Central Portugal

Slightly more exciting depiction than the usual biblical/historical azulejos seen around Portugal.
This one is at the impressive Buçaco Palace

A bottle of Luso spring water in the town of Luso. This water is sold all over Portugal, but is bottled a hundred metres down the road from here.

A particularly elegant villa in Luso on a cloudy March afternoon

The enterance to the thermal springs in Luso built in the 1850s

Some of the elegant villas in Luso on an overcast afternoon

Main street in Luso with the thermal spa on the right and Buçaco national park in front

The 65 metre high Basilica that forms the centre piece of the Fátima Sanctuary complex. The site also includes a square bigger than that of St Peter in the Vatican.

Fátima itself started out as a small village but was put on the map by the visions of Our Lady by three sheperd children. It is now a major pilgrimage centre in the catholic world with the most dedicated making the journey here on their knees

Pottery from the Viseu area known as black pottery. This style is associated mainly associated with the village of Molelos

Traditional fish drying racks operated by traditional fish-women in the town of Nazare

Cântaro Magro in the Serra da Estrela National Park.
There is a breed of large, shaggy dog from this region named the Soneca do Cantaro Magro