Full-Day Tour to Guimarães and Braga from Porto
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Full-Day Tour to Guimarães and Braga from Porto
By The Other Side Tourism Company
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Ages 0-99, max of 8 per group
Duration: 8–9 hours
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: Portuguese, English, French, Spanish
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- A Local Guide accompaniment;
- Pick-up and drop-off anywhere in a 9 seat van;
- Lunch in Guimarães in a typical restaurant (meat or fish – tell us if you’re vegetarian!
What's not included- Entrance in Dukes of Bragança Palace (optional)
- Entry/Admission - Guimarães Castle
- Entry/Admission - Sé de Braga
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.Pickup details
- Hotel and AirBnb's Pick-up available
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Wheelchair accessible
- Pushchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 22262P8- Most travellers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 22262P8
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- Meander415531407040 contributionsLovely walking tour in PortoOur walking tour in Porto with The Other Side was absolutely wonderful! Ana, our guide, took us to some incredible sites, sharing the history of each location. She was very knowledgeable and passionate about the city. Her love for Porto was contagious. My mom and I had the best time and we highly reccomend this tour for anyone visiting Porto!Written 26 September 2024
- juliemn4020 contributionsGreat tripWe had a beautiful day,delicious food, yummy wine and great company! Rui L was so informative,friendly and helpful, besides being an excellent driver! He really went above and beyond to make this trip one the highlights of our vacation to this fabulous country.Written 9 September 2024
- Road2884850 contributionsGreat experienceDiana was amazing on our tour. Super knowledgeable and charming. The tour was so much fun and I usually don’t like tours. Lunch was great and winery’s picked were excellent. Very fun dayWritten 25 April 2024
- marionpat0 contributionsFantastic tour and tour guide!I visited Porto with a group of friends for my 40th Birthday and we booked the Porto Walking Tour as well as the day trip to the Douro Valley & Vineyards. Both tours were conducted by Diana and were absolutely brilliant. It is such a great way to visit the city and its surroundings. Diana was knowledgeable, friendly, enthusiastic and always happy to take things at our pace. She made our trip to Porto very special. Thank you! I would definitely recommend Diana and “The Other Side” for anyone looking to discover Porto and the Douro Valley.Written 4 October 2023
- birgitp440 contributionsAn experiance not to be missed!Highly recomandable tour to see the alto Douro region with breathtaking views and very pleasent stops to visit beautiful old Quintas, their wineyards and gardens. The whole region is pictoresque enough to seem nearly unreal. A must for winelovers, fotofreaks and lovers of nature and arquitecture. Our guide Joao was very amiable and caring and an extremely competent driver. This is not to be underestimated on very winding roads on cliffedge high above the river. Overall a pure pleasure, even with 34°C.Written 3 July 2023
- JeskeEla0 contributionsGreat start of our stay in PortoWe loved the food tour! It was a great combination of nice food, a lot of information about the city and a great guide (Diana) who told us everything about living in Portugal. We would highly recommend this tour.Written 2 July 2021
- AndrewVH430 contributionsA must do from PortoThis day trip out to the Douro valley was the highlight of of two week trip around Portugal. Diana, our guide and the company are well organised and efficient. Diana was very knowledgeable, unhurried, good-humored and made our trip very enjoyable. After a pleasant boat trip on the Douro river admiring the scenery of the valley and just relaxing, we went to a small little winery close by up on a high hill with great views over the valley. Here we had a tour on how they make olive oil, afterwhich we had some wine tasting, together with almonds, bread and local olive oil. This really got everyone relaxed and in an enjoyable spirit. We were then taken back down the valley to a restaurant for lunch and enjoyed good company with good food and wine. In the afternoon we were taken to a larger wine and port producer and had a tour on how they make Port, followed by some port wine tasting, which was very yummy and enjoyable. From here we headed back to Porto, but after all the wine and Port, we slept the whole way home. Overall, a great experience with professional company and superb guide.Written 29 October 2019
- 683michaelm0 contributionsNice Walking TourWe enjoyed our tour with Diana, and walked to quite a number of locations, but it would have been a better tour if she had shared more of the history, cultural and social facts and insights of Porto. It was a pleasant morning, and with only one other couple, which was nice, but the additional information would have made the tour excellent. --Not just overviews.Written 26 September 2019
- 584JanM5840 contributionsDouro Valley small group tour with winetastingFour middle-aged Aussies had a great day with Rafael, despite him being a last minute fill-in for a sick colleague. He and the driver, the company owner, looked after us well and even managed to have negotiated a special touch at each stop for the birthday boy among us. Rafael speaks excellent English and was happy to answer our questions about political, social and economic issues. Tip - pack some snacks (we had some nuts and fruit) as there’s one winery stop and a boat trip with a bar before lunch. Thoroughly enjoyable and would highly recommend.Written 15 June 2019
- jabogg0 contributionsNice tour with an informative guideRaphael is terrific! He is worth whatever his pay is and more. It was like a family friend was a showing us the sights.Written 12 June 2019
- Winklecr0 contributionsPorto Three Hour Walking Tour with RafaelWe (my husband and parents) did the 3 hour walking tour of Porto on March 24 with Rafael. It was an excellent tour and we learned a lot about the city and it's history. Rafael spoke clearly and explained things in detail. He showed us some of the main sites and gave us recommendations for other places to visit and restaurants. Our coffee break was nicely timed and gave us an opportunity to talk more personally with Rafael. The tour was well paced and well organized. Rafael asked for our input to create a more personalized tour. We would highly recommend this tour with Rafael.Written 26 March 2019
- Heather M0 contributionsThoroughly enjoyed our dayVery well organised good tour guide, Diana, very knowledgable and fun. Gave lots of information was unhurried and answered all questions very well. Lunch was good and the morning wine tasting excellent. Afternoon port tasting a bit soulless but ok. Didn’t like the first stop in the morning seemed a bit odd but the second town nice. Would recommendWritten 25 March 2019
- Happiness271374930040 contributionsAn insider's view of PortoWe met up with Marie-Ann at 3.00pm on a rather overcast afternoon - perfect for a stroll around the city. We found the meeting spot easily and the walking group totalled - TWO!! Marvellous. It meant that we could quiz Marie-Ann on every aspect of the tour and to her credit - she knew her stuff and her use of English was exemplary. The tour takes in many of the more familiar sites but there were one or two unexpected gems - the materials museum was fascinating as was the photographic museum. It really was a worthwhile tour made that bit more interesting because of our guide's obvious love and enthusiasm for her city. Thanks Marie - Ann.Written 6 November 2018
- Londonsunlounger70 contributionsNothing special and the cold rain don't helpThe weather was cold and grey and we shared the tour with two French women which meant hanging around in the cold while our young guide did her speech in French as well as English. We didn't visit anywhere unusual and really we could have gone round and read the information ourselves. Our guide was quite sweet and pleasant but unimpressive. The 'custard tart tasting' was one tart in Nata, a chain of cafes. At least it made me walk around when I could have been in a cosy bar...??Written 1 November 2018
- Robbert V0 contributionsVery personal tour with a lovely guide!This morning we had a super nice tour with our guide. I forgot her name (sorry!), but she knows who we are. And also she knows a lot of history and learned us a lot. It was just the 4 of us, so it was a very personal. Not formal at all and had enough time for a good laugh! Highly recommend! Ps. We took a selfie and if I somehow could get it that, it would be awesome!Written 20 September 2018
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When you’re spending 4 to 5 hours in a minivan, the tour guide can make or break a trip. Pedro Xavier and driver Antonio were super guides/driver on our day trip to Braga and Guimaraes. Pedro was genuinely enthusiastic to tell us about our destinations, never slipping into “autopilot.” Patient,y answered questions and even had a super Plan B when the Braga Cathedral seemed unavailable due to a wedding. Braga and Guimaraes are charming and very walkable. Highly recommend this day trip.
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Written 30 May 2022
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Apr 2018 • Friends
Our guide was on time (waiting at our apartment door when it's raining) and she is very energetic and knowledgeable. She explained everything and took us to a nice restaurant for a full course lunch. We enjoyed the Guimaraes village, the castle, the Braga Se church and Bom Jesus. We also enjoyed the sponge cake factory tour with cake and wine tasting.
Written 10 April 2018
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I would like to join tomorrows tour ...1 person ...please let me know if this is possible!
Written 13 March 2020
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