# A Sunday in Óbidos from Lisbon: Walls, Ginja and the Foz do Arelho Lagoon

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.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/obidos/itineraries/walls-ginja-and-foz-do-arelho · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## El día
- 09:30 · Salida: 1 h by car (along the A8, about 85 km)
- 10:30 · Walking round the Óbidos walls along the wall-walk (1.5 km along the wall-walk · no railing)
  - Carry on on foot
- 11:45 · Ginja de Óbidos in a chocolate cup on Rua Direita (in a little chocolate cup, on Rua Direita)
  - Carry on on foot
- 12:15 · Livraria de Santiago, a bookshop inside a church (bookshop in the former church, next to the castle)
  - Carry on on foot
- 13:00 · 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) · Petrarum Domus, €€
  - 15 min by car, 15 km
- 15:00 · Foz do Arelho, where the lagoon meets the sea (calm lagoon and Atlantic)
- 18:00 · Vuelta (you reach Lisbon around 19:15)

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.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
A8 from Lisbon, about 85 km.

## Consejos

### Climb the walls early
At midday Rua Direita fills with groups.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### 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.