An evening view of the square in Coimbra. Sept. 15, 2013
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We left Nazare on our way to Coimbra and made several stops along the way including a visit to Portugal’s finest architectural achievement, the Monastery of Batalha. The monastery was built by King John I who with his English queen, Phillippa, ruled from 1385-1433 and are entombed together in the Founders Chapel. The most beautiful part of the monastery is the unfinished, finely carved, enormous outdoor chapels. Sept. 15, 2013
Our last stop on our way to Coimbra is the Conimbriga Roman ruins are Portugal’s best Roman site with rather impressive mosaics. Sept. 15, 2013
Our room at the Hotel Astoria in Coimbra had an outdoor balcony with beautiful views of the Mondego River and the Santa Clara bridge. Sept. 15, 2013
The balcony from our room at the Hotel Astoria in Coimbra. Sept. 15, 2013
Coimbra’s, college town is Portugal’s version of Oxford. The 700-year-old university was founded in 1290. Sept. 16, 2013
A view of old town Coimbra and the Mondego River from a top Coimbra University. The building with the dome by the river is the Astoria Hotel where we stayed. Sept. 16, 2013
Gypsy woman statue in a Coimbra square. Sept. 16, 2013
A street in Coimbra. Sept. 16, 2013