Tower of University of Coimbra

The ticket for the tower can either be purchased as a single ticket for 3€ or additionally to tickets for the university circuits. However, I would recommend doing this if being physically able to as it has been an amazing view over Coimbra and the university as well as church buildings.

This is a must-see in Coimbra. You need to check out the academic prison and see the library. The weapons used by the university guards to protect the professors are also very interesting. Maybe you can encounter some students in black copes, which is super interesting. Definitely check this place out when you get to Coimbra.

Located on the campus of the Universidade de Coimbra, this 18 th century clock & bell tower rising above the courtyard, is one of Coimbra's most famous landmark. You can tale a guided tour or go by yourself. Amazing views of the city and the Mondego river.

Really neat decoration and architecture. Happy we stopped and bought tickets.

The University tower stands in the corner of the University square between the Sao Miguel Chapel and University Palace. It is not included in your combo ticket, but with it you pay only 50 cents to climb it. I must emphasize I climbed many towers all over Europe, and this one by far has the narrowest staircase I've ever seen. In the upper part it is impossible to bypass other visitors, therefore they have staff at the bottom and at the top which communicate when people can go. For that reason people with claustrophobic and mobility issues should avoid it. Once up, you have amazing views of entire Coimbra and further countryside, as the University plateau is already on top of a hill.

For a university that charges people to see certain parts of it, I expected much more. I have been to universities without paying and left with mind blowing beauty of them. This is a bit rundown and needs a lot of repair work. We paid too much money to see rooms that were just OK. Library is the most exciting area, but you can’t take pictures and you just get a chance to look at them from afar. Of course I understand the delicacy of the items in there. They also have no ticket option to see the library only. They have packages only and charge a lot if you ask me. Tower was the fun part. It gets very narrow, so if you have issues think twice. Views were pretty.

You will feel like you are in Harry Potter movie!!! One of the oldest university..beautiful campus with rich customs and traditions.

J K Rowling had a marvelous inspiration here, a beautiful view and an amazing chapel and Bibliotheque contributed to it I saw the black capped students that gave her the idea for Harry Potter s ambiance