Where a car takes you from Braga
These are the day trips from Braga on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Guimarães Portugal's birthplace is 25 minutes by train and home to roast suckling pig, traditional tascas in the UNESCO historic quarter and a Michelin-worthy l
- Vinho Verde Quintas of the Lima Valley The Lima Valley quintas 30 to 50 km west of Braga produce the most elegant Vinho Verde; day trips combine cellar visits, tastings and vineyard lunches
- Porto Porto is 55 minutes from Braga by fast train: a full food day covering the francesinha at Café Santiago, fish at Mercado do Bolhão and a wine bar in M
- Peneda-Gerês National Park Portugal's only national park is 45 minutes from Braga: mountain villages serve cachena beef stew, smoked trout and alheira sausage at near-zero price
- Ponte de Lima Portugal's oldest municipality and the Lima Valley's most scenic food town: lamprey in season (January to April) and estate vinho verde at Lima restau
- Barcelos Barcelos is 25 minutes by train and home to the Frango de Barcelos: piri-piri chicken grilled over charcoal, one of northern Portugal's defining stree
Booking a car in Braga
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 1.52 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Firefly, Hertz, Keddy, Sixt
- Pick up at
- Braga Railway Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.