Choupal National Forest

[1] It is a short distance from the city downtown and runs alongside the Mondego River.

In 1791, the engineer and Padre (Father, priest) Estêvão Cabral directed a big project that was meant to decrease the levels of silt in the river.

Since the 19th century many other trees, including planes (sycamores; Platanus orientalis), beeches, laurels, and eucalyptus have grown in the area.

Choupal is located within the northwestern section of Coimbra, bordering the right-side margins of the Mondego for about 2 kilometres.

Its territory, approximately 198 acres in extension, occupies portions of both the Santa Cruz and São Martinho do Bispo parishes.