Roman Thermae of Maximinus — Attraction in Braga

Excellent, large museum with a lot of roman and pre roman artifacts on display. The actual roman baths excavation was underwhelming and not well marked - ok - no signage at all. If it wasn't for the expensive disabled seat rail mover thing I never would have gone down into the basement area it was in. There was a smallish area excavated with some mosaic on the floor, but I've seen much better in the middle of olive groves in the Alenteju and there was an Olympic sized bath there. I would have liked to see more specific descriptors of the individual artifacts or in some cases at least a description of what I'm looking at in an area. Some translation of the tablets and columns would be very...

If traveling abroad make sure to bring student id or teacher I'd, they give a discount here. It's only a few euro to enter and a short visit, but so worth it! They had an interesting video about how people used the baths throughout history and you can see how the amphitheater is being excavated and sits right in the back yard of some folks. Such a neat way to see history and see how we have been building from there, how it's impacted our cities and towns today, and makes you wonder how our choices today will...

Roman Thermae of Maximinus Termas Romanas do Alto da Cividade

Type: museum, historical ruins Time spent: 15 min Price: 2 EUR - normal WC: available Path for disabled: not available Bike parking: nearby the entrance Car parking: small

Archeological ruins of public baths and theatre of Bracara Augusta (the old name of Braga). The thermae complex was constructed in the second half of the 1st century BC. The theatre - 2nd century. By the 5th century both...