{"id":1860,"date":"2016-04-02T12:44:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T18:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dltwt.com\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2016-04-02T12:44:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T18:44:33","slug":"fatima-obidos-and-nazare-all-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/?p=1860","title":{"rendered":"Fatima, Obidos and Nazare all in one day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, we visited the ancient village of Obidos with its white-washed walls and towering castle\u00a0(which is now a hotel).\u00a0 This village is commonly known as the “wedding present town”, as it was a gift from King Dinis to Queen Isabel on their wedding day in 1282.\u00a0 This charming, walled fortress\u00a0village is known for it’s ginja, a Portuguese cherry liqueur.\u00a0 There were numerous handicraft\/touristy shops and wine taverns in Obidos.<\/p>\n

We drove to the Alcobaca\u00a0 Monastery of Santa Maria, one of the few European monuments that has managed to preserve intact an entire group of medieval buildings with its church.\u00a0 This UNESCO World Heritage Site is the biggest gothic-style church in Portugal.\u00a0 The interior of the church was bright, light and quite spectacular in a simple way.\u00a0 There was very little art work and other decorative items – quite unusual for most churches.\u00a0 The church was built by a king for his and his Queen’s final resting place.<\/p>\n

For lunch, we headed to the sea cliff\u00a0fishing town of Nazare, a very picturesque coastal\u00a0town in the Estremadura region.\u00a0 Nazare is home to the some of the\u00a0largest waves in the world due to an underwater channel right off the shore break.\u00a0 \u00a0We spotted a quaint little restaurant on the main street across from the ocean which appeared to have a few native Portuguese dining inside-a good sign!\u00a0 We both had the fish stew and were not disappointed.\u00a0 It was by far the best meal we have had so far in Portugal.\u00a0 It was absolutely, as the\u00a0Europeans’ say “brilliant”.<\/p>\n

Our last stop was Fatima about 1 1\/2 hours outside of Lisbon.\u00a0 Fatima, whose name is derived fom a Moorish princess, is one of the most important Catholic shrines in the world.\u00a0 Millions of pilgrims and tourists come from around the globe to honor the apparition of the Virgin Mary.\u00a0 It was once a sleepy village that became an important pilgrimage site in 1917 when three shepherd children reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary.\u00a0 A subsequent miracle was confirmed by thousands in attendance.<\/p>\n

Portugal is truly Europe’s hidden treasure and seems to be overlooked as a European destination.\u00a0 Tomorrow we are headed by train\u00a0to Porto and the famous Douro Valley noted for its fabulous table and port wines.<\/p>\n

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Another village street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A very bright cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A king’s final resting place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Beach<\/a>
Nazare – Beach city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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These Nazare\u00a0 cliff \u00a0homes \u00a0are still livable!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Church at Fatima (under repair before the Pope’s visit in 2017).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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New Fatima Catholic Church – holds 8000 worshippers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, we visited the ancient village of Obidos with its white-washed walls and towering castle\u00a0(which is now a hotel).\u00a0 This village is commonly known as the “wedding present town”, as it was a gift from King Dinis to Queen Isabel on their wedding day in 1282.\u00a0 This charming, walled fortress\u00a0village is known for it’s ginja, … Continue reading Fatima, Obidos and Nazare all in one day!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Si9J-u0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1860"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1875,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions\/1875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}