Braga Travel Blogs

What a nice respite - on Saturday around noon we headed off to a lake to have a humble picnic with the volunteers and the family was also there. Because of all the trees, it felt less than the normal 100 degree weather and some tried to cool down further by swimming in the very shallow, silty …

Portugal is a very picturesque country. Braga is no exception.

Flew into Porto Portugal late Sunday and was greeted at the airport by the smiling faces of Irene AND Vera!!! WOW!!! Ricardo wanted to be there but I think he had classes. I was so happy to see my old friends and they whisked me away to the shore by the lighthouse for some hot chocolate and snack b…

Today I decided to oficially start the countdown for my trip to Japan. There are only 3 days left. All the paperwork and burocracy are finally done with and now all that's left is to say goodbye. To my dearest friends and family I wave 'so long, farewell'. I write these lines si…

After getting lost and walking much more than expected, I ended up having to take a bus for a few kilometers to get back on track...Therefore, I arrived in Braga, a beautiful Baroque style city, a day earlier than planned. It was 7 p.m. by the time I found this hotel close …

An anthology of some of the pictures I took in many sites during my last two trips to my favourite region in the country: the northern, green and solid Minho.

We took a train ride to Braga. At Braga we found a bus straight away to take us to one of the best historical monuments in Northern Portugal. Bom Jesus. A church or catherdal right on top of a hill which overlooks Braga. This place was beautiful with well kept flowers, and the views were great. We …

5 weeks visiting friends in lisbon, working in porto and going around the north of portugal

arrive at Braga round 3 pm.   Got taxi and bloke took us to the wrong place, so had argument with him until he took us to the right place.   Find rooms at Francfort Hotel.   35E/night.   Old old place and a little old lady run it.   She couldn’t s…