Bragança - Portugal
Bragança virtual visit .Os celtas baptizaram a cidade, fundada no século II a.C., com o nome de Brigância, que se foi latinizando até passar a ser Bragança. Este nome é a origem do gentílico mais comum: brigantino.
Na área do actual concelho de Bragança, existia já uma povoação importante ao tempo da ocupação romana. Durante algum tempo, teve a designação de Julióbriga, dada a Brigância pelo imperador Augusto em homenagem a seu tio Júlio César.
Destruída durante as guerras entre cristãos e mouros, encontrava-se em território pertencente ao mosteiro beneditino de Castro de Avelãs quando a adquiriu, por troca, em 1130, Fernão Mendes de Bragança, cunhado de Dom Afonso Henriques. Reconstruída no lugar de Benquerença, Dom Sancho I concedeu-lhe foral em 1187, e libertou-a em 1199 do cerco que lhe impusera Afonso IX de Leão, pondo-lhe, então, definitivamente, o nome de Bragança. O regente Dom Pedro, em 1442, elevou Bragança a cabeça de ducado concedido a seu irmão ilegítimo dom Afonso, 8º conde de Barcelos, que fora genro de Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira.
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A PERFECT PORTUGAL ROAD TRIP | BRAGA, GUIMARÃES + PENEDA-GERÊS
It’s time to go on a road trip in Portugal! If you saw my last Portugal vlog, you’ll know that I spent one week in Porto. I was there to explore because it was my first time in Portugal, but I ended up having to work most of the week - oops! So, I decided to squeeze some of the best towns in Northern Portugal (and the best days trip from Porto) into one day and take a little Portugal road trip. I wanted to write a guide to Northern Portugal with some easy day trips from Porto on my travel blog, so I choose a few places that I wanted to include: Braga, Guimarães and the beautiful Peneda-Gerês National Park.
I hope you enjoy joining us on this Portgual road trip. I would have loved to have done these trips separately and spent more time in Braga, Guimarães + Peneda-Gerês National Park, but sadly my week in Porto was already coming to an end. Still, I’m glad I managed to see a good amount of Northern Portugal and it’s always nice to have a reason to come back - something I’m sure will happen very soon :)
Thanks for joining me on this little Portugal road trip to Braga, Guiaraes and Penedea-Geres National Park. As always, thanks for watching and see you in the next one!
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Portugal Sintra, A Fairy Tale Town
This is Sintra, a mysterious place in Portugal just outside of Lisbon
Links to the locations and more about the prices below ↓↓↓
As we have been traveling through Portugal the past few weeks, we decided to stop in Sintra, just half an hour away from Lisbon to shoot a video about Quinta da Regaleira, a very unique place in Europe.
We were in Sintra for nearly a week. The city seems very small on the map but if you want to see each castle and its surrounding gardens and walk through the city also, while having some time to breath and have a relaxed meal, making it all in a day is impossible.
Here is a link to the city's official travel site ( this is where we took most of our information)
EXPLORE...
Food:
What you need to try while in Portugal :
Bacalhau, which is a codfish dish with which the Portuguese are ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED!
Alheira de Mirandela, which is a sausage stuffed with bread and very cheap. Doesn’t sound like much, but give it a try, you’ll probably like it!
Pastel de nata, well what can I say, I am obsessed with pastries so this is a MUST. They have a lot more than this one, but if you’re not into sweets, please give this one a try *hint* it’s crunchy and creamy at the same time, so yeah, deliciooous!
As for places to eat, we heard that these one are really good (as I have mentioned earlier I was too full after eating too many pastries to try to stop for a full meal)
Curral dos Caprinos
AZENHAS DO MAR - this one has also a gorgeous view just by the ocean
Culture: How to act like a local
Hike, go to cafes and enjoy the gardens. Really the locals here really take advantage of the beautiful free gardens surrounding the castles.
Nightlife: When and where to go…
Yeah, about that… if you’re a city person I would say there is nothing here that qualifies as a real club so heading back to Lisbon seems worth it if you wanna party.
Nature: Wildlife, parks, and beaches
THIS IS THE PLACE FOR IT.
Sintra has both forest and beaches. The beach is gorgeous and relaxing, but you can find that outside of Sintra also. If you come here save your time for the gardens and the castles. Let yourself enjoy the royal palaces for a while, it is said to bring harmony into one's heart, why else would the royal family come here so often?
Transport:
There are three ways to move around: bus, tuk-tuk or walk. The bus is the cheapest but takes an incredible amount of time, so go for the tuk-tuk if you don’t feel like walking for hours. We really enjoyed the walk, but we had a lot of time on our hands.
Budget:
This is a very cheap place to visit, depending on your accommodation choices. Quinta da Regaleira is the cheapest one to visit and most fun because is more of an adult mystery house, but the others are equally beautiful just slightly pricier. With a minimum of 27 euros and a maximum of 120 euros, the accommodation really makes a difference. The season your are visiting can also play a big part in this, plan ahead- that always saves money! Purchasing tickets online saves you 5%.
ACTIVITIES AND SIGHTSEEING
Main attractions:
Castelo dos Mouros and garden
Palácio da Pena and Pena Palace gardens
Quinta da Regaleira (our favourite although not as popular)
Prices:
Return train fare €4.50
Palácio da Pena Full ticket €14.00
Palácio da Pena grounds only €7.50
Castelo dos Mouros €8.00
Quinta da Regaleira € 6.00
434 tourist bus €5.50 (single loop), 3.90 one way ticket.
Tuk-tuk €5.00. More than that and you are getting scammed.
Lunch in a tourist restaurant €12-€20
If you're interested in any of the gear we use to make this video here is some of it:
Canon 70d CAMERA
Canon 50mm STM
Canon 18- 135mm
Canon 8mm:
Microphone: Rhode NTG2
Recorder ZOOM H5
Drone Yuneec Typhoon H
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Vila Flor | Trás-os-Montes | Portugal
Capital do Azeite, no coração da Terra Quente Transmontana, a Sul do Distrito de Bragança. D. Dinis, Rei Poeta, durante a sua passagem por este burgo, até então denominado por Póvoa d´Álem Sabor, em 1286, carinhosamente a re-baptizou de Vila Flor, pela beleza da paisagem. Quando passamos pela estrada IC5 que liga Miranda do Douro à A4 perto de Vila Real, ficamos curiosos ao ver esta vila entre a serra e o planalto, até ao dia em que decidimos parar para a conhecer. Tem dos melhores azeites que conheço, excelente vinho, e come-se muito bem, como é tradição em Trás-os-montes.
Trekking Portugal @ Linha do Tua
Caminhada pelo grupo Trekking Portugal pela Linha do Tua, entre a estação de Brunheda e a Barragem do Tua (2015/09/26).
Registo histórico da geografia antes do enchimento da albufeira hidrográfica da Barragem do Tua.
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Gravado numa GoPRO 3.
Montagem video via Lightworks.
Video acelerado 8x e suavizado, via Microsoft Hyperlapse Pro.
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Palacio da Pena aerial view at dusk between the fog - 1440P
The Pena National Palace is a Romanticist palace located in Sintra, Portugal. The palace stands on the top of a hill above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area. It is a national monument and constitutes one of the major expressions of 19th-century Romanticism in the world. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal.
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Claude Pena
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Sabrosa, Portugal Lovely Hometown of Fernao de Magalhaes
A 28-hour on-the-road trip to reach Sabrosa, Portugal hometown of Ferdinand Magellan, starting from Paris, France to Spain, then Portugal. My wife and I stayed there May 5 to 8, 2011. It's a lovely, laid-back town that is superhumanly clean and supremely historic.
Guimarães Castle - Ducal Palace aerial view
Guimarães is one of the country's most historic cities, and its World Heritage medieval streets with well-preserved monuments make it one of the most attractive places to visit in Portugal.
The imposing medieval castle Guimaraes Castle with eight crenellated towers 28m (92ft) high, was built in the 10th century to protect the population from attacks by the Moors and the Normans. It was then extended to its present size in the 12th century by Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, who was baptized in the small Romanesque chapel next to the castle.
The Dukes of Bragança Palace, was built in the 15th century as a medieval palace, with 39 unusual brick chimneys showing strong Northern European influence.
Inside is an impressive banqueting hall with a splendid wooden ceiling, and an extensive collection of portraits, furniture, carpets, and porcelain dating mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries.
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