Archaeological site · Condeixa-a-Velha, Condeixa-a-Nova, Centre of Portugal
Conímbriga
Ruínas de Conímbriga · Conímbriga
Conímbriga is the archaeological site of a Roman town at Condeixa-a-Velha, in Condeixa-a-Nova municipality in central Portugal, whose ruins are looked after by the Museu Nacional de Conímbriga on the same site.
Why go
The Museu Nacional de Conímbriga, part of Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, says its museum space corresponds roughly to the area of the ancient city, only partly opened to visitors, and takes in the excavated ruins, the archaeological reserve and the museum. It describes its permanent exhibition of about 1,500 objects and the visitable area of the ruins, about 3 hectares with monuments and mosaics in situ, as one conceptual unit. The museum opened in 1962 as the Museu Monográfico de Conímbriga and became a national museum in 2017; the MMP ticket page says the site was classified a National Monument in 1910. That ticket page says the 'Acesso 52' free tickets for residents of Portugal are not issued online but only at a physical ticket office. This record is the archaeological site, and Coimbra is only a base for it.
Near Conímbriga
Monastery
Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha
The Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha is the ruin of a Gothic Poor Clares' monastery on the left bank of the Mondego in Coimbra, excavated and reopened with an interpretation centre in 2009, according to the Centre of Portugal tourism board.
13 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Historic site
Paço das Escolas (University of Coimbra)
The Paço das Escolas is the former royal palace on the Pátio das Escolas in Coimbra's upper town that has housed the University of Coimbra since 1544, with the university tower and the great hall known as the Sala dos Capelos.
13 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Church
Old Cathedral of Coimbra
The Old Cathedral (Sé Velha) is a Romanesque cathedral church in Coimbra, founded in the reign of Afonso Henriques according to the Centre of Portugal tourism board, and still a working parish church.
14 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Museum
Machado de Castro National Museum
The Machado de Castro National Museum is an art museum in Coimbra's former bishop's palace, built over the Roman cryptoporticus that supported the city's forum.
14 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ