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Braga tem duas faces, uma antiga e voltada para um passado devoto, e uma mais recente, voltada para um futuro jovem e dinâmico. É aqui que se encontram polos industriais e de investigação científica de significativa importância, com destaque para o INL - Laboratório Ibérico Internacional de Nanotecnologia. A par com a Universidade do Minho, conferem à cidade uma energia inovadora e virada para o progresso. Apelidada muitas vezes de Cidade dos Arcebispos ou a Roma Portuguesa, foi fundada por volta do ano 16 a.C. sob o nome de Bracara Augusta, em homenagem ao Imperador romano Augusto. A região apresenta, contudo, vestígios de ocupação que datam de eras muito mais antigas, como a Idade do Bronze ou do Ferro, registos singulares de civilizações que moldaram uma história com milhares de anos.

Where to eat in Braga

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What to do in Braga

Santuário do Bom Jesus do Monte

Braga

This church was constructed under the orders of archbishop Dom Gaspar of Bragança in 1784 and it was ready in 1811. It is one of the first neoclassic buildings in Portugal and it was drawn by the architect Carlos Amarante.

Mosteiro de São Martinho de Tibães

Braga

Ancient Benedictine monastery, whose present ensemble dates from the XVIII century. The monastery has four cloisters and the most important is decorated with azulejos and a granite fountain at the centre. The church has beautiful golden woodcarving works.

Theatro Circo

Braga

Inaugurated in 1915 and planned by the architect João Moura Coutinho, this was the most important construction in Braga in the early 20th century. It is the biggest cultural space in town with a wide variety of offers.

Termas Romanas do Alto da Cividade

Braga

These are also known as Roman Baths/Spa of alto da Cividade are located on the upper part in Cividade slope. They were discovered during the working excavations made during 1977. The building is placed in the 1st century and it is integrated on the urban renovation work of Flávia Braca Augusta.

Sé de Braga

Braga

This medieval temple suffered several changes through the centuries. The classification includes the tombs of the Conde Dom Henrique, Dona Teresa, the Infante Dom Afonso and the archbishops Dom Gonçalo Pereira and Dom Diogo de Sousa

Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Sameiro

Braga

Revival Sanctuary located on top of Mount Sameiro, consisting of a staircase, an enclosure for field and a church mass. Around there is a wide space with a tree-lined Park, gardens, a cruise, some sources, a chapel, the Home of the prints, the Dean's House and a restaurant.

Torre de Menagem do Castelo de Braga

Braga

This is all that’s left of the Braga’s castle, which formed a medieval fortress. It has 12 meters long and about 30 meters height. The granite tower is crowned with battlements and angles. In one of the fronts a D. …

Museu Regional de Arqueologia Dom Diogo de Sousa

Braga

Created in 1918, it was, for some time, lodged at the ancient Bishop’s Palace, where he left from in the 80’s. Its collection is mostly archaeological, from the Palaeolithic till the Middle Ages. It is oriented, mostly, to the preservation …

Estádio Municipal de Braga

Braga

Architectural design very original, designed by Souto Moura, which is deployed on the slopes of Mount Castro. This stadium, with 30 thousand seats covered and only two stands, has aroused national and international interest for the beauty of the space, …

Museu dos Biscaínhos

Braga

The Biscainho Museu is located in a patrimonial ensemble with a house and historical gardens from the XVIII century. This is a manor-house from the baroque period, integrating decorative art collections of Portuguese furniture and ceramic from the XVII and …

Casa dos Crivos

Braga

This is an example of the urban and civil architecture characteristic of Braga in the XVI century. The doors and windows are covered with blinds, which represent the monastic tradition of the city.

Arcada da Lapa

Braga

Built in 1715, by the spot where the medieval wall used to be, it had the castle behind, whose donjorl was preserved. In front of the arcade was the Campo de Santa Ana, ordered by D. Diogo de Sousa in …

Jardim de Santa Bárbara

Braga

In the garden, a true "persian carpet" of natural flowers stands out. In the centre there is a charming fountain topped by a sculpture of Saint Bárbara. In the close by garden there are some vestiges of the ruins of …

Palácio do Raio

Braga

This is one of the most representative exemplars of the baroque taste, on the height of its exuberance. It was built in 1754 and the “rocaille” front as well as the staircase stand out.

Fonte do Ídolo

Braga

The only roman reference monument of the Bracara Augusta and one of the most important rupestral sanctuaries of the referred period that still exist in the Iberia Peninsula.

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Where to sleep in Braga

Hotel do Parque
Hotel do Parque

4 star

Entirely rebuilt from the original structure of a 19th-century building stands in the Centre of beautiful and romantic gardens. Here it is easy to practice the…

Méliã Braga Hotel & Spa
Méliã Braga Hotel & Spa

5 star

The Meliá Braga Hotel & Spa is the first five-star unit from the city of Braga. It is a modern and sophisticated hotel of superior category, whose architecture…

Villa Garden Braga
Villa Garden Braga

4 star

Eis uma verdadeira surpresa, este palacete do século XIX magistralmente recuperado quase no centro da cidade dos arcebispos. O hotel Villa Garden Braga tem 26 …

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Travel Guide

Up to date tourist information about the city's top attractions

Pedagogical Farms to Liven up the Children's Holidays

With a quack quack here, an oink oink there, here a baa, there a baa, everywhere a cluck cluck, pedagogical farms will …

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Near Braga

Fafe

Fafe

The municipality of Fafe, located at baixo Minho region, still preserves some rurality marks. In fact, this territory has marks of a rural aristocrac…

Póvoa de Lanhoso

Póvoa de Lanhoso

Located in the heart of Minho and in a region with designation of origin of the vinho Verde, halfway between Braga and Peneda-Gerês National Park, th…

Amares

Amares

Amares is one of the 14 municipalities of Braga's district. Composed of 24 parishes, its landscape is markedly rural, being characterized by the pass…

Vila Nova de Famalicão

Vila Nova de Famalicão

The municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão, located along the valleys of the Ave, is now referenced as one of the leading commercial, industrial and …