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Discover the best top things to do in Guimaraes, Portugal including Braga and Guimarães from Porto ( Entrance fees included ), Braga and Guimarães with Lunch Included - Small Group - Full Day, Tour Portugal 10 days, Tour Spain and Portugal (South and Center) 15 days, BRAGA GUIMARÃES - Visits included, Sardinhas Braga & Guimarães Van TOUR, Braga and Guimarães Tour with Lunch from Porto, Guimarães Half Day Tour from Porto, Guimarães and Braga Small Group Tour with optional Lunch from Porto, Porto: Guimarães and Braga Day Trip.
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1. Braga and Guimarães from Porto ( Entrance fees included )
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
Your guide will pick you up at your accommodation in Oporto. Prepare to discover Braga and Guimarães known as "The two most Portuguese cities". Embrace an amazing historical tour. Arriving in Guimarães, considered world heritage site by Unesco, and the cradle of the nation, you will find a rich and medieval city where you will first visit the castle that accomodated the Counts of Portugal during the 10th and 11th century and then the 15th century Palace of the Duques of Braganza. Have a beautiful walk around the Historical City center where you will also have an amazing Portuguese lunch. You will after be taken to Braga, a city with over 2000 years of history. Braga is the oldest city in Portugal and one of the world’s oldest catholic cities. Founded by the Romans in the year 16 b.C. and named “Bracara Augusta” in honor to the emperor Cesar Augusto. Starting with the Cathedral and followed by the Sanctuaries Bom Jesus & Sameiro. Depart towards Oporto around 5pm.
Inclusions: Fuel surcharge, Bottled water, Local guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Entry tickets: Guimarães Castle, Palace and Braga Cathedral, Wi-Fi
Exclusions: Lunch, Gratuities
Reviewed By amelietjedietje
We did a private tour to Coimbra and Aveiro with Touch Tours in the first days after the reopening post Corona on 24 June. A super positive experience. Spacious luxurious vehicle, super punctual and caring guide called Tiago, full respect for the new corona safety measures - I travelled alone with my 3 teenage children. The commutation with Touch Tours (André) from start to finish was impeccable. The company listens to what you want to do. We are very satisfied.
2. Braga and Guimarães with Lunch Included - Small Group - Full Day
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5.0 based on 22 reviews
Arriving in Guimarães we will have time for a calm walk on foot through the medieval city where we will enter in his Catelo that was known for the birth of a new kingdom: Portugal. Then we will visit the Palace of the Dukes where we are dazzled by the luxuries of royalty from other times. A whole history of Portugal will be told by our local guides who have always followed the group. A delicious traditional Portuguese lunch will be served in a restaurant where you can taste the so famous "Vinho Verde", produced in the region. We will leave for the city of Braga, known for the city of the Archbishops where we will visit its historical center, visit the interior of the Cathedral before we go to the top of the mountain and visit the most magnificent Sanctuary in Portugal: Bom Jesus do Monte. A day filled with culture and conviviality with local people, realize the importance of these two cities for the unification of a country and, of course, an excellent lunch and good wine.
Inclusions: Lunch, Local guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Admission Ticket Braga Cathedral, Admission Ticket Guimarães Castle, Admission Ticket Duke's Palace, Bottled water
Exclusions: Gratuities
Reviewed By Trek604418
This was a brilliant day out visiting different wineries and port houses in the Douro Valley. We liked all the places we visited and learned a lot about the history and methods of port and wine making. We loved the river trip and lunch in a small town restaurant. It was great to get out into the countryside and be chauffeured around without worrying about anything. Our guide was really charming and knowledgeable – we asked a lot of questions about all sorts of topics and he was very willing to have a good conversation and seemed to know everything. The other people on our tour were lovely and we actually met some of them in town and had a drink a couple of days later.
3. Tour Portugal 10 days
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5.0 based on 9 reviews
This comprehensive 10 Day Private Tour will provide our guests with the most Portugal has to offer in terms of culture, history, monuments and sightseeing. Our knowledgeable certified driver-guides will escort and provide all the information about the different topics related to this spectacular tour. The pick up will be at place in Lisbon designated by the guest. This tour usually takes from 6 to 8 hours each day and transportation will be provided using highly comfortable Mercedes Benz vehicles with WiFi onboard and bottled waters.
Inclusions: All taxes, fees and handling charges, Bottled water, Professional guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Private tour, Transport by air-conditioned minivan, Transport by private vehicle
Exclusions: Lunch, Gratuities
Reviewed By Quest39842961517
This was one of the best tours me and my wife have ever taken during our travels around the world. Premiere Tours is by far the best guiding agency we ever hired, and Jorge Bras is the most knowledgeable guide, a true gentleman, always looking out for our wellbeing. Fatima and Sintra are truly two of the most wonderful places in the planet. The spirituality of Fatima and the mysticism of Sintra with its magical fairytale palaces, made the top on our favorite places in the world list. Even though we were in Portugal for only three days on a business trip, during the pandemic, we decided to contact Premiere Tours for ideas on a one day tour, and we are so pleased that we were advised to take this one. We recommend this highly professional guiding agency to everyone visit Portugal.
4. Tour Spain and Portugal (South and Center) 15 days
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
This comprehensive 15 Day Private Tour will provide our guests with the most Southern and Central Portugal and Spain has to offer in terms of culture, history, monuments and sightseeing. Our knowledgeable certified driver-guides will escort and provide all the information about the different topics related to this spectacular tour. The pick up will be at place in Lisbon designated by the guest. This tour usually takes from 6 to 8 hours each day and transportation will be provided using highly comfortable Mercedes Benz vehicles with WiFi onboard and bottled waters.
Inclusions: All taxes, fees and handling charges, Bottled water, Professional drver-guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Private tour, Transport by private vehicle
Exclusions: Lunch, Gratuities
Reviewed By Quest39842961517
This was one of the best tours me and my wife have ever taken during our travels around the world. Premiere Tours is by far the best guiding agency we ever hired, and Jorge Bras is the most knowledgeable guide, a true gentleman, always looking out for our wellbeing. Fatima and Sintra are truly two of the most wonderful places in the planet. The spirituality of Fatima and the mysticism of Sintra with its magical fairytale palaces, made the top on our favorite places in the world list. Even though we were in Portugal for only three days on a business trip, during the pandemic, we decided to contact Premiere Tours for ideas on a one day tour, and we are so pleased that we were advised to take this one. We recommend this highly professional guiding agency to everyone visit Portugal.
5. BRAGA GUIMARÃES - Visits included
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
- Pick up: 9 am. Your guide and driver will pick you at your accomodation. - Transport to Guimarães (around 50 minutes). - Guimarães. Paço dos Duques de Bragança e Castelo de Guimarães. The guide will present to you the castle where the constitution of the Portuguese nationality begun. The master guard of the territory between the Minho and Douro rivers. Beside him, but built four hundred years later, the Palace of the Dukes of Bragança. Ordered by Alfonso V, king of Portugal, to be the home of the royal family. - Guimarães. Historic centre. Walk through the historic center of the city and get to know the curiosities of the people and how the city was formed. - Transport to Braga. Lunch time. We saved same suggestions, but the choice is on you. - Braga. Bom Jesus do Monte. Get to meet a rare sanctuary. - Braga. Cathedral and historic centre. You can enjoy the Braga Se Cathedral and stroll through the historic center. - Transport to Porto and drop off. (around 1 hour).
Inclusions: Local taxes, All taxes, fees and handling charges, Driver/guide, Professional guide, Local guide, Round-trip shared transfer, Bottled water
Exclusions: Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Reviewed By romit a
João and Rita are superb. We travelled to Porto few days back and they made our trip. Starting from Lisbon to Porto, our train was delayed due to some track issue. Announcements were in Portugese ( which unfortunately I don't know) and we were stuck for few hours. Just to seek some help, we texted Rita and she was on to it and provided much needed information to us about the service. She could have choosen not to respond ( considering it was late in the day, but she still did ). Thanks Rita !! Next day we had João, to take us to Porto Valley. His passion about Porto is very much to be seen. He was very helpfull in answering any query that we threw at him, his guided tour in one of the vineyard and a local place - to good :) Once the tour ended, we asked him few questions as how should we plan our last day with limited time and so much to see - something he could have easily avoided or endrosed himself for it - instead he choose to explain all the places that we should cover.. In a nutshell - the best experience we had.. Thanks you two... ahh yes, i forgot to mention that we found every single Portugese extremely helpful towards us - that was icing on the cake
6. Sardinhas Braga & Guimarães Van TOUR
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
In all our TOURS, we always give priority to what is most genuine in our culture and in our people. We are proud of our culture. We try to escape the places of greater tourist pressure and we prefer to show the true and deep Portugal going directly to the home of real people and to make contact with them and with their families
Inclusions: Bom Jesus Sanctuary, Guimarães Castle intrance, Lunch, Air-conditioned vehicle, All Fees and Taxes, Walking Tour with guide in the Historical Center
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Reviewed By Bryan B
Enjoyed day with Manuel exploring wine and history of Douro Valley. Only four of us and enjoyed company of other travellers. Good lunch and guided tour of museum as well as wine tasting and river cruise.
7. Braga and Guimarães Tour with Lunch from Porto
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4.9 based on 10 reviews
Discover the culture and picturesque beauty of northern Portugal on this full-day Braga and Guimarães tour with lunch, from Porto. Accompany your guide to Braga’s grand medieval Sé Cathedral, and enjoy hilltop birds-eye views. Savor a traditional Portuguese lunch, then explore Guimarães’s charming town center and and Medieval Castle before returning to Porto.
Inclusions: Lunch, Transport by air-conditioned minivan, Local guide, Entrance in Bom Jesus Funicular, Entrance in Braga's Cathedral, Entrance in Guimarães Castle
Exclusions: Gratuities
Reviewed By 523koenp
Guide was very cool, lot of interesting information. Helps you get familiar with different types of port, tastings are really good.
8. Guimarães Half Day Tour from Porto
Overall Ratings
4.9 based on 10 reviews
Delve into ancient Portuguese history on this 4-hour Guimarães tour, from Porto. Explore the city’s well-preserved historical center, a UNESCO World Heritage site, via guided tour. Discover landmarks such as the 10th-century Guimarães Castle, the Palace of the Dukes of Braganza, and the medieval quarter. Visit the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira church, and hear the story of the nearby Padrão do Salado monument. Morning and afternoon tours are available to accommodate your schedule.
Inclusions: Hotel pickup and drop-off, Transport by air-conditioned minivan, Professional guide, Entrance in Guimarães Castle
Exclusions: Gratuities
Reviewed By 523koenp
Guide was very cool, lot of interesting information. Helps you get familiar with different types of port, tastings are really good.
9. Guimarães and Braga Small Group Tour with optional Lunch from Porto
Overall Ratings
4.8 based on 142 reviews
Guimarães, the nation's birthplace and World Heritage, with its medieval atmosphere caused by the castle of the X century and Palace of the Dukes of Bragança, asks for a walk through the streets and squares in the heart of the city, where the charm and history are palpable! Braga, Bracara Augusta - ancient Roman city, the oldest Portuguese city and capital of religion in Portugal, where we visit the XI century cathedral and the impressive Sanctuary of Bom Jesus, located on the hills of the city. Discover the most iconic and exclusive spots and secrets in this cities main monuments.
Inclusions: All taxes, fees and handling charges, Driver/guide, Professional guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Exclusions: Gratuities, Food and drinks, unless specified, Lunch, Braga Cathedral, Guimarães castle and Ducal Palace entrance
Reviewed By stevehV3718RK
An AMAZING experience with Isa who, from pick up outside our Airbnb, was so friendly, welcoming, warm and full of pertinent and interesting information which made the whole trip so worthwhile! The drive was comfortable with a mix of friendly and informative conversation up into the mountains and the valley with wonderful views the whole way. Once to the valley, WOW, the views were spectacular! The first winery had the views as well and a friendly guide, Marta, with DELICIOUS wines, olive oil and honey all grown/made on site. Hesitant to leave it was onto the river boat tour which was sooo relaxing and scenic. Then it was onto a local traditional restaurant that can also accommodate vegetarian/vegan (made up a wonderful pasta dish for the hubby off menu) that came with wine, fresh bread and local olive oil, main dish and dessert for an incredible price (because we were with the tour company) and it also had the views over the town, river and vineyards on the hillsides as well. The last winery was more focused on Ports with lots of info, more views, the fun Maria with Isa to give tons more info and great tastings with tasty snacks and lots of conversation and laughing. The way back to Porto was comfortable conversation as we’d definitely made a friend in Isa along with all the beauty, info and of course wine shared throughout the day. Have already been telling all our friends and family about this tour (and others from Cool Tours and especially Isa!!)! Unforgettable!!
10. Porto: Guimarães and Braga Day Trip
Overall Ratings
4.6 based on 125 reviews
Travel north on a day trip from Porto to two of northern Portugal's historic cities, which are currently basking in the European spotlight. First, discover the country's origins in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed town of Guimarães. Home to a 10th-century castle and the Dukes of Braganza Palace, the town today is filled with pride for being named the European Capital of Culture for 2012. Then visit the city of Braga, founded by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago. The oldest Christian city in Portugal, Braga is celebrated today as the 2012 European Capital of Youth.
Inclusions: Professional guide, Air-conditioned vehicle, Lunch, Hotel pickup and drop-off in Porto city center
Exclusions: Gratuities, Food and drinks, unless specified
Reviewed By 380toddy
Very poor, waited 2 hours for a bus this morning none arrived. So fed up with the service by this evening we took a taxi back to the hotel. You could buy a ticket with this company or instead take 30 euros from your wallet and set fire to it - the latter is less stressful
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