Coimbra - Jardim Botânico

Go through the Porta Férrea and straight on to the Praça de Dom Dinis then down the steps and under the 16th C. aqueduct to arrive at the entrance to the Jardim Botânico, the botanic gardens, commissioned by Marquês de Pombal and laid out in terraces on the slopes of a side valley of the Mondego, with large numbers of subtropical plants.