Where to Go

ÓBIDOS CASTLE

ÓBIDOS LAGOON

BALEAL/PENICHE

CALDAS DA RAINHA

NAZARÉ

ALCOBAÇA MONASTERY

Óbidos

Medieval Village

Located in the Western Portugal, it is one of the most well preserved and fascinating medieval villages in Portugal. Situated in a high point, close to the Atlantic coast, it is of strategic importance to the territory. Its occupation is prior to the arrival of Romans to the Iberian Peninsula, and it became wealthier from the moment it was adopted by the royal family and king D. Dinis offered it to his wife, D. Isabel, in the thirteenth century. It ended up belonging to the queens' home, which progressively valued and enriched, namely through the construction of several churches.
In Óbidos, inside its walls, you can find plenty of points of interest to be visited, namely a very well preserved castle and a group of houses of that time with powered windows, in a labyrinth of streets which lead us through Manueline porticos and small lakes.

Obidos Lagoon

The Óbidos Lagoon is one of the most beautiful places in our region!

Did you know that the Óbidos Lagoon has once gone into the Óbidos Castle?! This lagoon system is the longest in the Portuguese coast, currently with an approximated area of 6.9km2, and it's located between two municipalities - Caldas da Rainha and Óbidos. As a coastal lagoon system, the Óbidos Lagoon has a very high value due to its production characteristics, especially ecosystem biodiversity, fauna and flora, but also the avifauna, where can be seen migratory movements from several species - mostly flamingos.

Peniche

The Wave Capital!

The city of Peniche has the curious feature of being implemented in a peninsula, surrounded by the sea and calcareous cliffs of great geological importance which date back to the lower Jurassic in Portugal. In this city there are beautiful places with stunning views over the Atlantic, where you can actually appreciate the Berlengas Archipelago in the horizon.
Papôa, or the Papôa Islander, as it is called by many, it is one of the places which should be visited in Peniche, scenery of several legends and shipwrecks.
Carvoeiro Cape is located on the far western corner of the peninsula of Peniche, a local of great landscape beauty where you can observe the geological formations sculpted by the sea throughout time, such as Vessel of the Crows, a rock with a similar shape of a boat.
Peniche is also known as the Wave Capital. There are many beaches spread through the four corners of the city but the most famous one worldwide is Supertubos Beach as it is here that one of the stages of the Surfing World circuit is disputed.
And, of course, you must visit the Berlengas Archipelago, a heavenly place of mandatory visit.

Nazaré

Vila de pescadores e das ondas gigantes!

Nazaré is a fishermen’s village which, in the last few years, has become famous for its giant waves, where in 2012 the record was broken by McNamara, who surfed a giant wave with more than 30 metres. The giant waves attract surfers from all over the corners of the world searching for the best and biggest wave ever ridden and there are many admirers who go to Praia Norte to watch this show! The phenomenon of the giant waves is linked with the Nazaré Canyon, which is one of the biggest submarine canyons in Europe, being a hole in the bottom of the sea, stretching 227km and with 5000m in depth. Saint Michael the Archangel Fortress has a privileged view and it became the main observation post for giant waves in Praia Norte.
Nazaré is really attached to its cultural roots and it is still common nowadays to see some women with their traditional seven skirts! It is also held the custom of drying the fish in the sun, an ancient practice which is believed to have started as a way of keeping the fish when fishing didn’t take place in order to put food on the table and to have what to sell in the market!
There are many beautiful places to be visited in this fishing village, specially the viewpoint in Sítio da Nazaré, which has a great view, as well as the lift and also the magnificent Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazaré.