Guimarães City Center
Guimarães is a complete history, and the Portuguese fully respected it. It can be said that if you remove the modern buildings from the city, you will see that there is no difference with 200 years ago. It is not possible to come across a collapsed, destroyed structure or a cut tree. Almost all pavements and houses are made of uniform stone. This is enough to show the historical texture of Guimarães as a whole.
It is possible to visit the city center on foot without the need for a car or any means of transportation. In general, places to visit are located around the castle.
You can start your trip from the castle because the castle is at the highest point. If you start here, you do not have to climb the hill over and over again.
The castle has no other characteristics than normal castles, but when Portugal is established, many victories are gained with this castle. “After centuries, new military tactics caused the castle to lose its defensive function and gradually be abandoned and deteriorated. In the 20th century, the castle was restored and later classified as a National Monument. ”
Also the evening lighting of the castle is not bad. :)
Guimarães is a complete history, and the Portuguese fully respected it. It can be said that if you remove the modern buildings from the city, you will see that there is no difference with 200 years ago. It is not possible to come across a collapsed, destroyed structure or a cut tree. Almost all pavements and houses are made of uniform stone. This is enough to show the historical texture of Guimarães as a whole.
It is possible to visit the city center on foot without the need for a car or any means of transportation. In general, places to visit are located around the castle.
You can start your trip from the castle because the castle is at the highest point. If you start here, you do not have to climb the hill over and over again.
The castle has no other characteristics than normal castles, but when Portugal is established, many victories are gained with this castle. “After centuries, new military tactics caused the castle to lose its defensive function and gradually be abandoned and deteriorated. In the 20th century, the castle was restored and later classified as a National Monument. ”
Also the evening lighting of the castle is not bad. :)
Right next to the castle is the Palace of the Dukes of Braganza. The palace is being built for the first Duke of Bragança. It was once used by various dukes for dignity and showing off, and later to help homeless and needy people. Today, it operates as a museum that houses historical monuments in a restored way.
As you travel from the palace to the city center, you come across churches, historical streets and squares apart from structures such as castles and palaces. Oliveira Square is right after Santa Maria (the street that hosts Tasquilhado and one of the oldest places in Guimarães). This square and street nights are the most lively places of Guimarães. Various concerts and big events take place in this square.
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Apart from this, Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira (Church of Our Lady of Oliveira), whose origin is based on the foundation of Guimarães, is located in the city center. While operating as a church providing education in the 12th century, it has become a very important religious center in the Middle Ages. It took its final form in 1967 and continues today as a church only.
Penha
Penha is the first place I recommend you to go to in Guimarães. If I briefly describe the penha, it is the national park at the highest point of the city. You can see the church, built at the highest point of the national park, from almost every part of the city, and even from outside the city.
You can reach Penha by car, pedestrian, bus or cable car. The most logical among them is the cable car. If you decide to go, I definitely recommend using the Cable Car. The last fare of the cable car was 5 Euros.
If you are doing Erasmus in Guimarães, I definitely recommend you to go on foot. You climb about 5 km from the city center. Is it worth it? I think it's definitely worth it.
Many of the photos were taken by me and some by my friends.
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