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Este (São Pedro)

Braga Cathedral (Sé de Braga) – Church of Saint Mark (Braga) loop from Este (São Pedro)

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Braga

Este (São Pedro)

Braga Cathedral (Sé de Braga) – Church of Saint Mark (Braga) loop from Este (São Pedro)

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Braga Cathedral (Sé de Braga) – Church of Saint Mark (Braga) loop from Este (São Pedro)

03:48

47.4km

810m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 18, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 11.4 km for 52 m

After 11.5 km for 186 m

After 12.3 km for 308 m

After 15.4 km for 160 m

After 35.2 km for 89 m

After 36.5 km for 50 m

After 39.5 km for 135 m

After 40.5 km for 71 m

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11.6 km

Bom Jesus do Monte

Highlight • Religious Site

Bom Jesus do Monte is a Roman Catholic shrine in Tenões on the eastern outskirts of Braga

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12.5 km

Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte

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garden with many trails

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15.0 km

View of Braga from Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro

Highlight • Viewpoint

A great view of the country from above. Bom Jesus do Monte, definitely worth a visit!

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35.2 km

Rio Este

Lake

36.5 km

According to tradition, the diocese of Braga dates back to the 3rd century, although historical confirmation dates back to 400. This makes it one of the oldest dioceses on the Iberian Peninsula. It is considered the center of the Christianization of Gallaecia, as the region in northwestern Spain and northern Portugal was called. When Rome's power was dismantled by invading Germanic tribes, Braga became the capital of the Kingdom of the Suebi from 409 to 584. Through the influence of Bishop Martin of Dumio, the Suebi converted to Catholicism around 550. Martin of Dumio had come to Gallaecia at this time and first founded a monastery in Dumio near Braga. He became Bishop of Dumio in 556 and finally Bishop of Braga in 562. However, the Suebi kingdom fell under Visigothic control and was incorporated into the Visigothic Empire in 585. Braga's importance subsequently declined. After the Moorish conquest of the Iberian Peninsula from 711 to 719, Braga lost its bishopric in 716. As a result of the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest, the Diocese of Braga was re-established around 1070. Bishop Dom Pedro, bishop of the diocese from 1071 to 1091 and the first archbishop, had a cathedral built, which was consecrated in 1089 by Bernard of Toledo. At that time, however, only the eastern chapels were finished. The present cathedral was built on the site of an older religious building, possibly an earlier cathedral. Despite the restoration of the Diocese of Braga, the city never managed to regain its former importance. Next to Toledo, which was declared the new metropolis by Urban II and was the residence of the Kingdom of Castile from 1087 and remained the capital of Spain until 1561, there was no room for Braga as a metropolis. Since Bishop Dom Pedro had himself awarded the pallium by Antipope Clement III in 1091, the former capital of Braga continued to decline in importance. Bishop Dom Pedro was deposed and banished to a monastery.

From 1093 onwards, the County of Portugal was ruled by Count Henry of Burgundy, who, together with Bishop Geraldo de Moissac, persuaded the Pope to reinstate Braga as an archbishopric in 1107. Construction work on the cathedral resumed and continued until the mid-13th century. The building, constructed in the 12th century, was designed in the Burgundian Romanesque style of the Abbey Church of Cluny and influenced the construction of many churches and monasteries in Portugal. The cathedral was frequently altered in the following centuries. Today, it features a mixture of different architectural styles, including Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque, and Manueline.

In 1905, Pope Pius X granted the cathedral the additional title of minor basilica.

Source: Wikipedia

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40.0 km

Church of Saint Mark (Braga)

Highlight • Religious Site

The hospital and church of St. Mark, as we admire them today, date from the 18th century and were built according to a design by Carlos Amarante. The square where the buildings are located is also named after this architect. The vertical emphasis of the Baroque church, with its two towers, stands out clearly from the horizontality of the adjacent hospital, which is symmetrically adjacent and gives the entire complex a harmonious overall impression.

Source: visitportugal.com/de/content/igreja-de-sao-marcos-braga

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40.4 km

Avenida da Liberdade, Braga

Highlight • Structure

40.5 km

Café A Brasileira (Braga)

Highlight • Cafe

The pharmacist Adriano Soares Teles do Vale, who comes from Alvarenga in northern Portugal and works in Porto, grandfather of the filmmaker Luís Galvão Teles, emigrated to Brazil as a young man, where he became wealthy as a trader and coffee producer at the end of the 19th century. When his wife fell ill, he returned with her to Porto in 1903, where she died a little later. Here he turned to creating points of sale for his Brazilian coffee, which he called Casa Brasileira (Brazilian House) or A Brasileira (The Brazilian Woman).

Teles opened its first sales outlet in 1903 with what is now Café A Brasileira in Porto. This was followed by Lisbon, Coimbra, Aveiro and Seville in Spain. The restaurant in Braga opened its doors on March 17, 1907. After Café Vianna, which opened in 1871, it is now the second oldest café in the city.

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47.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.8 km

9.22 km

8.86 km

7.22 km

5.80 km

3.37 km

168 m

Surfaces

22.5 km

11.2 km

7.61 km

4.97 km

1.00 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (570 m)

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