17 Best Things to do in Braga

  • Palácio do Raio

    Palácio do Raio - Braga
    Palácio do Raio
    Jose Goncalves CC BY-SA

    Braga's Raio Palace, or Palácio do Raio, was built in the 1750s as the private home of João Duarte de Faria. Although Faria had made considerable wealth as a merchant, he was also a knight of the Military Order of Christ - better known as the Knights Templar.

  • Igreja de Sao Paulo

    Igreja de São Paulo - Braga
    Igreja de São Paulo
    José Gonçalves

    The Igreja de São Paulo (St Paul) is a small, austere looking 16th-century church built by the Jesuits. By contrast, the interior is an explosion of lavish baroque

  • Pius XII Museum

    Medina Museum - Braga
    Medina Museum

    Archeological exhibits including Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Bronze age implements, Pre-historic and Luso-Roman pottery. Museum also features part of a Roman Villa in the original location.

  • Museum Medina

    Medina Museum - Braga
    Medina Museum

    Collection of works by artist Henrique Medina comprising of portraits, still life and landscapes

  • Bom Jesus do Monte

    Bom Jesus do Monte - Braga
    Bom Jesus do Monte - Braga
    Rafael G Fernandes

    Pilgrimage site with a monumental, Baroque stairway climbing 116 metres up to the impressive church. The truly devoted climb the last section on their knees!

  • São Martinho de Tibães Monastery

    Mosteiro de São Martinho de Tibães - Claustro do Cemitério
    Claustro do Cemitério
    Pedro Nuno Caetano CC BY-SA

    The ‘mother house' for the Benedictine order of monks in both Portugal and Brazil, the Monastery of São Martinho de Tibães was founded in around 1060. By the 1500s the original monastery buildings had fallen into disrepair. Its monks therefore set about entirely reconstructed it, using the money they received from donations and ground rents in the region.

  • Sameiro Sanctuary

    Sameiro Sanctuary - Braga
    Sameiro Sanctuary in Braga
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    Late 19th-century domed church on the outskirts of Braga looking out over the Minho

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Braga travel guide »

Famous for its historical buildings, monuments, gardens and fountains Braga is a beautiful city in the heart of the green Minho region where religious devotion in the form of many churches and other symbols of faith lies juxtaposed with the typical bustle of a modern city complete with restaurants, bars and a renowned nightlife, owing in some part to the local universities. Braga’s…