We recommend flying into Porto, Portugal as this is the closest city to Braga, Portugal (the Wedding Venue). If you're feeling adventurous, you can start your journey from Lisbon (south) and make your way up to Braga (north).

Portugal’s third-largest city is an elegant town laced with ancient narrow lanes closed to vehicles, strewn with plazas and a splendid array of baroque churches. The constant chiming of bells is a reminder of Braga’s age-old devotion to the spiritual world. Its religious festivals – particularly the elaborately staged Semana Santa (Holy Week) – are famous throughout Portugal. But don’t come expecting piety alone: Braga’s upscale old centre is packed with lively cafes and trim boutiques, some excellent restaurants and low-key bars catering to students from the Universidade do Minho.

Amongst trees and lawns beside a thoroughfare, this polished spa hotel in a modern glass-fronted building is 3 km from both Castelo de Braga and the Garden of Santa Barbara.

Average $145/night

In a grand building dating from 1508, this informal hotel with original vaulted ceilings is 5 minutes' walk from Braga Cathedral and 13 minutes' walk from Braga railway station.

Average $130/night

An exquisite boutique hotel restored from a historic building, located in one of the pedestrian streets of Braga, just a few minutes’ walk from the main attractions of the city like Sé de Braga, Praça da República and Casa dos Crivos.

Average $100/night

Porto’s charms are as subtle as the nuances of an aged tawny port, best savoured slowly on a romp through the hilly backstreets of Miragaia, Ribeira and Massarelos. It’s the quiet moments of reflection and the snapshots of daily life that you’ll remember most: the slosh of the Douro against the docks; the snap of laundry drying in river winds; the sound of port glasses clinking; the sight of young lovers discreetly tangled under a landmark bridge, on the rim of a park fountain, in the crumbling notch of a graffiti-blasted wall…

Off a leafy cobblestone street, this refined hotel is a minute’s walk from Aliados metro station, 10 minutes away by foot from the Porto Cathedral and 1 km from the art exhibits at Museu
Nacional Soares dos Reis.

Average $170/night

Set among eateries and facing the Douro River, this informal hotel with an annex is a minute's walk from Ribeira Square and 12 minutes' walk from Porto São Bento railway station.

Average $180/night

Next to Luís Bridge and with views of the River Douro, this upmarket hotel is 2 minutes away on foot from the Jardim do Morro hilltop and a minute's walk from a metro station.

Average $130-220/Night

Should you wish to stay at one of the hotels within Bom Jesus, we complied a list of recommendations. This way, you don't have to worry about transportation and simply walk back to your room after the party :)

Average $90-200/night, depending on the room selection

Right next to the ceremony and reception, 3 minute walk

Within a 12-minute walk from the historic Bom Jesus funicular, this polished hillside hotel is 6 km from the 11th-century Braga Cathedral and 8 km from Braga train station.

Average $100-150/Night, depending on the room selection

One of the hotels right next to the wedding venue.

Average $55-120/Night, depending on the room selection

Right next to the ceremony and reception, 3 minute walk