Från Lissabon: Óbidos & Nazaré Tour - Medieval Village and Giant Waves

Marco is the best tour guide ever ! Ask for him by name. History lessons, multi-lingual, relaxed and entertaining.

Bruno was an excellent driver/guide. He was very personable and gave great info/history of Obidos and Nazare. Highly recommend this tour.

Nazare was a wonderful town, but the waves didn't cooperate. We learned the big waves are generally September through February. We didn't know anything about the little town Obidos, and it became our favorite town in all of Portugal. Midevil construction, cobblestone streets, with numerous multi generation shop owners. Lovely bakeries, home made clay baskets, and cherry liqueur called Ginjinha rounded out the day.

Excellent tour! Amazing places to visit. Our tour guide, Bruno, did an exceptional job...very informative and pleasant!

It was a great experience overall. Our guide was excellent ,very informative. My only complaint would be that the giant waves are only during a certain time of year.

We signed up for a small group tour run by Zoom Tours to Óbidos and Nazaré, with an itinerary showing guiding and free time both, something we prefer. We had a small van with 5 people — the two of us, a couple from Italy, and someone from the same work trip that we had just finished. Again, much better than a large bus. One of the highlights was our guide, Gabriel, who was so personable and had such deep knowledge of the area as well as the history. We really got to know him and through him, the areas we visited. By the way, though the other couple knew English, Gabriel could also speak to them in Italian. Our first stop was Óbidos, where Gabriel had actually lived at some point. We stopped at the arch, and the three churches, with him explaining their significance. Walking along, we stopped at a well known family-owned ginja shop for a personal tasting. Then he led us to an entrance at the wall, so we could walk about half the wall and meet him back at the entrance. Before we left, we stopped at another family-owned ginja shop outside the wall, I think A Loja do Ámerico, for an amazing tasting of sour cherry fermented only by many years of aging and not steeped in spirits. So Óbidos was a great experience. Then on to Nazaré. We drove to Sítio, the high spot above the beach and lower town. Gabriel talked for a bit, showing us the chapel, and then letting us go off to see the church and walk down to the lighthouse and surf museum. When we met back at the van, we drove to down to the beach for a late lunch. So Nazaré was a great experience. The negative was that the couple from Italy signed up for the three town tour that included Fátima, which surprised us and had no interest in. While the couple went into the pilgrimage site, we sat in the shade and chatted very pleasantly with Gabriel until they came out. It added about two hours with the drive and the visit. Viator and Zoom Travel should do better.

We signed up for a small group tour run by Zoom Tours to Óbidos and Nazaré, with an itinerary showing guiding and free time both, something we prefer. We had a small van with 5 people — the two of us, a couple from Italy, and someone from the same work trip that we had just finished. Again, much better than a large bus. One of the highlights was our guide, Gabriel, who was so personable and had such deep knowledge of the area as well as the history. We really got to know him and through him, the areas we visited. By the way, though the other couple knew English, Gabriel could also speak to them in Italian. Our first stop was Óbidos, where Gabriel had actually lived at some point. We stopped at the arch, and the three churches, with him explaining their significance. Walking along, we stopped at a well known family-owned ginja shop for a personal tasting. Then he led us to an entrance at the wall, so we could walk about half the wall and meet him back at the entrance. Before we left, we stopped at another family-owned ginja shop outside the wall, I think A Loja do Ámerico, for an amazing tasting of sour cherry fermented only by many years of aging and not steeped in spirits. So Óbidos was a great experience. Then on to Nazaré. We drove to Sítio, the high spot above the beach and lower town. Gabriel talked for a bit, showing us the chapel, and then letting us go off to see the church and walk down to the lighthouse and surf museum. When we met back at the van, we drove to down to the beach for a late lunch. So Nazaré was a great experience. The negative was that the couple from Italy signed up for the three town tour that included Fátima, which surprised us and we had no interest in. While the couple went into the pilgrimage site, we sat in the shade and chatted very pleasantly with Gabriel until they came out. It added about two hours with the drive and the visit. Viator and Zoom Travel should do better.

The Medievil town of Obidos was enjoyable and a bonus was there was a group of people attending a reenactment weekend dressed in medieval garb. Our driver/guide provided so much great information. The tour also included Nazare, the home of the giant waves. However the giant waves usually only appear October to March . The area was beautiful and enjoyed the surf museum.

Attila our guide was very pleasant and knowledgeable. We even had lunch with him at his favorite spot in Nazare. Both Obedos and Nazare were terrific. Make sure to get a second ginja in Obedos.

Our guide, Atila, was professional, on time, quite knowledgeable with a great sense of humor. We felt safe on the road and he provided much info during the ride and accompanied us on sightseeing and also provided ample free time to us in Obidos and Nazare with recommendations on what to do and where to eat, etc. Both destinations were interesting and it was a beautiful and relaxing day in late May.