Pousada de Bragança - São Bartolomeu Bragança Northern Portugal Portugal
	Bragança, too often forgotten due to its distance from the decision-making centres, will be impossible to forget, once visited. From the Pousada de Bragança, São Bartolomeu, on top of a hill of the Nogueira montain range, you have a superb view over the castle. The Pousada de S. Bartolomeu enjoys a sensational view which stretches across the plateau lying beyond the mountains. After a visit to the city sites and monuments, a magnificent evening can be enjoyed by the pool. Located in one of the most interesting medieval cities of Portugal, this charming hotel in Bragança combines perfectly its architecture, decoration and gastronomy with the regional culture.
Gastronomy - Specialty Restaurant Menu Grilled spicy sausage Codfish stuffed with smoked ham Roast pork loin with chestnuts Chestnut pudding
Nearest Pousadas: Marão 137Km Mesão Frio 156Km Alijó 109Km Almeida 158Km Fairs and Markets: Our Lady of Graças (Bragança) Fair (Cantarinhas) S. Bartolomeu Our Lady of Ribeira (Quintanilha) Our Lady of Serra	Interesting Places: Bragança Castle Domus Municipalis Military Museum Abade Baçal Museum Castro de Avelãs Monastery S. Francisco Convent Montesinho Natural Park Onor River Pousada History
Hotel Facilities:
Air-Conditioning Swimming pool Family games Fishing Meeting rooms Scenic/Nature Area Monumental Area Regional Building Elevator Activities - At the Pousada: Swimming pool Family games	Outside the pousada: Shooting range Four-wheel driving Bicycle tours Horse riding Fishing Hunting Shooting range Karting Flying & Parasailing
Rooms:
The Pousada has 28 rooms, 5 are doubles and the rest are Twins. All rooms have a balcony with view to the pool and to the walls of the Bragança Castle. All the rooms are wide and have a decoration adapted to the Pousada´s surroundings, with simple and functional furniture, but with high quality. One of the rooms has conditions for disabled people and two are for non smoking people.
	All rooms have: AC/heating Mini-bar Phone Cable TV and satelite Air drier Bathing gowns Internet in 3 rooms and Wireless in all the others.
	Location: Distances:    Porto (220km), Zamora (104km), Ourense (190km) Bragança, in the northeastern part of Trás-os-Montes is 216 Km from Oporto and 30 Km from the Alcanices-Quintanilha border with Spain. Igreja de Santa Maria - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi Domus Municipalis - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi Braganca Castle - 0.4 km / 0.3 mi Museu do Abade de Bacal - 0.4 km / 0.3 mi The preferred airport for Pousada de Braganca - Sao Bartolomeu is Porto (OPO-Dr. Francisco de Sa Carneiro) - 171.6 km / 106.6 mi.

Pousada History

Located on the hill of the same name, recently refurbished and enlarged, the Pousada de S. Bartolomeu, which enjoys an exceptional view over the castle of the city of Bragança. This CastIe dates back to the 17th century, to the time when D. Sancho gave the city its charter. Later, D. Femando gave it to one of his sisters-in-Iaw as marriage dowry. It came to the definitive possession of the House of Bragança when it was given as a dukedom to the illegitimate son of D. João l.

It is an ideal place for shooting enthusiastic (wild boor, hare, partridge etc.) as well as for tourists in general who throughout the north-eastern area beyond the mountains, may discover a wealth off fauna and flora.

The Pousada de S. Bartolomeu enjoys a sensational view which stretches across the plateau lying beyond the mountains. After a visit to the city sites and monuments, a magnificent evening can be enjoyed from the poll.

History of Bragança:

In Bragança, with its strategic position, has token place many constructions of fortresses before Fernão Mendes, brother in law of D. Afonso Henriques, demanded the creation of the city walls in 1130.

It has been Brigantia. In its interior is the castle of D. Sancho I, established in 1187, with donjon and vigil towers, which have many tragic legends that say they were the refuge of Dona Sancha, the unhappy wife of Fernão Mendes. The legends also say that other wives were kept prisoners in those towers.

Between the city walls, it’s also the pentagonal Domus Municipalis from the 17th century, that is the unique model still remaining of the Romanic civil architecture in Portugal.

This city gave its name to the last Portuguese royal dynasty, the illegitimate son of D. João I, the 1st duke of Bragança, in 1442.

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