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Braga is a city in the Cávado Valley of Northern Portugal. It is the fifth largest city in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, Amadora and Vila Nova de Gaia. It is an ancient and modern city and one of the most important Archdiocese.
Braga has a university is called the Universidade do Minho, and it is around 30 years old. It has a medium size campus area with lots of bars and cheap restaurants around it.
Get in
The easiest way to go to Braga by plane is to fly to Porto/Sa Carneiro/Pedras Rubras,Maia. Oporto international airport(OPO), and then catch a train or a bus to Braga. It's about one hour from Oporto to Guimarães by bus, and almost two hours by train. There are very low cost airlines flying to Oporto, the ones that fly from more places are Ryanair and EasyJet. Also, coming from Paris, Transavia, or, coming from Barcelona Clickair. Certainly, more low cost airlines are flying to Oporto, but the other ones have fewer trips per day.
PORTO AIRPORT - BRAGA
Once you get to Porto Airport, you can catch the following transports to Braga:
Train/Metro Catch the Metro to Campanhã Station or São Bento Station and then get a train to Braga. Duration: 2h00 Price (aprox.): 5€ MetroTrain
Bus transfer Direct transfer to Braga from Porto Airport and vice versa, it works everyday. Duration: 50 min Price: 8€ one-way - 14€ go & return more information here
Táxi The táxis are located on the arrivals floor at Porto Airport. Duration: 40 min Price (aprox.): 60€
ELSEWHERE - BRAGA
By train It's the cheapest and the best way to arrive in Braga. The Portuguese company CP is the one that provides travel by train. If you come from Lisbon you have some, but few, direct travels to Braga. It's about four hours. From Oporto, you have a train every hour. If you come by train from Europe, on InterRail, for example, you have always to go to Oporto first, and then you catch the train to Braga. This trip can give you the best attractions. One is the cheapest price, and the other is the wonderful views, passing over some small rivers, and small villages, in rural Portugal.
By car You have a lot of highways going to Braga, from Guimarães, Porto, Felgueiras, Chaves, and others. If you are coming from the south of Portugal there is no difficulty at all. The Portuguese highways are all very well connected, and you only have to go straight to Oporto, and then in Oporto you catch A3 (Highway 3) which goes to Braga. It's quite easy.
By bus Rede Expressos [6], a national bus company, and is the best way to get to Braga. With this company you can travel from almost every (big) city in Portugal (i.e. Lisbon, Oporto, Coimbra). If you are traveling by cities near to Braga, like Guimarães, for example, or even Oporto, you always have to ask to people (a very common thing in Portugal) where you can get a bus to Guimarães (you can try this in the cities within about 50km). You may make a lot of stops during the trip, but it's a way to better get to know the North.
