Guimaraes travel

Guimaraes is a city and municipality in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the district of Braga. In the 9th century, Vimara Peres was able to expel the Moors and founded a fortified town under his own name Vimaranis (of Vimar) which later became Guimaranis, present day Guimaraes. The city is often referred to as the "birthplace of the Portuguese nationality" and also was the birthplace of Afonso I of Portugal, the first Portuguese king.