Best of Braga and Guimaraes Day Trip with Lunch from Porto

• Hotel pickup and drop-off
• Local guide
• Braga: visit Sameiro and Bom Jesus Sanctuary and the unique Staircase (Escadório) with 34 steps below the churchyard, overcomes a 116-meter slope with more than five hundred granite steps and is divided into three precious parts
• Lunch in a local restaurant (home made food)
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• Cathedral of Braga: the oldest in Portugal
• Visit to the city centre of Guimaraes: Unesco World Heritage since 2001
• Visit to Guimaraes Castle: medieval castle, considered one of the most important of the country where D. Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal might have born
• Visit to S. Miguel Church: considered the baptism place of the first king of Portugal
• Dukes of Bragança Palace
• D. Afonso Henriques Statue: one of the best representations of Portugal´s first King
• Square ("Largo") Martins Morais Sarmento: the area where the first portuguese archaeologist lived
• Santa Maria street: identified in several documents from the 10th century and one of the oldest in the city
• City Hall: Former Convent of Santa Clara (year 1553)
• Santiago Square: buildings of the 16th century, still inhabited today
• Church of Senhora da Oliveira ("Lady of the Olive Tree"): The pre-Romanesque monastery founded in 949

• Gratuities
• Personal expenses

PortoLiving ToursTraveler pickup is offered

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Porto, PortugalR. de Mouzinho da Silveira 352/354, 4050-418 Porto, Portugal

• Confirmation will be received at time of booking
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
• Third party services are subject to availability and may change without notice
• Usually our tours run in one language but there are cases of one extras language or more.
• Tours run in samll groups between 8 and 30 people
• Duration: the hours of duration are approximate hours, The Tour is subject to local traffic, visit schedules, etc
• Pick up: Free of charge in central Oporto and Vila Nova de Gaia hotels. For private and other types of accommodation the meeting point is at LIVING TOURS PORTO (Rua Mouzinho da Silveira, 352
• 354 Porto) - next to Sao Bento train station, Porto
• Reservation is mandatory and requires na emai request
• confirmation. Bookings must be confirmed at least 48 hours befor the date of the servisse. Cancellations within 48 hours or less will be fully charged.
• All tours depart from Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia
• The services included in the tours
• wine estate visits, restaurants, etc) are subject to 3rd party availability and may change without prior notice.