Óbidos in Portugal is famous for being
A perfectly preserved walled settlement.
The castle and its walls date back
To Roman times
But as you walk the narrow and steep cobbled streets,
You meet all kinds of buildings ranging from Gothic
To Renaissance and Baroque standing shoulder to shoulder.
The city gate is a gorgeous
Blue tiled balcony.
The town was very much geared for tourism
So my favourite parts of it
Were the secret alleys,
The quirky old stone houses
And far-away glimpses
Of purple splashes against old tiled roofs.
For more historic sights, please visit: Our World.
Lady Fi 
It all looks so gorgeous! 🙂
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Óbidos is truly beautiful! 🙂 It still has a lot of its medieval characteristics!
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Beautiful images of them all, brilliance Fi.
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OOOOOOOOO, the secret alleys! Where are the curled up cats? xx
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What a beautiful town. So many wonderful things to see and photograph. Thanks for sharing.
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A walled city seemingly frozen in time with various architectural period – fabulous. Love the tiled roofs too!
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I’m ready to pack up and go visit now…gorgeous architecture and touches of color 🙂 elegantly photographed.
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WOW, what a great place to visit.
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so lovely, wish to go there 🙂
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Gorgeous architecture Fiona, what a wonderful walk through the town.
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Great to see this city, I couldn’t visit this place.
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quite beautiful!
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Seeing what we evolved from is so enlightening. The pics are an education in the time that humans send in the pursuit of their everyday lives. Think of constructing those buildings in that manner today.
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Beautiful. I love those blues…
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It is so beautiful there!
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Wonderful photos of Obidos!
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Such a beautiful town. I love the roofs of the houses and the colour is wonderful.
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A beautiful village !! beautiful ceramics – a very pleasant visit, thank you
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Wow, a gorgeous series, Fiona. A fantastic place to visit. The colors of your pictures are great. Greetings, Joke
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What a wonderful place to get lost in, Fiona! Do people live in these houses/buildings? The ‘blues’ almost have a Greek flare, eh?
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Yes, the town is still lived in and the old castle is now a pousada – or inn owned by Portugal.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Thanks for the lovely tour. My favorites are the tiled balcony and the secret alleys. The castle is amazing and I love the purple blooming tree. Gorgeous images, have a happy week!
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such a beautiful little town. great images.
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So beautiful, all those rich deep layers of history rubbing shoulders together
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Gorgeous pictures… 🙂
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Marvelous!ALOHA
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How beautiful.
I suspect that most wall towned were built for military reasons, and love that we are now able to celebrate the picturesque instead.
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lol, plants can grow everywhere 🙂 Nice place, still.
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Such a sense of history in these pictures, I can imagine the people of the past walking through these streets. Quite thrilling, really.
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Oh, what STUNNING photographs, Fiona!
I love them all, but the blued titled balcony, secret alleys, and purple splashes against old tiled roofs are my faves!
Thanks so much for sharing your trip. What a fabulous place. And you captured the “feel” of it so well!
Have a super week, my friend!
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Beautiful. I love the blue and the secret alleys. Amazing shots.
Carla
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How beautiful these are, Fi!
I really love the texture of the roofs.
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I agree with you, I like the little hidden alleys and byways that tourists don’t seem interested in. That is also usually where the best restaurants are found. Loved your photos as I’ve never been to Portugal.
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Looks like a wonderful place to explore.
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although i have never been to Obidos, this is the portugal i know and just like where i grew up. Serpa, Beja, Estremoz… this makes me feel homesick
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gorgeous. thanks for the free tour.
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Beautiful images of beautiful place in the world!
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Gorgeous captures!!
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Brilliant photos.
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Beautiful old houses. I love the red roofs.
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really pretty!! From the far away castle to the wisteria against the white adobe walls.
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Very beautiful!
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What a magical place to visit. It reminds me of Santa Fe when I was a little kid, when non millionaires could live there. We would come down out of the mountains to visit and walking around one could see glimpses of the courtyards of the old adobe houses with bright red roses and small alleyways and twisty narrow streets.
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Sounds magical!
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Wonderful and interesting place, very nice photos
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A beautiful place! I love the last photo!
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That is a beautiful old town, and I agree about the less-traveled places within it being the best.
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Beautiful!!
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Wonderful views of fortified town.
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Would love to be there:)
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Those would be my favorite parts too! I so love the architecture of this old town, just imagine building those walls!
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Lovely photos…….Portuguese tiles are so interesting!
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Lately I am so fascinated with these old walled in villages/town/cities in Europe. I just hope I have enough time and resources to visit them 🙂
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I would love to walk through the streets of this exquisite city! This is my first visit here; I came from Dawn Treader’s blog. Your photos are amazing! I’ll be back.
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Beautiful in its diversity and architecture!
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Beautiful photos! We visited Portugal a number of years ago and loved the place. Did you get to Madeira? It’s wonderful too.
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Love the blue tiles – and the blue stripes on the buildings!
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such wonderful images, love the tile and stone work!
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Lovely! Sometimes the buildings man can create is heart-wrenching in its beauty.
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I knew you wouldn’t miss Óbidos! 🙂 Really great shots.
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Gorgeous place and beautiful photography for OWT!
Happy Week to you,
artmusedog and carol
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I like the red clay roofs and the magnificent castle walls!
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Beautiful structures. I love the red-tiled roofs.
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What a beautiful place to explore.
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Beautiful architecture. What a city.
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Nice photos, yes, I love this amazing place, you’re great to capture the beauty with your camera !!
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very beautiful scenery
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It looks so pretty there, it makes me want to visit! 🙂
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Thanks for sharing these very nice views. Fascinating the secret alleys and the old stone houses.
Have a pleasant Wednesday!
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Artistic blue line for picture no. 6 !
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That’s amazing that it hasn’t changed at all and is so intact !
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Just glorious! Love that blue tiled balcony.
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Love that blue-tiled balcony. Fabulous!
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wow! totally fascinating… love to take those pretty alleys admiring various building embraced within walls
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Marvelous photos of the old streets, houses, roofs and stones. Fantastic impressions of Portugal !
Best regards, Synnöve
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Loved them all! I hope you all had a fabulous time!
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An excellent series of very interesting buildings in this walled settlement.
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Gorgeous, just gorgeous! 🙂
Greetings from London.
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I certainly would enjoy exploring the buildings and alleys there too. Thanks for letting us tag along, LadyFi.
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Dearest Lady-fi; I have several PRECIOUS trip to Europe with my friend in my late 30’s and 40’s. Although haven’t been to Portugal, these gorgeous photographs sure reminds me of my great experiences(^_^)ｖ
Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend in England, xoxo Miyako*
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I can’t imagine how careful they brick up the wall.
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Such an interesting visit and lovely captures!
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This was fun to see 🙂
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Beautiful, I love these old cities. Lovely photos capturing the details of it!
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Wow! What would it be like to live there? Would we not see the beauty that guests see.
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so much history on these photos…
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oh i would have loved to wander there … fabulous photos
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You took me right back to my time in Madeira. Love those tiles.
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Oh how very lovely. That blue tile (?) work! It would be wonderful to wander through those alleys and it is always more fun to see how the ‘real’ people live than only to visit the touristy parts of town.
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