[OBIDOS, PORTUGAL] — Here’s an overview of Obidos Portugal a beautiful castle town featured in Game of Thrones. One of the best Portugal hill towns. And one of the best castles in Portugal.
About an hour south of Porto is the small castle town of Obidos. If you’re a Game of Thrones fan, which I’ve never really seen, you may recognize this place. But if you’re just a normal castle-loving gypsy, you can stay in the nice pousada inside and get an extra use out of your traveling Glastonbury/Burning Man/Coachella flower bonnet and feel like a queen.
The castle looks straight out of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. They charge extra for swords, I hear, but available. Ravens on advance request.
It’s a great quick stop when you’re crossing the country.
The village of Óbidos is as cute as there is. Some say it’s a great place to live, despite the hoards of tourists during the day.
Óbidos is known for their chocolate, so there are oodles of chocolate shops. They even have their own International Chocolate Festival, which was going on when I was there
A good friend of mine recently stayed in the Pousada Obidos and absolutely loved it. And all the tourists empty out at night and they had the whole town to themselves. Some great restaurants, too.
Pousada Obidos website is here. Advice from Trip Advisor here. More info about the cool castle on Wikipedia here. More information on the town of Obidos here.
— Last visited April 2015 —
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