A pentagonal castle with a wall reinforced by turreted buttresses. The walled enclosure of the ancient citadel rises around the 27-meter-high white marble keep. Beyond the medieval wall, the town boasts a vast expanse of Restoration War-era fortifications, with crenellated towers and two round-arched gates. Near one of the gates is a rectangular tower in the Roman-Gothic style with several windows. The royal palace, restored by King João V, is located on the outskirts of the castle.

La fortificación medieval se conserva en su forma original, flanqueada por torres redondas y varias puertas medievales. Durante la Guerra de la Restauración de 1662, el Marqués de Caracena destruyó la torre del homenaje.

The transept has an elongated rectangular floor plan, with the Latin cross-shaped transept. All that remains of the transept is the polygonal apse on the south side. The façade is divided into two sections and topped by a triangular pediment with an undulating cornice on the sides. Notable is the architrave divided by three wide pilasters, with rectangular windows with a triangular cornice on the upper section and similar porticoes on the ground floor. Inside, the nave has five sections, separated from the galleries by solid ashlar walls, punctuated by tall, pointed-arched openings with two archivolts. Notable on the gallery's …

A 14th-century Gothic temple with flying buttresses and a porch. Its floor plan consists of a horizontal articulation of the apse with the nave, built entirely of finely cut marble ashlar, with a nave covered by a gable roof supported by flying buttresses with a pendentive cornice and a perfect arch span. The portico stands out, a simple pointed-arch span framed in beveled ashlar, flanked by tiled wainscoting. Also worthy of special attention is the apse with a polygonal front of two bays marked by buttresses, which also finish the radial axes. The interior is lined with 18th-century historiated tiles.

A large lake, ideal for romantic seagull rides, nestled in the Bussaco Forest.

It is one of the twenty steps of the Via Sacra do Bussaco.

It was here that, on September 27, 1810, the Battle of Bussaco was fought, in which Wellington, commanding Anglo-Portuguese troops, defeated the French army under Massena. This important historical moment, which marked the end of the French invasions, is depicted in some of the tiles inside the building, now converted into a luxurious hotel. Nestled in the majestic Buçaco Forest, it offers a stunning architectural, historical, and scenic ensemble.

Pleasant garden with a lake, ideal for a relaxing stroll.

Housed in a 16th-century farmhouse, this space is dedicated to ethnology, with objects representing agricultural life, the ceramics industry, railways, costumes, crafts, everyday utensils, sacred art, archaeology, and the pig.

All that remains of the former Discalced Carmelite convent are the façade, the church, and the cloister. Of particular note are the breccia work on the façade, and the colorful mosaic murals, which vaguely recall the art of the Far East.