Óbidos/Nazaré/Batalha/Fátima

Visit to the center of Óbidos, Nazaré, with lunch stop, our advice: Sea fish, visit to the Monastery of Batalha and visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima.

Óbidos: Óbidos is a Portuguese village in the district of Leiria, sub-region of the West, Central region, with about 2 200 inhabitants. It is part of the Intermunicipal Community of the West.

It is the seat of a municipality with 141,55 km ² of area and 11 772 inhabitants (2011), subdivided in 7 freguesias. The municipality is limited to the northeast and east by the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, to the south by Bombarral, to the southwest by Lourinhã, to the west by Peniche and to the northwest coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

In 2007 the Castle of Óbidos was declared by the contest the Seven Wonders of Portugal the second of the seven most important monuments of the Portuguese architectural heritage.

On December 11, 2015 UNESCO considered Óbidos as literary city, as part of the Creative Cities Network program. [6]

Nazaré: known not only for the clothing of the women wearing the seven skirts, but also for the giant waves where the famous surfer McNamara faced the biggest wave of his life.

Batalha: Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória (better known as Monastery of Batalha) is a monastery located in the town of Batalha, in the region of the Center (Beiras Region), Portugal, which was built in 1386 by King D John I of Portugal as thanks to the Virgin Mary for the victory against the Castilians in the battle of Aljubarrota. This monastery of the Order of St. Dominic was built over two centuries until about 1563, during the reign of seven kings of Portugal, although from 1388 already there lived the first Dominicans. An example of Portuguese Gothic architecture, or Manueline style, is considered a World Heritage by UNESCO, and on July 7, 2007 was elected as one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal. In Portugal, the IPPAR still classifies it like National Monument, from 1910. It has, since 2016, the status of National Pantheon.

Fatima: Place where on May 13, 1917, Our Lady of Fatima appeared, for the first time, to the three Little Shepherds, Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia.