Free Day to Explore Coimbra

We started the day with a very interesting guided tour of the oldest section of the university, including the former royal palace, which is now part of the university administrative center. We also saw the Joanina Library, which holds more than 60,000 books, mostly from the 16th to 18th century and is considered one of the richest a European collections in terms of holdings. and the royal chapel, where the mass is sung on Sundays and is available for weddings and funerals if you have a connection to the university. We shopped, ate and wandered around town,soaking in the ambience for the remainder of the day. Of course we had to get gelato because we were shown where the best place to get some was and I needed to confirm if that was true! It was indeed exquisitely delicious. We closed out the day by dining at an Italian restaurant near the hotel and hit the hay early. Heading to Porto in the morning.Read more