Bucaco Palace

Side view of the Bucaco Palace with its ornate Manueline styling. You can make out the armillary sphere at the top of the tower - a navigational aid used by the early Portuguese mariners and symbol on the flag of Portugal

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Luso travel guide »

This small town just north of Coimbra is famous for one thing in particular: water. Agua de Luso is synonymous with good quality mineral water in Portugal, and thousands of bottles of this precious liquid are consumed daily across the nation. It flows freely from fountains and springs in the town and is also renowned for its healing qualities, hence the fact that Luso is one of Portugal’s most…