Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( 239 812 945; carlostomas_ceramicaartesanal@hotmail.com; Largo da Sé Velha
4)
. It can also custom-paint items and arrange well-padded delivery worldwide.
Information
INTERNET ACCESS
Ciberespaço
(Loja 4, Av Sá da Bandeira; per hr €2.20; 10am-10pm Mon-Sat, 1-9pm Sun)
Plenty of com-
puters, on the ground floor of an old-fashioned shopping centre.
10am-8pm Mon-Fri, 10am-10pm Sat & Sun)
Free ac-
Espaço Internet
(
www.integrar.org
;
Praça 8 de Maio 37;
cess.
MEDICAL SERVICES
239 400 400; Praceta Mota Pinto)
Located 1.5km northeast of
Hospital da Universidade de Coimbra
(
the centre.
POST
9am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat)
There's also a
Main post office
(Rua Olímpio Nicolau Rui Fernandes;
branch on Praça da República
(
9am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat)
.
TOURIST INFORMATION
These offices offer good town maps as well as the
Agenda de Atividades
cultural diary.
Turismo Largo da Portagem
( 239 488 120;
www.turismodecoimbra.pt
; Largo da Portagem; 9am-6pm Mon-
Fri, 9.30am-12.30pm & 1.30-5.30pm Sat & Sun mid-Sep-mid-Jun, 9am-8pm Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm Sat & Sun mid-
Jun-mid-Sep)
By the bridge in the centre of things.
Turismo Praça República
(
www.turismodecoimbra.pt
;
Praça da República; 10am-1pm & 2-6pm Apr-Oct,
9.30am-1pm & 2-5.30pm Mon-Fri Nov-Mar)
On the eastern side of town.
Turismo Universidade
( 239 834 158;
www.turismodecoimbra.pt
; Praça da Porta Férrea; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri,
10am-4pm Sat & Sun Nov-Mar, 10am-1pm & 2-6pm daily Apr-Oct)
Adjacent to the Velha Universidade
ticket desk, just outside the Porta Férrea.
Getting There & Away
BUS
From the rather grim
bus station
(Av Fernão de Magalhães)
a 15-minute walk northwest of the
Lisbon (€14.50, 2½ hours) and to Porto (€12.50, 1½ hours), with almost as many to Braga
(€14, 2¾ hours) and to Faro (€27, six to nine hours). There's also a regular service (more
