Full-Day Tour to Guimarães and Braga from Porto
Porto, Portugal
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 8 hours
Guimarães, Braga and the Portuguese Sponge Cake
Full Day Tour in a Van: a day trip to Guimarães and Braga Cities (and "Sameiro" & "Bom Jesus"), with lunch and a visit to the Portuguese Sponge Cake (“Pão-de-ló”) Factory of Margaride.
Full Day Tour in a Van: a day trip to Guimarães and Braga Cities (and "Sameiro" & "Bom Jesus"), with lunch and a visit to the Portuguese Sponge Cake (“Pão-de-ló”) Factory of Margaride.
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Guimarães, Braga and the Portuguese Sponge Cake
Full Day Tour in a Van: a day trip to Guimarães and Braga Cities (and "Sameiro" & "Bom Jesus"), with lunch and a visit to the Portuguese Sponge Cake (“Pão-de-ló”) Factory of Margaride.
Leave the hustle and bustle of Porto for the day for a trip to Guimarães, classified by UNESCO as Cultural Heritage of Humanity site for its historic significance as the place where Portugal was born.
Before getting to Guimarães, the first stop is to visit the Portuguese Sponge Cake (“Pão-de-Ló”) Factory of Margaride in Felgueiras.
In this Factory, we can see how this special pastry is done, and visit the entire manufacturing process, with a tasting of this traditional sweet in the end.
We continue our journey to Guimarães and the first stop is to enjoy the city center and to have a free time to explore this part of the city and to have lunch.
After lunch, the first visit is the Dukes of Bragança Palace, a palace known as a national monument because outside façade and the wonderful interior of the building. We also visit the famous Guimarães Castle that allows a climbing to the Tower (to the more courageous) and to have a wonderful view over the entire city.
To finish this day and before we can back return to Porto, we make a stop in Braga city, one of the most beautiful cities in Northern Portugal, specially because of the famous “Sé” Church and the both Sanctuaries of Sameiro and Bom Jesus.
Full Day Tour in a Van: a day trip to Guimarães and Braga Cities (and "Sameiro" & "Bom Jesus"), with lunch and a visit to the Portuguese Sponge Cake (“Pão-de-ló”) Factory of Margaride.
Leave the hustle and bustle of Porto for the day for a trip to Guimarães, classified by UNESCO as Cultural Heritage of Humanity site for its historic significance as the place where Portugal was born.
Before getting to Guimarães, the first stop is to visit the Portuguese Sponge Cake (“Pão-de-Ló”) Factory of Margaride in Felgueiras.
In this Factory, we can see how this special pastry is done, and visit the entire manufacturing process, with a tasting of this traditional sweet in the end.
We continue our journey to Guimarães and the first stop is to enjoy the city center and to have a free time to explore this part of the city and to have lunch.
After lunch, the first visit is the Dukes of Bragança Palace, a palace known as a national monument because outside façade and the wonderful interior of the building. We also visit the famous Guimarães Castle that allows a climbing to the Tower (to the more courageous) and to have a wonderful view over the entire city.
To finish this day and before we can back return to Porto, we make a stop in Braga city, one of the most beautiful cities in Northern Portugal, specially because of the famous “Sé” Church and the both Sanctuaries of Sameiro and Bom Jesus.
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