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AUSTRIA

Guide to AUSTRIA

Mercatini di Natale in Austria e Trentino Alto Adige

INNSBRUCK

INNSBRUCK Hofkirche

INNSBRUCK St. Jacob

WATTENS Swarovski Kristallwelten

BELGIUM

Guide to BELGIUM

Travel Diary in Belgium

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA

MEDJUGORJE

CROATIA, HRVATSKA

Guide to CROATIA

CROATIA, HRVATSKA itinerary

ISTRA, ISTRIA

POREC, PARENZO: Novigrad (Cittanova), Motovun (Montona), Buje (Buie), Groznian (Grisignana), Oprtalj (Portole) and S. Lovrec P. (S. Lorenzo del Pasenatico)

ROVINJ, ROVIGNO: Dvigrad (Duecastelli), Svetvincenat (Sanvincenti), Bale (Valle d'Istria).

PAZIN, PISINO: Draguc (Draguccio) and Hum (Colmo).

PULA, POLA: Vodnjan (Dignano).

LABIN, ALBONA: Barban (Barbana), Plomin (Fianona), Rasa (Arsia).

ISTRA, ISTRIA the past in the inscriptions, il passato nelle iscrizioni

DALMACIJA, DALMATIA, DALMAZIA

PLITVICE National Park

NIN, NONA and PAG, PAGO

ZADAR, ZARA

ITALIAN ZARA

KORNAT National Park

KRKA National Park

SIBENIK, SEBENICO

TROGIR, TRAU

Between SPLIT and DUBROVNIK

STON, STAGNO

PELJESAC, Sabbioncello

DUBROVNIK RAGUSA

CAVTAT, RAGUSA VECCHIA and KONAVALE

Guide to FRANCE

Travel Diary in France: Paris 1

Travel Diary in France: Paris 2

Travel Diary in France: Provence

PROVENCE - ALPES - CÔTE D'AZUR

The ROMANS IN PROVENCE and in the RHÔNE VALLEY

AVIGNON

LES BAUX DE PROVENCE

MASSIF DE L'ESTEREL

RHÔNE - ALPES

GORGES DE L'ARDECHE

GREECE, ELLÁS, ELLÁDHA

KEFALONIA, CEFALONIA

CEFALONIA, KEFALONIA Informazioni

CRETE, CRETA

CRETA,CRETE Informazioni

CRETA,CRETE VAI

ITALY, ITALIA

Guide to ITALY

MONTENEGRO, CRNA GORA

BUDVA, (Budua)

CETINJE

KOTOR, (Cattaro)

PERAST, (Perasto) and HERCEG-NOVI (Castelnuovo)

CRNA GORA MONTENEGRO MAP

NETHERLANDS

Travel Diary in the Netherlands: towards Holland

Travel Diary in the Netherlands: Amsterdam and Leiden

Travel Diary in the Netherlands: Marken, Hoorn, Enkhuizen

Travel Diary in the Netherlands: The Hague and Delft

PORTUGAL

PORTUGAL ITINERARY

Travel Diary in Portugal and Spain: towards Spain and Portugal (1)

Travel Diary in Portugal: towards Bragança (2)

Travel Diary in Portugal: Chaves, Mateus, Valle del Douro, Porto (3)

Travel Diary in Portugal and Spain: Galicia (4)

Travel Diary in Portugal: Braga, Guimarães (5)

Travel Diary in Portugal: Feira, Aveiro, Coimbra (6)

BRAGA

GUIMARÃES

SOLAR DE MATEUS, MATEUS PALACE

FEIRA CASTLE, CASTELO DA FEIRA

OBIDOS

BATALHA

COSTA PRATA: São Martinho do Porto, Cabo Carvoeiro, Erceira

SINTRA CASTLE

LISBON LISBOA

CABO SÃO VICENTE, SAGRES, PONTAL

ALGARVE LAGOS

ALBUFEIRA, TAVIRA, CABANAS

GUADIANA RIVER VALLEY

EVORA

SLOVENIA, SLOVENIJA

SLOVENIAN ISTRIA

SPAIN

Guide to SPAIN

Travel Diary in Portugal and Spain: Galicia (4)

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON

KENSINGTON GARDENS and HYDE PARK

SOUTH KENSINGTON and Knightsbridge

BRITISH MUSEUM

THE CITY

TOWER BRIDGE

TOWER OF LONDON and St. Katharine's Dock

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

TRAFALGAR SQUARE, PICCADILLY CIRCUS and SOHO

Westminster ABBEY and St. James's Park

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT and BIG BEN

KEW GARDENS 1

KEW GARDENS 2

KEW GARDENS 3

LONDON TUBE TICKET Information, Informazioni sui Biglietti

LONDON TUBE MAP

LOW COST AIRLINES

LOW COST AIRLINES

PORTUGAL

BRAGA

The city of Braga is situated in Northern Portugal about 55 km North of Porto.

Braga was founded by the Celts in 300 B.C. and later it was a Roman administrative centre (founded around 27 B.C.), with the name of Bracara Augusta. The Moors took possession of the town in about 730 and then later in 1040 Fernando I of Castile liberated the city from these occupiers. In the 12th Century, during the reign of King Dom Afonso Henriques, Braga gained importance. It quickly became a spiritual centre and the home for the Catholic Church. Splendid and architecturally interesting buildings still remain to record this period. The main places of interest to visit are: the Cathedral (12th-18th centuries), the treasury and Sacred Art Museum; the museum at the Biscainhos Palace; and the Dom Diogo de Sousa Museum. Also deserving to be visited are the churches of Misericórdia (Renaissance), Pópulo (17th-18th centuries) and of Nossa Senhora Branca (18th century). On the outskirts, 2.5 miles away from the centre, stands the sanctuary of Nossa Senhora do Sameiro; the ancient monastery of Tibães, dating back to the Suevian period and rebuilt in the 11th century, and the Church of São Frutuoso de Montélios (a 7th-century Visigothic temple). The scenical Santuary of Bom Jesus do Monte was built between 1784-1857.

Accommodation, hotels and apartments in Braga (with guest reviews)