The inland stops
Aveiro, Portugal. Photo: Sean Hsu/Shutterstock
Coimbra ranked as the third most popular stop, just behind Pompeii, Italy (on a Naples-to-Sorrento road trip) and Cesky Krumlov (on a Prague-to-Salzburg road trip). It’s a hilltop town built around the University of Coimbra, founded in 1290 and named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013. Most visitors head to the Joanina Library, a gilded Baroque hall from the early 1700s with carved wood shelves, gold-covered accents from the 1700s, and rare books from the 16th to 18th…