# Bom Jesus do Monte sanctuary and its water funicular, in Braga

What to do en Guimarães · Guimarães

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes/things-to-do/bom-jesus-do-monte · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 2 h
- Temporada: All year
- Para quién: Everyone; the funicular saves you the stairway

The zigzag Baroque stairway, a World Heritage Site, half an hour from Guimarães, with the oldest water-counterbalance funicular in service. Visit · 2 h

On the outskirts of Braga, about 30 km from Guimarães, the sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte, a World Heritage Site, is climbed by a zigzag Baroque stairway with fountains and chapels of the Stations of the Cross. If you do not want to climb it, the 1882 funicular, the first in the Iberian Peninsula, covers 116 m of height difference over 267 m of track and still runs on a water counterbalance: it is the oldest in the world in service with that system. Go up by funicular and come down on foot by the stairs.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 41.5545, -8.3772

## Cerca de aquí

- [Cor de Tangerina](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes/where-to-eat/cor-de-tangerina), a 13.9 km
- [Guimarães Castle and the church of São Miguel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes/things-to-do/guimaraes-castle), a 13.9 km
- [Palace of the Dukes of Braganza](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes/things-to-do/dukes-palace), a 14.0 km
- [A Cozinha by António Loureiro](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes/where-to-eat/a-cozinha), a 14.1 km
- [From Toural to the castle via the Oliveira and Rua de Santa Maria](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes/things-to-do/guimaraes-old-town-walk), a 14.2 km
- [HOOL, the restaurant of the Hotel da Oliveira](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes/where-to-eat/hool-restaurant), a 14.2 km
- [Hotel da Oliveira](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes/where-to-stay/hotel-da-oliveira), a 14.2 km
- [Hotel Toural](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes/where-to-stay/hotel-toural), a 14.2 km

Destino: [Guimarães](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/northern-portugal/guimaraes.md)