Braga

Worth seeing in and around Braga

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Estádio Municipal de Braga

   The Estádio Municipal de Braga is an all-seater football stadium located in Braga, Portugal, and the current home of Sporting Clube de Braga. It has a capacity of 30,286 spectators, making it the seventh largest football stadium in Portugal.

   1.3 km · football stadium in Braga, Portugal · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bom Jesus do Monte

   The Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is a Portuguese Catholic shrine in Tenões, outside the city of Braga, in northern Portugal. Its name means Good Jesus of the Mount.

   4.2 km · church building in Braga, Braga District, Portugal · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Braga Cathedral

   The Cathedral of Braga is a Roman Catholic church in the northern city of Braga, Portugal. Due to its long history and artistic significance, it is also one of the most important buildings in the country.

   200 m · cathedral · Wikipedia
4. 04
   University of Minho

   The University of Minho is a public university in Minho Province, Portugal. It has multiple campuses in the cities of Braga and Guimarães.

   2.8 km · public university in Portugal · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Citânia de Briteiros

   The Citânia de Briteiros is an archaeological site of the Castro culture located in the Portuguese civil parish of Briteiros São Salvador e Briteiros Santa Leocádia in the municipality of Guimarães; important for its size, "urban" form and developed architecture, it is one of the more excavated sites in northwestern Iberian Peninsula. Although primarily known as the remains of an Iron Age proto-urban hill fort, the excavations at the site have revealed evidence of sequential settlement, extending from the Bronze to Middle Ages.

   9.7 km · building in Guimarãeses, Braga District, Portugal · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro

   The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro or Sanctuary of Sameiro is a sanctuary and Marian shrine in Braga, Portugal. The Shrine of Our Lady of Sameiro remains one of the most frequented places of Marian devotion in Portugal, the complex itself surpassed in size only by the Sanctuary of Fátima.

   5 km · church building in Braga, Braga District, Portugal · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Chapel of São Frutuoso

   The Chapel of São Frutuoso, also known as the Chapel of São Frutuoso of Montélios or the Chapel of São Salvador of Montélios, is a pre-Romanesque chapel in the civil parish of Real, municipality of Braga. It is part of group of religious buildings that include the Royal Church, and originally built by the Visigoths in the 7th century, in the form of a Greek cross.

   1.3 km · Chapel in Braga, Portugal · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

There are lots of places to visit in Braga. The historic city centre, with the cathedral and other churches, museums and traditional shops. The cathedral is almost 1000 years old, and while in there you can have a guided tour to its treasure. You can also visit the beautiful Braga Municipal Stadium, used for the 2004 European Football Championships held in Portugal.

1. 01
   Arco da Porta Nova

   An arch of triumph built in 1502 and reconstructed many times over until the 18th century.

2. 02
   Braga Cathedral

   With a history reaching as far back as 3rd century, the diocese of Braga is one of Europe's oldest, although its existence was interrupted by the fall of the Roman Empire.

3. 03
   Arcada
4. 04
   Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte

   A hilltop sanctuary with beautiful gardens, architecture and views over Braga, perhaps the city's most-known tourist attraction and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Things to do

1. 01
   Teatro Circo

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Where to eat

The region offers a diverse natural landscape bearing the cultural influences of many centuries. This is reflected in the multiplicity of gastronomic specialities available from the regions kitchens; potato and cabbage broth, bread made from maize, roast pork, cod, octopus and trout, chicken rice "pica no chão" and duck rice, the kid (goat) and the baked heifer and local hams.

1. 01
   Restaurante Britos

   Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque 49,.

2. 02
   Sabores do Bairro
3. 03
   Restaurante Centurium

   Avenida Central 134, centurium@bracaraaugusta.com.

4. 04
   Trota's Restaurante

   Largo da Senhora-a-Branca 122, a.trotasantos@hotmail.com.

5. 05
   Pastelaria Caravela

   Rua Dom Pedro V 133, caravelapastelaria@gmail.com.

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Getting to Braga

Airports

Francisco de Sá Carneiro (OPO), 40 km · Santiago-Rosalía de Castro (SCQ), 150 km · Asturias (OVD), 297 km

Stations

Braga Airport, 4.2 km

• Lisbon → Braga

  320 km · quickest by road, 5h 1m · €37–50
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• Faro → Braga

  506 km · quickest by air, 5h 28m · €140–210
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• Santiago de Compostela → Braga

  148 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · €18–26
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