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Tours by J Joana - Your Guide in the North of Portugal
Languages: PT + EN + ES + GAL Um Rouxinol Canta
E para além de cantar faz tours.

Sou guia intérprete no Norte de Portugal e escrevo um blog onde pretendo mostrar-vos o que de bom temos no nosso país.

One of my favourite quotes by Miguel Torga.
25/01/2025

One of my favourite quotes by Miguel Torga.

Book a tour with me and I'll show you the gems of the region!
23/01/2025

Book a tour with me and I'll show you the gems of the region!

🕍Braga is an important religious destination that you should not miss on your trip to Portugal!
21/01/2025

🕍Braga is an important religious destination that you should not miss on your trip to Portugal!

See Braga like a local: that's what our customers say! 🇵🇹Ready to book your tour? 💻Click the link in my bio to see my av...
15/05/2024

See Braga like a local: that's what our customers say! 🇵🇹

Ready to book your tour? 💻

Click the link in my bio to see my available dates and times. I can't wait to show you around Braga!

Salão Nobre - I simply love this room in our city hall of Braga! Just look at these painting details! It’s one of those ...
08/05/2024

Salão Nobre - I simply love this room in our city hall of Braga! Just look at these painting details! It’s one of those places that still amazes me every time I go there 😍

This last weekend I attended a conference in Braga regarding how the Bracari and the Romans dressed back then, as prepar...
06/05/2024

This last weekend I attended a conference in Braga regarding how the Bracari and the Romans dressed back then, as preparation for Braga Romana - Reviver Bracara Augusta. In the end they needed volunteers so I went, of course 🤣 But it helped me to better understand how to fold the outer layer, I still had doubts with that and how to use the fibula.

📸 Márcia Ataíde

In my tours you're always free of asking me things, either from the place we are or about Portugal. People are always fr...
29/04/2024

In my tours you're always free of asking me things, either from the place we are or about Portugal. People are always free to make a dialogue with me!

Some days I just happen to stumble upon curious coincidences. In this case, I started the tour speaking about André Soar...
19/04/2024

Some days I just happen to stumble upon curious coincidences. In this case, I started the tour speaking about André Soares, and then when I get to the Municipality Square, where we have 2 of his works, from the Palace’s door leaves the greatest Historian of André Soares’ life and work - Eduardo Pires de Oliveira. I don’t know the probability of this, I’m awful at Math, but I’d say it’s not that huge 😂

Braga tour, 2022.04.10

Memories from a week spent in the North of Portugal with a group from Madrid. The lady in charge with the group took the...
16/04/2024

Memories from a week spent in the North of Portugal with a group from Madrid. The lady in charge with the group took the time to send me a message to know they had arrived safely and to send me love.

And these are their faces before the tasting! 😆😆😆Braga city tour with a tasting of wine and canned sardines and cod. 202...
10/04/2024

And these are their faces before the tasting! 😆😆😆

Braga city tour with a tasting of wine and canned sardines and cod.

2024.03.13

Your words inspire me to continue doing my best! Thank you!
05/04/2024

Your words inspire me to continue doing my best! Thank you!

Fé📍 Sé Catedral de Braga, Portugal
31/03/2024

Fé
📍 Sé Catedral de Braga, Portugal

Resurrection.📍Sé Catedral de Braga, Portugal
31/03/2024

Resurrection.
📍Sé Catedral de Braga, Portugal

Our Lady of Solitude.
24/03/2024

Our Lady of Solitude.

Yesterday night. The rituals of the Holy Week of Braga started yesterday and while I was waiting for the start of the Vi...
24/03/2024

Yesterday night. The rituals of the Holy Week of Braga started yesterday and while I was waiting for the start of the Via Crucis I took this picture.

The is Saint James’ Tower, in Braga. The image on top is called Our Lady of the Tower. Since it’s a representation of the Virgin Mary, she is dressed with a red tunic and a blue veil, the colors that you normally see on Our Lady of Solitude and Our Lady of Sorrows images.

Holy Week is the week that tells you about the Passion of Christ and the suffering he and his mother endured. So under Mary’s image you see the image of Jesus already arrested. He was arrested and mocked for being the King of the Jews, because nobody believed he could be the king. So the guards placed a crown of thorns on his head and a red cape to represent the symbols of the king.

Purple was the most expensive color in Middle Ages so it became associated with Jesus’ pain. That is why it is the color of Holy Week. In Easter Sunday and onwards, the colour will be the white, to represent the Ressurrection.

Next Friday we're going to have the Procession of the Burial of Our Lord. It's known in Braga as the Procession of Silen...
22/03/2024

Next Friday we're going to have the Procession of the Burial of Our Lord. It's known in Braga as the Procession of Silence, but I may add that it could also be the Procession of Darkness, since the streets were so dark last year. You can see on the pictures that the ciity lights were covered in black. Black is the colour for mourning in Portugal.

Pictures from last year's Ecce Homo Procession. Ecce Homo is Latin for "Here's the man" and it's a sentence used by Pila...
21/03/2024

Pictures from last year's Ecce Homo Procession. Ecce Homo is Latin for "Here's the man" and it's a sentence used by Pilatus when he showed Jesus to the people. The representation of Jesus shows you an almost naked person, with tied hands. He was arrested and he is in his most vulnerability. This procession is also known in Braga as the Procession of the Fire since some farricocos carry fire.

Some stills from the last year's Procession of the Little Donkey. We call it like that because we use a real donkey to t...
20/03/2024

Some stills from the last year's Procession of the Little Donkey. We call it like that because we use a real donkey to transport the image of Mary and Jesus. It's a Procession about the Old Testament (or Torah for Jewish people) and it ends in the New Testament with Jesus and his parent returning to Nazareth. Because of this, you will see Jewish symbols and people dressed as Hebrews and Egyptians.

Later today I will post a video where you can see the real donkey!

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