Activities in Central Portugal
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Carristur
Carristur runs hour-long hop-on, hop-off bus tours of Coimbra with recorded multilingual commentary. The double-decker open-top buses originate near the turismo at Largo da Portagem. The bus ticket (available at the turismo and SMTUC ticket office, as well as at some local hotels) entitles you to a Basófias boat tour and free admission to municipal museums.
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Roman Baths
Roman baths, which include a laconicum (heated room for steam baths) with a superbly preserved 9m-diameter circular pool, would have been the largest public building in Roman Évora. The complex also includes an open-air swimming pool, discovered in 1994.
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Basófias
Basófias runs boat trips (€8, 55 minutes) on the Rio Mondego. They depart from beside Parque Dr Manuel Braga hourly from 3pm to 7pm May to September, and at 3pm and 4pm only from October to April.
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O Pioneiro do Mondego
Rents out kayaks for paddling the Rio Mondego between Penacova and Coimbra, a 25km, four-hour trip costing €20 per person; a shorter version to Torres de Mondego, with transport back to Coimbra, costs the same.
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Incoming Alentejo
This outfit offers daily tours to the megaliths near Évora (three hours), the village of Monsaraz (3½ hours), and less frequently to Alqueva (3½ hours), which includes a 30-minute boat ride.
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Mendes & Murteira
Operating out of the Barafunda boutique, this company offers flexible three- to four-hour tours (price negotiable) of surrounding megaliths or around the city itself.
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Via Aventura
Via Aventura organises canoe trips on the Rio Nabão as well as to Constância and Castelo de Almourol (€15 per person).
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Agia
Agia offers daily 90-minute guided tours of Évora from outside the turismo on Praça do Giraldo.
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Centro Velocipédico de Sangalhos
For mountain bike rental, Centro Velocipédico de Sangalhos charges €7.50 per day.
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Capitão Dureza
This well-regarded outfit organises rafting, canoeing trips, biking, hiking and more.
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Bike Lab
You can rent a bike from Bike Lab, 800m northwest of the centre.
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