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Joana - Your Guide in the North of Portugal
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Sou guia intérprete no Norte de Portugal e escrevo um blog onde pretendo mostrar-vos o que de bom temos no nosso país.

15/06/2026

Today Saint John has already gone around in circles!

You can do this in Braga. You spend a coin on the red machine you see in the video as a donation for the party comission.

If you never saw Saint John festivities I fully recommend you come to Braga to check. Porto has the fame but Braga’s festivities last longer and on the saint’s day you have a unique representation of his birth and a King David’s dance that are unique and the procession is also lovely!

13/06/2026

How I missed speaking Galician! But with this group from Pontevedra, last month I had the opportunity to speak again! Tour in Braga

08/06/2026

Today in Braga, an afternoon tour with people from Sweden and South Korea 🇸🇪🇰🇷. Actually, my first tourist from South Korea who is also a pilgrim making Saint James Way.

Besides speaking about the Saint James way in Braga, you can see on the background that the city is already preparing for Saint John (17th-24th June), another important theme on the tour!

06/06/2026

Today is the last day of Burgo Medieval, a medieval fair close by Pombeiro monastery, in Felgueiras. The monastery was from the Benedictine order, so you can see people dressed up as the monks or as the Sousa family, that created the Romanesque style in Portugal when it was still a county (this monastery for instance was created in 1102).

If you are at Porto or close by you can still go to the fair, it will end around 11pm. If you can’t join the fair, at least I recommend you visit the monastery. The monument itself is amazing, ginormous actually, and close by (not even 5 min walking) you have a preserved Roman road (that connected Portuscale with Bracara Augusta - Porto with Braga).

Only more reasons to visit the North of Portugal!

28/05/2026

In a day with a big storm in the morning, I hosted a tour in Viana do Castelo in the morning and Braga in the afternoon. To avoid the rain and to show an idea of the culture, first we saw the Museu dos Trajes (traditional costumes museum) and then the Church of Misericórdia and the Cathedral.

In Braga we had a tour on 2 locations that were still unknown to the lady on tour: Chapel of Imaculate Conception and the Biscainhos Museum.

We went from the 19th/20th century costumes to a 18th century church, to a medieval church recently converted into cathedral, to a chapel from 1940 and restored in 2015 and finishing in a Baroque palace. Quite the experience!

📷1-4: Museu dos Trajes. Love the jewels!
📷5: Church of Misericórdia
📷6-10: Chapel of the Imaculate Conception. One of my favourite places in Braga! So peaceful!

25/05/2026

This last month I’ve worked with a group in Braga and Guimarães, with a break in between for a workshop where they could paint a typical Barcelos rooster. With a local artist, Rosália Abreu, they gave way to their imagination. Before arriving, I had told them the legend behind the rooster, so they learnt about Saint James way and its relationship with the city.

Last pic is a typical rooster so you can have an idea.
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24/05/2026

If you have taken a tour with me in Braga, you know I mention the Bracari and the Romans a lot. It’s about the origins of the city of Bracara Augusta, known today as Braga.

To remember and celebrate the origins of Braga, every year in May we have Braga Romana, one of best times of the year to visit Braga. (You should also see Braga in Holy Week, Saint John, Christmas and on the graduates parade)

Save this video for your next trip to the North of Portugal!

23/05/2026

Inside the program of Braga Romana there was a guided tour with an archaeologist through several remains we have in Braga from before and after the arrival of the Romans. I always like to take the opportunity whenever possible of attending because I can always learn something new.

If you’ve never visited these ruins, they have these names in Portuguese:

🏛️Balneário Pré-Romano da Estação (Iron Age bath) - it’s inside the train station

🏛️Forum - Largo Paulo Orósio, with ruins in the library

🏛️Domus das Carvalheiras

🏛️I didn’t have the time to stay at the end, but the last place visited was Fonte do Ídolo (fountain made by the Bracari with Roman additions

Besides these ruins you can see:

🏛️One Roman gate at the aTípica restaurant

🏛️The museum Domus da Escola Velha da Sé

🏛️Sections of the Roman wall at the Cathedral Museum + Burgos Hotel

Safe this info for your next trip to the North of Portugal!

Disclaimer: Some of the information on the video was from the tour, some was from my own research, with the purpose of providing context

11/05/2026

Last month I had a tour in Pinhão and I went there through the National roads. My hometown is close by the Douro Valley but via the National roads you have more scenic views than via the highway.

First 3 pictures is a sightseeing spot in the shape of a boat in Mesão Frio, already in the Douro Valley area. (The name is Miradouro do Imaginário). You can even use it for the Titanic scene.

The other pictures are the area around Amarante, the small villages inside mountains that look like Nativity scenes.

Minho and Trás-os-Montes. Visit the North of Portugal!

09/05/2026

Just some cistus flowers I saw at in the Douro Valley. I like to see them because it’s like a piece of home. My hometown, Fafe, was known in the past for having a cistus flowers valley (vale de estevas - bal d’estevo).

It’s just like when I go to the Peneda-Gerês National Park and I see the garrano horses. They also remind me of home!

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