Petrarum Domus
What to order: a house cod dish or the octopus, and for dessert the ginja in a small white or dark chocolate cup, with or without cherries.
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Day itinerary · 39.36° N · 9.16° W
Óbidos in a day, an hour from Lisbon.
A walk round the Óbidos walls, a ginja in a little chocolate cup, the bookshop inside a church and the afternoon at the Foz do Arelho lagoon. An hour from Lisbon.
Leaving from
Direct flight to Lisboa fromSevilla 1 hMadrid 1 h 15Málaga 1 h 15Asturias 1 h 30Alicante 1 h 45Bilbao 1 h 45Valencia 1 h 45Barcelona 2 hGran Canaria 2 h 30Tenerife Sur 2 h 30
Part of Óbidos
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Total time8 h
By car1 h each way
By carAbout 85 km along the A8
Walls1.5 km · no railing
DifficultyEasy
The plan
The day at a glance
Any part can be swapped for another without spoiling the day.
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Leave Lisbon 1 h by car
along the A8, about 85 km
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Walking round the Óbidos walls along the wall-walk
1.5 km along the wall-walk · no railing
- Carry on on foot
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Ginja de Óbidos in a chocolate cup on Rua Direita
in a little chocolate cup, on Rua Direita
- Carry on on foot
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Livraria de Santiago, a bookshop inside a church
bookshop in the former church, next to the castle
- Carry on on foot
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Petrarum Domus
Petrarum Domus · Rua Direita, 38 · salt cod and octopus · €€ · Sunday from 12:00 to 15:30, closed on Tuesday · book the day before
Rua Direita, 38, 2510-001 Óbidos · +351 262 959 620
Restaurant €€Book - 15 min by car15 km
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Foz do Arelho, where the lagoon meets the sea
calm lagoon and Atlantic
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Back home
you reach Lisbon around 19:15
Approximate cost
About €20–35 per person
Adds up the activities and meals in the plan at their published prices; travel and accommodation not included.
The route
Walking round the Óbidos walls along the wall-walk
A day trip from Lisbon to the best-known medieval town in Portugal: Óbidos is an hour away along the A8, within walls that can be walked all the way round along the top. In the morning, the walk round the walls and Rua Direita with its ginja in a little chocolate cup; in the afternoon, the Óbidos lagoon at Foz do Arelho, with calm water on one side and the Atlantic on the other.
The day, hour by hour
9:30 · Departure. Along the A8, about 85 km. Park outside the walls.
10:30 · The walls. A kilometre and a half along the wall-walk, without a railing for much of it: with children, hold hands.
11:45 · Ginja. Óbidos's sour-cherry liqueur, a protected geographical indication, is drunk from a little chocolate cup on Rua Direita.
12:15 · Livraria de Santiago. A bookshop in the former church of Santiago, next to the castle, with shelves where the pews used to be. Free entry.
13:00 · Lunch at Petrarum Domus. At number 38 Rua Direita, in a stone house. Portuguese cooking: salt cod com natas or à Brás, octopus and the house steak, and for dessert ginja in a little chocolate cup. On Sunday it serves lunch from 12:00 to 15:30; it is closed on Tuesday. They ask you to book a day ahead (form on their website or +351 262 959 620).
15:00 · Foz do Arelho. 20 minutes away, where the lagoon opens to the sea: one side calm for children and the other with waves.
18:00 · Heading back. You are in Lisbon around 19:15.
Distance1.5 km
Time1 h
Change the route
If you fancy paddling on the lagoon:
Canoe or stand-up paddleboard on the Óbidos lagoon
In December, with children:
Óbidos Vila Natal, Christmas inside the walls
Where to eat
Where to eat?
Lunch is half the plan: book before you set off.
Alcaide Restaurant
What to order: the cod "à Alcaide" or the "requinte de bacalhau"; if you want meat, the tournedos with Serra cheese.
A Nova Casa de Ramiro
What to order: fresh fish or one of its cod dishes, and ask for a table in the large room, next to the fireplace.
Map
The stops, in order
With where to park at each one.
What to do
Eat
88 €Stay
Services
Getting there
By car or without one?
When to go
When to go to Óbidos
In spring and autumn, with fewer people on Rua Direita. In December, the Óbidos Vila Natal Christmas park takes over part of the town.
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Tips
Worth knowing first
- 1Climb the walls early
At midday Rua Direita fills with groups.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take from Lisbon to Óbidos?
A little over an hour by car along the A8.
Are the walls dangerous?
They have no railing in many stretches: with children, hold hands.
What is there to see near Óbidos?
The Foz do Arelho lagoon, 20 minutes away.
Where can you eat in Óbidos on a Sunday?
Petrarum Domus, on Rua Direita, serves lunch on Sunday from 12:00 to 15:30. It is closed on Tuesday.
More plans like this
Other days of walking and good food
geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/obidos/itineraries/walls-ginja-and-foz-do-arelho
Prices, opening hours and times are approximate: check them before you go. Each place has its own page on Geocalia.