It’s mid-morning in this old university town of steep, winding streets and whitewashed buildings, but you won’t find many students around. Most of them went to bed just a few hours ago, after a night ...

Manifesta, Europe’s nomadic biennial of contemporary art and urban practice, will be held in Coimbra, Portugal in 2028 – the first time the country will host the influential event. Manifesta 17 will ...

A couple of hours north of Lisbon, Coimbra is the Oxford or Cambridge of Portugal — the home of its most venerable university. It’s also the country’s easiest-to-enjoy city — a mini-Lisbon, with ...

Long ago, two young travellers heading north from Portugal's Algarve entered a mountainous landscape, green with pine and chestnut trees, threaded with rivers, and discovered a hilltop town on the ...

On the north side of the Rio Mondego, off the Coimbra-Sul exit of the Lisbon-Porto motorway, this establishment (part of Small Luxury Hotels of the World) has been under the same ownership since 1730.

Simple plaster surfaces sit alongside aged wooden ceiling beams within this ceramics studio in Coimbra, Portugal, which has been overhauled by Luisa Bebiano Arquitectos and Atelier do Corvo. Situated ...

We talk to young recorder player António Godinho about the burgeoning Early music scene in Portugal – and the music ...

Olá, travelers! Today Rafa Vieira writes to us from Coimbra, Portugal, and tells us why this European city is simply the best. Want to see your city on IT? Copy and paste our list of fill-in-the-blank ...

Located midway between Lisbon and Porto, Portugal’s 13th century former capital has long been known for the University of Coimbra, the oldest in the country, founded in 1290. Now the riverfront city ...