90 minutes away from Porto in the Minho region is the lovely town of Guimaraes, known as the "cradle of Portugal", which was founded in the 9th century. We visited the (reconstructed) castle, its chapel and fortress, later becoming the royal residence of the first monarchs, the House of Brigance.
On to the city of Braga where the most noted Portuguese entry to the Camino de Santiago begins. Here we had the best meal yet - a feast of various seafood pesteiscos, Portuguese tapas.
This afternoon we visited Braga's oldest cathedral and strolled the Old Town before taking a funicular up to the hilltop pilgrimage site, Bom Jesus do Monte, avoiding climbing the 381 foot switchback steps to the sanctuary!
Hot today and we're pooped.
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