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Must See

INSIDER TIP
Take a Picnic
Just north of the city
centre is the town
Mercado (market)
where you can buy
regional produce and
delicacies. Pick up some
picnic supplies here
and have lunch in the
landscaped Jardim
de Santa Bárbara,
admiring the Antigo
Paço Episcopal. The Jardim de Santa Bárbara in the shadow
of the Antigo Paço Episcopal
hunting scenes. An unusual 3 Beside it are the immaculate
detail is the ribbed, paved gardens of the Jardim de
ground floor, which was Antigo Paço Episcopal Santa Bárbara. Landscaped
designed to allow carriages ⌂ Praça Municipal in 1955, its design reflects
inside the building to deposit ¢ To the public the romanticism of the
guests and drive on to the Estado Novo period (p46).
stables beyond. Near the Sé you’ll find the The gardens are laid out in
This imposing aristocratic former archbishop’s palace. geometric patterns, with
mansion now houses the city’s The façades of this once grand box hedges, topiary and a
Museu Etnográfico e Artístico building date from the 14th, statue of its namesake, Saint
(Ethnography and Arts 17th and 18th centuries, but Barbara, at its centre. One
Museum), with fascin ating a major fire destroyed the particularly striking feature is
displays of Roman relics, as interior in the 18th century. the broken ruins of an arcade
well as furniture dating from The palace is now used as a which once ran along the
the 17th to 19th centuries. private library and archives. exterior of the palace.

AVE ANTÓNIO MACEDO LOUR EIRA RUA A BADE Camionagem DE MATOS
R U A D A F E IRA AV. GEN. NORTON
RUA GABRIEL PERREIRA DE CASTRO
R U A DA F EI R A
Central de
PRAÇA DO COMÉRCIO
Mercado RUA DE SÃO VICENTE R U A SÃO BA R N ABÉ
RUA SÃO MARTINHO
PRAÇA DO COMÉRCIO RU A DO CARVALHAL
RUA DO FERRAZ DO CARMO RUA RUA DE SANTO ANDRÉ
RUA CAMPO DAS PARRETAS
CIRCULAR NORTE DE BRAGA RUA SÃO MARTINHO CONSELHEIRO R U A D E SA N TO A NTÓ AGROLONGO R . DOS CAPELIST AS RUA DOS CHÃOS Bom Jesus do Monte
T ÚNEL DA PRAÇA CONDE DE AGROLONGO
PRAÇA
PRAÇA
CONDE DE
R UA DA BOAVI STA
TORRES
DE ALMEIDA
4 km (2 miles)
Jardim de
AVENIDA CENTRAL
Santa
R U A DA B OAV I S TA
R UA IRMÃOS R O B Y Jardim do MUNICIPAL Episcopal
Mosteiro Palácio dos Igreja do Bárbara Torre de PRAÇA DA
Pópulo
de Tibães Biscainhos Antigo Paço JUSTINO CRUZ Menagem REPÚBLICA AVE. CENTRAL
Câmara
PRAÇA N IO
Palácio dos
Igreja dos
Café
R U A D I O G O D E S O U S A Capela dos
Biscainhos Municipal R U A D O S O U T O Congregados
Brasileira
Coimbras
R U A A N D R A D E C O R V O Sé RUA DE SÃO JOÃO R. S. MARCOS AVE DA LIBERDADE
LARGO DA CAMPO DAS RUA DO CABIDO FORNO LARGO
HORTAS
R. DO
ESTAÇÃO CARLOS
AMARANTE
RUA DO VISCONDE RUA DOM FREI CAETANO BRANDÃO R U A DOM AFO NSO HE N R I QUES R U A D O A NJO Santa Capela de
DE PINDELA
Conceiçao
Museu
Cruz
R U A C R U Z D A P E D R A R . JE RO N I M O P IM E NT E L RUA SÃO PAULO SANTIAGO 0 metres 250 N
LARGO
Railway A V E L I N O RUA DO MATADOURO SÃO TIAGO Pio XII R. DOS FALCÕES Palácio
Station do Raio
LARGO
R U A C A R D O S O
Capela de
São Sebastião RUA DO ALCAIDE 0 yards 250
R U A D E C A I R E S
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