Guimarães and Braga Small Group Tour with Lunch from Porto

Our tour guide Sergio is super good. He is very knowledgeable and provided the detailed information non stop, before and during the tour. We learned a lot from him from this tour. My family really enjoyed the tour. The lunch is delicious Portuguese three course food with wine. Very taste. The company cooltour Oporto send confirmation before the tour and told us what time we would be picked up. This is a seamless operation and I highly recommended this tour.”

We had a relatively young tour guide, Bruno, who had recently graduated from Tourism school. He was full of knowledge and enthusiasm and eager to deliver all the finer points of the area. It was fast paced but not rushed. The area was beautiful as were the sights. Lunch at the Diana restaurant was delicious. We could not have asked for a better day spent in Portugal. Thank you Bruno and Cooltours, well done!!”

We are, the couple from Toronto, Canada enjoyed the tour. Our guide Viletta was perfect, Deep knowledge about the history and architecture. Small group. Everything was on schedule. Highly recommended.”

Had a great time on the tour with all the history and sights. Lunch was very good, which I did not expect. Out guide Rodrigo was great in explaining all the wonderful historical references I thoroughly enjoyed this tour and I highly recommend it, especially if you enjoy history.”

My husband and I took this Guimaraes and Braga small group took and our tour guide Bruno was amazing. He is a very knowledgeable, very personable and very caring individual. He took his time to explain and tell us the history of all the sites and places we visited. He also took us to a local restaurant for lunch. The food was very tasty. We had a group of 5 people and we all sat together with our guide to eat. It had a family atmosphere. It was very relaxing and and enjoyable. I will definitely recommend this tour and make sure you ask for Bruno from cool tour to be your guide. My husband and I would like to thank Bruno for a wonderful and an awesome day.”

We had a lovely day visiting these 2 areas. Violet was very knowledgeable and passionate about the history of these 2 areas and Porto.”

Our tour guide's name was Violeta. There were 6 of us in this group. Violeta was both the tour guide and driver. She is very friendly and knowledgeable. She was also very aware of the weather and modified our itinerary so that we would have the best experience possible. Our first stop was to Braga where we toured the 1st cathedral of Portugal. We then walked around town then had an early lunch. Food was good, I would recommend the seafood option. As the weather cleared, we headed to Bom Jesus Sanctuary. We toured the ground and enjoyed the beautiful views. Definitely walk down the stairs and enjoy. After, we headed to the Guimaraes where our 1st stop was to Castelo de Guimaraes. After Violeta did her spiel, we walked around and took pictures. There is an exhibit inside the tower but you cannot climb all the way to the top. We then went to the Paço dos Duques de Bragança where Violeta toured us around the exhibit (FYI the items inside are NOT the original items from back in the day). For our last stop, Violeta took us to Largo da Oliveira where we visited the church and took pictures in the square. Overall, we had a great time. My only suggestion would be to have a microphone in the van because it was a little hard to hear everything Violeta had to say while she was driving.”

Our tour guide Isa was amazing an informative as she took us to and through both cities . Best tour and was a small group about 8 people . The traditional lunch as delicious .”

Fascinating sites of Braga and Guimaraes came alive with vivid explanation from our guide, Pedro! Highly recommend this tour—a wonderful day!”

Our tour guide, Hugo, led a great trip to Braga and Guimarães during which we learned so much about Portugal’s religious and political history. His warm personality and humor made the day fun and educational without it feeling like a heavy history lesson. Hugo also shared much about modern day life in these towns and Portugal’s culture, in general. Lunch in Braga was included as was free time in both towns to walk around on our own. A great day trip from Porto and ask for Hugo!”

It was just myself and one other couple on the tour. Hugo was very knowledgeable and an easy conversationalist. It was so easy being picked up from the hotel and a no fuss way to see two beautiful places.”

Charming host/driver David(e ?), very interesting places and good included lunch, even managed to walk up the steps to the church in Braga...... so could take advantage of the lunch without feeling guilty.”

Great!”

An excellent day our and tour. The two guides were great fun and very informative. Lunch was amazing too.”

Excellent trip with an excellent guide. Do this one as you go round the castle and ducal palace in Guimaraes, some dont. Lunch was excellent, very much enjoyed with the small group. All we needed was half an hour longer to explore guimaraes.”

Pedro was our guide for the day and Hugo was in training. It was a very relaxed and comfortable tour. Both guides were very knowledgeable and Pedro kept us informed about the day and what we could expect. Our free time was sufficient and lunch was a true Portuguese experience. We were not hurried in any way and on our return to the city Pedro mentioned the clock above Fnac building. He dropped us close on our return and we got to experience the clock and its figures, which we would never have known about. Thankyou Pedro and Hugo for an awesome experience.”

The Tour was great, the guide Luis has given a lot of interesting information. Both Braga and Guimaraes are the gems of Portugal.”

It was a very thorough tour to all of the. Air highlights of Braga and Guimarães. All of the entry fees were included. Also a very good lunch is provided at a local restaurant. Paula was our guide and she did a wonderful job interacting with all of us and provided a very informative narrative to all the different sights. I felt lucky that we had her as our guide.”

Was a great tour. Our guide Violet was very nice and knowledgeable, you can tell that she enjoys her work. I was surprised with the Bom Jesus do Monte sanctuary and the Cathedral of Braga. Picture don't do justice to this places.”

Perfect weather, excellent and personable guide who spoke in both English and Portuguese. We visited cathedrals, beautiful churches, climbed the ramparts of medieval castles. We had a traditional lunch family style. At each stop we were given 30 minutes on your owntime. I did not feel rushed at all. Lovely day!”

This is a very exciting tour. Full of history of Portugal being born in Guimaraes. Braga is a beautiful city as well. Paula our tour leader was excellent and full of knowledge of the area as she is from Braga herself. Paula is very approachable and friendly. Highly recommend this tour especially with Paula.”

Tour guide Alex if I remeber well was great. Tour took place even if only 2 booked it. So it was flexible, private and great. We had a restaurant lunch better than expected in Guimaraes city and not in a remote place. WE had entrances paid and we had time to see everything. Tour was more than perfect.”

Fantastoc tour... both cities were very cool”

Very interesting tour, would recommend this one. Bit worried about trying lunch, but there was something for everyone. Excellent food and plenty to eat, including wine.”