Qué hay en Coímbra, Portugal, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Carnival in Ovar, Christmas holidays en Portugal

• Festival

  Carnival in Ovar

  25 Ene – 10 Mar · normalmenteMucha gente

  Coimbra itself keeps carnival low-key; the big parades of the Centro region are in Ovar, about an hour north, with weeks of events building to the Sunday and Tuesday corsos. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Mondego river floods (15 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Carnival in Ovar, Carnival holidays en Portugal

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Carnival in Ovar (25 Ene – 10 Mar (normalmente)), Mondego river floods (15 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Carnival in Ovar, Easter week

• Festivo

  Easter week

  29 Mar – 5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  Good Friday is a national holiday and Easter Sunday a day for family lunches. Many Portuguese take the week around it off, so hotels fill and rates rise for the first busy spell of the year, and some shops and museums close on Friday and Sunday. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Carnival in Ovar (25 Ene – 10 Mar (normalmente)), Mondego river floods (15 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Easter week, Easter holidays en Portugal

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Easter week (29 Mar – 5 Abr)

Concurrido — Queima das Fitas, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Queima das Fitas

  22–30 MayGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  The oldest of the Portuguese student weeks: it opens with the midnight serenade on the Se Velha steps, in silence, and ends with the faculties parading in their colours through the Baixa. Rooms go months ahead. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Santos Populares, Summer holidays en Portugal

• Festival

  Santos Populares

  1–30 Jun · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  June brings neighbourhood arraiais with grilled sardines, basil pots and dancing, centred on Santo António dos Olivais for the 13th and the marchas of Norton de Matos. Smaller and more local than Lisbon's or Porto's. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Festas da Rainha Santa Isabel, Summer holidays en Portugal

• Festival

  Festas da Rainha Santa Isabel

  1–15 Jul · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The city's own fortnight in early July. In even years the queen's silver statue is carried across the Mondego and back by torchlight, which is the version worth planning around. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Mondego valley heat

  1 Jul – 31 AgoCalor extremo

  The valley sits far enough from the sea to lose the Atlantic breeze, and the university hill is all stone stairs in full sun. Sightseeing here is a morning job in high summer. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Mondego valley heat (1 Jul – 31 Ago)

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Festa das Latas, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Festa das Latas

  1–4 OctGran festivalMucha gente

  The freshers' week that opens the academic year, with the tin-can parade down to the river and a baptism in the Mondego. The town is loud and young for a week and quiet again after it. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Christmas market and lights, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Caminhos do Cinema Português

  8–25 Nov · normalmenteFestival de cine

  Running since 1988, this week of Portuguese film screens features, documentaries and film-school work at the Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente and the Casa do Cinema. A good reason to be in town in a quiet month. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Christmas market and lights

  25 Nov – 23 Dic · normalmenteNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  Wooden stalls of crafts, smoked sausage and sweets fill the Praça do Comércio in the Baixa, with lights strung along the shopping streets and concerts on weekends. Modest, but it brings the lower town to life in the evenings. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Christmas market and lights, Christmas holidays en Portugal

• Riesgo

  Mondego river floods

  15 Dic – 15 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de inundacionesCierres

  In wet winters the Mondego tops its banks: the riverside cafes of Parque Verde and the grounds of Santa Clara-a-Velha go under, and in the worst storms low-lying Baixa streets and schools close. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Christmas market and lights (25 Nov – 23 Dic (normalmente))