Praça da Fruta
The town's main square, where an open-air fruit, vegetable and flower market has been held every morning for centuries.
Key spots worth your time — with practical info to plan fast.
The town's main square, where an open-air fruit, vegetable and flower market has been held every morning for centuries.
A romantic 19th-century park with a boating lake, old trees and the José Malhoa museum, next to the thermal hospital.
Verified: 2026-03-26
A museum of Portuguese painting and sculpture in the park, centred on the naturalist painter José Malhoa.
The ceramics factory founded in 1884 by artist Rafael Bordallo Pinheiro, with a museum and a shop full of cabbage-leaf plates.
Verified: 2026-03-26
Founded by Queen Leonor in 1485, the oldest thermal hospital in the world still in its original building, beside the Pópulo church.
A beach where the Óbidos lagoon opens to the Atlantic, with calm lagoon water on one side and ocean waves on the other.
Verified: 2026-03-26