PEI to Portugal

Today we were off to tour Obidos-one of my favourite spots .Obidos is a gorgeous historic center with cobblestone streets, flower bedecked whitewashed homes and colorful flower boxes.The town's main site is the Castelo-a 13th. century castle with towers,battlements, and huge gates.The great Dom Dinis first showed his wife Dona Isabel the town in 1228 and she so fell in love with it,he made it a wedding gift to her.It is a walled city with a medieval castle. You can walk around the whole top of the wall but it is very narrow in spots,so we quickly turned back on that idea. There is a Michilin star restaurant at the top of the walled city.Walking up the cobblestone streets is interesting as there are numerous shops filled with typical Portugese wears.One thing you have to do is sample the Ginjinha d'Obidos-a sweet alcoholic liqueur served in a chocolate cup-yum.
The Templar Knights used this castle as a post and prior to that the Moors influenced the architecture and title structure of the buildings.Read more