Braga
29 March 2012 Braga will be the first city in Portugal going to heaven as once every other building in Braga was a church or seminary. Today, churches are still abundant in this relatively small city. Once entered into the city centre, you will feel the intensive religious atomsphere around. First, Easter Semana Santa banners hung everywhere prior to the festival. Church is more frequently seen than in other cities. The city is clean and bright. Buildings have been restored. Flowers were everywhere. Well, it's lots of money to make the city beautiful. Not all European cities are lavishly decorated with flowers. Braga can be reached from Porto by suburbano. The journey lasts about 1 hours 10 minutes, costs 3 Euro. A quicker suburbano runs some time, 15-20 minutes less. Or you can take IC train which cost 10 Euro. My experience, take the suburbano from Sao Bento. Taking out th...