Bragança
Get in
There is no station in Bragança now but express buses run from Braga, Porto and other cities. Twice a week there is a bus from Zamora in Spain - no web address so phone either bus station for details.
Get around
Walking will be easy for most but it's possible to get a taxi up to the Cidadela for those who find the short but steep hill daunting.
See
The town is pleasing and there's a good museum in the main street but bragança's main claim to fame lies in the Cidadela, virtually a separate village above the town and one with a distinctly medieval flavour. There are three particular sights here.
- Torre de Menagem - the massive keep of a castle belonging to the Dukes of Bragança, the last Portuguese royal family, but not their principal residence, which was at Guimarães.
Torre de Menagem - Domus Municipalis - a pentagonal lay building - probably an 11th century council chamber.
Domus Municipalis - a preaching cross rising from the back of a prehistoric pig outside the castle.
Do
Montezinho national park
Buy
local souvenirs/ceramics,wick baskets.
Eat
There's a very good restaurant in the Cidadela area.
Drink
local mineral waters;port(Douro)wine.
Sleep
- Pousada de Bragança - São Bartolomeu, Charming Hotel, 5300-271 Bragança, ☎ +351 273 331 493, fax: +351 273 323 453, e-mail: recepcao.sbartolomeu@pousadas.pt.
- Hotel Ibis Bragança, Rotunda do Lavrador Transmontano, ☎ +351 273 302 520.
Connect
Go next
Miranda do Douro;Miranda de I Douro in mirandese language. Chaves,an historic city traversed by the bucolic Tamega river.There`s a brand new casino in Chaves. Vidago-Salus & Pedras Salgadas(spa towns)