Coimbra's Historical Highlights: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
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Coimbra, Portugal
- 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Guided tours are good for getting oriented, but often follow strict itineraries on tight schedules. With this self-guided audio tour, explore the heart of Coimbra’s historical center at your own pace. Walk through the city’s old medieval gates to the alleys, sidewalk cafes, and music venues of Alta da Cidade (Upper Town). Learn about the history of Fado music, and finish your tour at the university campus, where you’ll catch amazing views of the city and Mondego River.
- A self-guided audio tour of Coimbra’s historic highlights
- Walk through medieval gates to Alta da Cidade (Upper Town)
- Explore historical churches, museums, and monuments
- Start and stop at your own pace and explore at your own pace
What's Included
- Lifetime access to this tour in English
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
- VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
- Food and drink
- Smartphone and headphones
- Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
- Transportation
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Largo da Portagem, 3000-201 Coimbra, Portugal
Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
End point
- Iron GateR. de São Pedro 20, 3000-515 Coimbra, Portugal
The tour ends at the Porta Férrea in Coimbra.
Arranged start time
Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.
- 07/21/2026 - 08/16/2027
Monday - Sunday : 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Itinerary
Largo da Portagem (Pass By)
Igreja De Sao Tiago (Pass By)
Santa Cruz Church (Pass By)
Barbican Gate (Pass By)
Torre de Almedina (Pass By)
Torre de Anto (Pass By)
Se Velha De Coimbra (Pass By)
National Museum Machado de Castro (Pass By)
Igreja de São Salvador (Pass By)
Museu de Ciencia da Universidade de Coimbra (Pass By)
New Cathedral of the Holy Name of Jesus (Coimbra) (Pass By)
Escadas Monumentais (Pass By)
Porta Ferrea (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- Near public transportation
- Not wheelchair accessible
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
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Kathy_M, Nov 2025
It worked really well. What we appreciated was being able to go your own pace, and when you heard enough you just moved on.
Kathleen_M, Jun 2025
very informative, loved being able to listen to the history but take it at our own place too. perfect amount of information
Clive_F, Nov 2024
The tour was very easy to follow and gave an excellent overview of the history of the town. I would recommend this tour to anyone but it requires a lot of climbing so beware if you find walking difficult.
Michael_D, Oct 2024
Learning about and seeing the Republicas was fascinating. It was also nice to go at our own pace, which allowed us eat lunch, visit some churches, etc. The map function worked well.
Anonymous, Sep 2024
Loved the Southgate tour. She was excellent. Would have been nice to have her talk just a little slower so that we didn’t have to pause so frequently but other than that it was great. We signed up for another one!
Alicia_V, Sep 2024
It was our first self guided tour and we loved it. It is so easy to follow directions and descriptions are totally accurate. For sure I will keep on doing this self guided audio tours
Arnold_A, Apr 2024
Complete and concise…this audio guide is such a great way to get the feel for Coimbra. Allows you to do it on your own pace. Wish there guides like this for other places in Portugal.
Susan_A, Sep 2023
This was our first self guided tour, and we were surprised at how easy it was to follow! It was packed full of information and gave great instructions on where to go and where to look. We could stop and spend as much time looking at something or taking pictures, then start up again. We used air buds to listen with, and didn’t have any problems at all. The price so reasonable too! We will definitely do one of these again! Thanks for making this type of tour an option!
David_L, Jul 2023
We loved this format!
Great information. Easy to go at you own pace. Easy to stop and visit locations then resume.
Robert_K, Jun 2023
Very easy to use and informative. We bought one for me and one for my wife. In reality, we ended up only using 1, since we shared the one phone to save battery life. BTW, starting with a batter life of 75% or more is highly recommended!
Donald_K, Apr 2023
This was a very novel way to take a tour of Coimbra. Because it was a self guided audio tour, we were we were able to pick the day and time to take the tour. The technology of the application worked fairly well; however, there were some times when the audio tour didn’t work when we were in a location where the audio tour should have resumed. Overall, however, we were very satisfied with the audio tour, and we would strongly recommend it to others.
CHRISTINE_H, Apr 2023
This was a great experience. The hour and a half audio tour lasted 5 hours because we stopped at every museum, every coffee place, had a leisurely lunch in the middle and spent the day seeing the city on our own time.
Karen_W, Mar 2022
It was enjoyable to have a private tour with Anna. All of my questions were answered and she took the time to ask for my preferences.
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