This museum, purpose-built to showcase Braga’s ancient past, is packed with fascinating ... elegance with the rugged landscape of northern Portugal.

Often referred to as the heartland of Portugal, Braga is a historic city steeped ... According to tradition, it was built to replace an ancient Roman temple dedicated to Asclepius, AKA, the ...

“In Portugal, we have a saying if something’s old: ‘it’s more ancient than the cathedral of Braga’,” João whispers. Braga is home to the first cathedral in Portugal. Photograph by ...

Well, because Braga was the center of Christianity for ancient Galicia. Then in the Middle Ages, it was the seat of Portugal's archbishops. So it's easy to see why Braga's nickname is the Rome of ...

It's renowned in Portugal for its many churches and its Romanesque cathedral is the oldest in the country. The Cathedral of Braga was actually built several decades before Portugal was even founded.

In the ancient Portuguese city of Braga, a Roman-era figurine depicts a woman with a rare condition. PHOZÉ by José Machado via Unsplash Atop Cividade Hill in northern Portugal, the ancient city ...

I have no alarm set this morning – the bells from one of Braga's 35 or so churches fulfil that role more than sufficiently. It seems a fitting way to be woken, given that this is Portugal's ...

In a discovery that intertwines archaeology, art history, and medicine, a 2nd-century AD bronze figurine unearthed in Bracara Augusta, now Braga in northern Portugal ... Although this syndrome was ...

A two-night Braga add-on, staying at Porta Nova Collection House, costs from £145pp (portanovach.pt). Eating and drinking Pecado da Sé on the Rua do Forno, 22 (00351 9672 52025; facebook.com ...

With tens of millions of tourists flocking to its ancient streets every year, Rome can feel suffocating. In the summer it becomes so flooded with people it can be difficult to enjoy – not to ...