A city built on a hill beside the Mondego River, where one of Europe oldest universities still operates within ancient stone walls. Students in black capes hurry through arched passageways. The Joanina Library holds gilded shelves and resident bats that eat the book-eating insects. Below the university, the old town spills down narrow streets lined […]
Portugal was born here. In the year 1128, a young prince named Afonso Henriques established his base in Guimarães and began the campaigns that would create an independent kingdom. The city centre is a UNESCO World heritage site of granite medieval buildings, arched alleys, and the Palace of the Dukes of Braganza with its towering […]