings lie buried, up cobblestone backstreets to Europe's oldest surviving university, where bats work the night shift in the Joanina Library. Hear how a student serenade became the secret signal that toppled a dictatorship, and trace the doomed love of Pedro and Inês.
Walk at your own pace, pause when you want, restart when ...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location
Meeting Points
Departure
Santa Cruz Church
This is a self-guided audio tour on a self-guided tour app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from us sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for the company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
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Hotel Quinta das Lágrimas
Kings, Scholars and Rebels Self Guided Tour of Coimbra
União das freguesias de Coimbra (Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina e São Bartolomeu)
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Portugal's first capital has a habit of giving old buildings new jobs. A royal throne room is now where doctoral students defend their theses. A parish church is now a café. A Moorish gate still guards the hill. This self-guided audio walking tour, on the Tourific app, stitches it all together.
Follow a route from the Monastery of Santa Cruz, where Portugal's first two kings lie buried, up cobblestone backstreets to Europe's oldest surviving university, where bats work the night shift in the Joanina Library. Hear how a student serenade became the secret signal that toppled a dictatorship, and trace the doomed love of Pedro and Inês.
Walk at your own pace, pause when you want, restart when ...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location
Meeting Points
Departure
Santa Cruz Church
This is a self-guided audio tour on a self-guided tour app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from us sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for the company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
Return
Hotel Quinta das Lágrimas
Itinerary
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8 de Agosto
Stand at the triumphal arch that a Portuguese king built to rewrite his own dynasty's burial ground.
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8 de Agosto
Order coffee beneath the soaring vaults of a church that once served as a hardware store.
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Coimbra
Climb the stair locals call the Backbreaker and meet the bronze woman who once kept this city drinking.
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Coimbra District
Step inside a medieval watchtower where a doomed poet scrawled his name and a fado museum now whispers.
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Se Velha De Coimbra
Look up at the crenellated parapets of the only Portuguese cathedral still dressed for battle.
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Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro
Descend beneath a bishop's palace to the largest Roman structure in Portugal, built to flatten a hilltop
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Portugal
Cross the stairs Salazar built as a showcase and students turned into the stage of a national protest.
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Coimbra District
Pause under the iron gate every Coimbra student passes through twice, once to begin and once to burn.
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Coimbra
Enter the courtyard where Portugal's first dynasty of kings was born and where rectors are still crowned.
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Coimbra
Meet the two bat species who have worked the night shift among sixty thousand rare books for centuries.
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Coimbra District
Notice the armillary sphere above a chapel door that hides one of Europe's loudest Baroque organs.
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Coimbra
Duck through the last surviving Moorish gate in Coimbra and find the legend of a princess carved above
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Portugal
Spot the Friar Killer whose statue rules the square where medieval traders paid their toll to enter Coimbra.
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Ponte Santa Clara
Linger on the bridge that has joined the two sides of Coimbra in three forms across five centuries.
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Santa Iria de Azoia
Explore the ruins of a monastery the river swallowed, founded by a queen who turned bread to roses.
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Jardim Urbano da Costa de Caparica
Wander the gardens where a royal romance ended in murder and a fountain still holds her tears.
