Cradle of Faith

Braga

Bom Jesus, century-old pilgrimages and Portugal's oldest cathedral. Braga lives between baroque devotion and the youthful vitality of a university city.

371 Parishes

14 Municipalities

843K Inhabitants

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The Grand Route
of Braga

A journey through the most emblematic municipalities

1

Braga (São Vítor)

Braga (São Vítor)

Baroque pipes, 1737 espresso steam and three Camino arrows pulse through Portugal’s densest parish

2

União das freguesias de Ferreiros, Prozelo e Besteiros

União das freguesias de Ferreiros, Prozelo e Besteiros

Walk the 14th-century bridge that stitches Ferreiros, Prozelo and Besteiros above the Cávado.

3

Vila Verde e Barbudo

Vila Verde e Barbudo

Low vineyards exhale into the Tâmega, granite posts stitch green nets, wine is the land.

4

Póvoa de Lanhoso (Nossa Senhora do Amparo)

Póvoa de Lanhoso

Póvoa de Lanhoso (Nossa Senhora do Amparo)

Hear concertinas drift past the 1752 pillory and loom-scented wool warehouses in this Braga parish.

5

Vieira do Minho

Vieira do Minho

Vieira do Minho

Barrosã beef sizzles beside the Feira da Ladra as this Minho town quietly gains souls

6

Vilar da Veiga

Terras de Bouro

Vilar da Veiga

Minho village where 1640 pilgrims cross the Ponte dos Sete Arcos to São Bento’s shrine amid oak wood

7

Refojos de Basto

Cabeceiras de Basto

Refojos de Basto

Share free papas porridge beneath a 1758 abbey, sip mineral Vinho Verde from black bowls

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União das freguesias de Britelo, Gémeos e Ourilhe

Celorico de Basto

União das freguesias de Britelo, Gémeos e Ourilhe

Fog lifts from vine terraces to reveal three hamlets sharing one parish, one rasping bell, one secre

9

Fafe

Fafe

Trace labyrinth alleys to a razor-sharp pillory, baroque altarpieces and beehive-green valleys outsi

10

Creixomil

Creixomil

Walk the misty flood-plain that birthed a nation, then feast on crackling barrosã beef and sharp vin

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All Municipalities
of Braga

14 municipalities to explore

Amares

Amares

16 parishes

Barcelos

Barcelos

65 parishes

Braga

Braga

37 parishes

Cabeceiras de Basto

Cabeceiras de Basto

14 parishes

Celorico de Basto

Celorico de Basto

15 parishes

Esposende

Esposende

14 parishes

Fafe

Fafe

25 parishes

Guimarães

Guimarães

55 parishes

Póvoa de Lanhoso

Póvoa de Lanhoso

22 parishes

Terras de Bouro

Terras de Bouro

14 parishes

Vieira do Minho

Vieira do Minho

16 parishes

Vila Nova de Famalicão

Vila Nova de Famalicão

39 parishes

Vila Verde

Vila Verde

33 parishes

Vizela

Vizela

6 parishes

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