You could always take the funicular railway, which shuttles up and down the side of the hill. This system was installed in the early 1880s, under the direction of the Swiss engineer Nikolaus Riggenbach. Before that there had b… See more

If you’re an architecture student there’s a little bit of every architectural movement at the city’s cathedral. The building has been modified many times, furnishing it Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, Renaissan… See more

In the middle of historic Braga, this plaza is known locally as “Arcada”. The name refers to the 18th-century arcaded building on the west side of the square. The square itself was plotted in the 1800s and is long and grand, and … See more

This exquisite formal garden is next to Braga’s medieval episcopal palace and bounded by the palace’s beautiful north walls, which is topped by typical pointed merlons. The garden is strict and ordered, with geome… See more