Train station in Obidos viewed from the town walls.
A few hundred years ago the sea came up to this point. Upon its retreat it left a fertile plane stretching all the way to the Lagoa de Obidos
Perched on a hill rising out of an agricultural plain, Óbidos is one of Portugal’s picturesque gems. From its lofty centre one gazes upon expanses of vineyards speckled with whirling windmills and terracotta-roofed homesteads. Nearer...