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Located north of Coimbra, just off the A1 Lisbon-Oporto highway, Luso is an attractively situated spa resort whose famous bottle mineral water gushes freely from its fountains.
In the 11th century it was just a village linked to a monastery at Vacariça, long before its hot-water springs became popular in the 18th century.
What to see. The spa centre specialises in the treatment of arteriosclerosis, an arterial disease occurring mostly in the elderly, characterised by inelasticity and thickening of the vessel walls, with lessened blood flow.
The thermal waters, which originate from a spring below the chapel of São João, are said to be of additional value to sufferers of renal problems and rheumatism.
Nearby. Luso lies on the fringe of the Serra do Buçaco, a wooded ridge about 15 km long running northwards from Penacova on the River Mondego. Protected as a national park, the forest is noted for its huge cypress trees of Mexican origin, which stand in a walled enclosure several kilometres in diameter, on the southern slopes of the mountain. The area is also famous for being the scene of Wellington’s victory over the French under Massena in 1810. |
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