Botanical Garden was built in 1772-1774 years. Almost immediately after its foundation joined with the National History Museum, the creator of which was the Marquis of Pombal. Place Garden elected Vice-Chancellor of the University of Coimbra, Francisco de Lemos. The garden is located on land that used to belong to the School of St. Bento, the location of which was Ursulines Valley. The first curator of the garden was Domingos Vandelli, and in 1791 he was replaced by Felik Alevar Brotero, a professor of botany and agriculture. The garden is constantly expanding, there were new specimens of plants, and at the moment the garden covers an area of ​​13 hectares.

Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra is one of the most beautiful gardens in Europe and consists of two parts. One part of it is located on a hill and is divided into terraces. The lower terrace is called Kvadrado Central and is the oldest part of the garden. The terrace is decorated with a fountain 40s, you can see the trees planted in the days of Felix Brotero curate garden. Decor elements terraces have much in common with the decor of European gardens in the XVIII century. On another terrace you can see the greenhouses with tropical and subtropical trees and flowerbeds of entire plant families. These plant beds divided into groups taxonomically and are grown for use by students, botanists, as well as to exchange with other similar institutions around the world, which has botanical gardens.

In the second part of the garden is spread over the valley through which flows a small stream, and where is located the arboretum. There's a lot of growing bamboo trees and other exotic plants. Also, the second part of the garden is famous for its excellent collection of eucalyptus (51 species). In the garden of live poultry. Families brown squirrels are part of an ecosystem that has been successfully implemented in June 1994. Proteins were the first animals that are well adapted to the environment and began to multiply.