It’s mid-morning in this old university town of steep, winding streets and whitewashed buildings, but you won’t find many students around. Most of them went to bed just a few hours ago, after a night ...

A couple of hours north of Lisbon, Coimbra is the Oxford or Cambridge of Portugal — the home of its most venerable university. It’s also the country’s easiest-to-enjoy city — a mini-Lisbon, with ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Long ago, two young travellers heading north from Portugal's Algarve entered a mountainous landscape, green with pine and chestnut trees ...

Simple plaster surfaces sit alongside aged wooden ceiling beams within this ceramics studio in Coimbra, Portugal, which has been overhauled by Luisa Bebiano Arquitectos and Atelier do Corvo. Situated ...

Olá, travelers! Today Rafa Vieira writes to us from Coimbra, Portugal, and tells us why this European city is simply the best. Want to see your city on IT? Copy and paste our list of fill-in-the-blank ...

Located midway between Lisbon and Porto, Portugal’s 13th century former capital has long been known for the University of Coimbra, the oldest in the country, founded in 1290. Now the riverfront city ...