Oh, Obidos!

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(Oh bee doosh)

“Find what brings you joy and go there.” – Jan Phillips

Picture perfect Obidos sits atop a hill, it’s 14th century wall (45 ft tall) corralling a bouquet of narrow lanes and flower bedecked whitewashed houses.
We spent one night here.
Obidos’ name, dating from ancient Roman times, means — appropriately enough — “walled town.”
We had fun climbing up and down the ramparts and viewing the countryside from different angles.
Saw lots of round chimneys – love ‘em!
We climbed many ancient stairs.
I don’t know who this man is that keeps following me around and taking my picture 🤷🏽‍♀️
This 16th century aqueduct supplied the village with water.
The ramparts were a bit scary at times but we “soldiered” on.
That’s not their address – built in 1770.
Obidos was known as Portugal’s “wedding city”. In 1282, when King Dinis brought his bride Isabel here, she liked the town so much he gave it to her.
Just another pretty picture 😉
We parked outside the wall and walked in to our place for the night since cars were not allowed. However, the work trucks showed up every morning. It was crazy to watch these guys maneuver their vehicles through the gates!
Obidos is known for their cherry cordial (ginjinha) but they really hooked us by serving tastes of it in chocolate cups. Delicious! Anne of Green Gables fans – remember when Diana & Anne got drunk on cherry cordial?
Beautiful old bougainvillea bush.
When this church was no longer in use the city took it over and it became a bookshop.
Along with morning walks around the town we enjoyed seeing it at night.
Our cozy breakfast room.
So around 9:30 every morning the tour buses show up and dump tons of people here to explore the town. That’s when we got the heck out of there!
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  3. We are impressed with your climbing all the stairs and walking the narrow path next to the edge of what looks like a mountain. John and Sheryl.

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    1. Well, we only spent one night so it was perfect – we explored the town & walls in the evening (after the day trippers had left) and again before breakfast in the am – by around 9:30 the hordes started to show and we made our exit! 😉❌⭕️

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