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Guimarães

Guimarães is a city in Minho, northern Portugal. One of the country's most historical cities, it's known as the "Cradle of Portugal" since it was from there the "Condado Portucalense" grew into today's Portugal. Wikivoyage

Population 156,830 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Portugal

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Portugal
Tourist office · 220 m Loja Interativa de Turismo

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Festas de Cidade e Gualterianas

    August

    The programme often includes music events, fireworks, and a drumming procession around the historic town centre

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Guimarães); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Largo da Feira

    Feira Semanal

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: 00:00–24:00
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    00:00–24:00

    850 m from the centre

  • Mercado Municipal

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    980 m from the centre

  • Frutaria Carla

    No hours mapped

    2.7 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 48 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.