3 articles tagged with braga
Standing barefoot on the cool stone steps of Triveni Ghat as the Ganges flowed past, I was reminded of a similar moment months earlier—watching pilgrims ascend the monumental Baroque stairway of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga on their knees....
When my Australian husband suggested we explore northern Portugal for our spring getaway without our daughter (who stayed with grandparents in Brisbane), I immediately gravitated toward Braga. As Portugal's religious capital, this often-overlooked gem offers a perfect blend of sacred...
If you'd told twenty-something tournament-hopping me that I'd one day be comparing the student nightlife scenes of a medieval Portuguese city and a university town in New Zealand's North Island, I would've laughed while adjusting my gaming headset. *Mais voilà!*...