- Get to Know
- About Portugal
- What to see
- What to do
- Hotels
- Organize your tour
Portugal Travel
Organization of Portuguese agencies
Mata Nacional do Buçaco Forest
Go on a trip to the Mata Nacional do Buçaco Forest and visit the city of Luso, in Coimbra, Portugal.
Buçaco Palace
© Celestino Manuel
The Mata Nacional do Buçaco Forest is an excellent 105 hectares national park located in the hillside of the Serra do Buçaco Mountains, within the Coímbra District, in Portugal.
Mata Nacional do Buçaco Palace
© Celestino Manuel
This national park hosts an amazing variety of 700 flora species, among which you will find from big Mexican cedars to ferns as big as trees. This place has inspired numerous writers, who have written about the place’s mixture of spiritual and natural beauty.
The forest is surrounded by high stone walls, providing a more exotic and mysterious atmosphere. In the middle raises the 1907 Royal Palace, with an extravagant Neo-Manueline fairytale facade, and currently hosting the Palace Hotel do Buçaco.
This aromatic forest has numerous routes, hermitages in ruins, ponds and exotic trees. This is why it is an ideal place to practise hiking. The most famous routes are the ones going to the Fetos Valley, to the Fria Fountains, where swans swim at the feet of a great stairway.
On the outside is located the village of Luso, which waters are considered to be balsamic and able to cure from gout to the soul. The village hosts numerous guesthouses where you can stay to visit the forest and the spa. However, if you can afford it, do not hesitate to stay in the Palace Hotel do Bussaco, in the middle of the forest.
More information:
Location:
Coimbra.
Recommended Excursions:
Mapa Interactivo:
Coímbra
What to see:
- Almedina Tower and Museu da Cidade Muralhada (Walled City Museum)
- Sub-Ripas Palace
- Anto Tower
- Coimbra Old Cathedral
- Machado de Castro National Museum
- Sé Nova or Coímbra New Cathedral
- Coímbra Academic Museum
- Coímbra Old University (Universidade Velha de Coímbra)
- Science Museum of Coímbra (Museu da Ciência)
- Bissaya Barreto House Museum
- Coímbra Botanic Garden (Jardim Botânico)
- Coímbra Botanic Museum
- Sereia Garden or Santa Cruz Park
- Santa Cruz Monastery (National Cemetery)
- Igreja de São Tiago Church
- Igreja de São Bartolomeu Church
- Igreja do Carmo Church
- Santa Clara a Velha Monastery
- Santa Clara a Nova Convent
- Portugal dos Pequenitos (Thematic Park)
- Museu da Água (Water Museum) of Coímbra
- Miguel Torga House Museum
- Stone Museum (Cantanhede)
- Piódão
- Piódão Museological Centre
- Montemor-o-Velho Castle
- Conímbriga Roman Ruins
- Monographic Museum of Conímbriga
- Casa dos Repuxos
- Luso y Mata Nacional do Buçaco Forest
Beaches:
- Praia Fluvial de Palheiros e Zorro Beach
- Praia de Mira Beach
- Praia Poço da Cruz Beach
- Praia do Piódão Beach
- Praia de Pomares Beach
- Praia de Côja Beach
- Praia da Costinha Beach
- Praia de Quiaios Beach
- Praia da Murtinheira Beach
- Praia da Tamargueira Beach
- Praia de Buarcos Beach
- Praia do Relógio Beach
- Praia do Molhe Norte Beach
- Praia de Cabedelo Beach
- Praia da Cova Gala Beach
- Praia da Costa de Lavos Beach
- Praia da Leirosa Beach
Museums
Other worth-visiting nearby towns and cities:
Why "Portugal Travel"?
Portugal Travel is an organization of Portuguese agencies whose objectives are:
- ✓ To make Portugal, its culture and its heritage known.
- ✓ To promote sustainable tourism.
In collaboration with:
Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril
Turismo de Portugal
Copyright PortugalTravel.org © - All rights reserved.