Portugal - quiet coastal place for a couple of days?

bingbong said:

This is a biased view but do stop at the medieval town of obidos on your way north. Right next to it is foz do Arelho with a sea lagoon and Atlantic beach. As already suggested, Nazaré is very nice. Lots of places for good sea food. This area is about my favourite place in the world to eat..

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Hi bingbong,
We've ended up booking a couple of nights in obidos - timings meant that we were going to end up in that area at the weekend so we pre-booked through booking.com as I've sometimes had trouble trying to find somewhere just turning up at the weekend. Any restaurant recommendations would be appreciated!

Great! You'll love it. To eat in Obidos old town is easy peasy it's a small place packed with choices. Follow your nose, there really isn't a bad place unless you are very unlucky. If you don't mind a short ride then head to Foz do Arelho. 10 mins max. On the road into the village there is a restaurant called tibinos on your right. This gets busy on a weekend so service will be slower than usual and you my need to book.
FB page https://www.facebook.com/Tibino.petisco/ closed on a Tuesday.

But luckily right next door is another great restaurant called Tavola. I think this does the best fish in the area and has other typical Portuguese dishes.
Before dinner or after, you could head to the beach, continue past these restaurants through the village straight over a round about past the camper van site where you will see a turning on your left. Go along there (looks a bit like just parking on the beach at first) and you will see a few cafes and restaurants. (most are good for eating also). Towards the end of these is a place called Coco's. Best gin and tonics in town and a great place to watch the sun go down.

http://cocosbeachclub.pt/bem-vindos/



It's a great area, and prices are very good.
Have a great time and let us know how you liked it... or not

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bingbong said:

Great! You'll love it. To eat in Obidos old town is easy peasy it's a small place packed with choices. Follow your nose, there really isn't a bad place unless you are very unlucky. If you don't mind a short ride then head to Foz do Arelho. 10 mins max. On the road into the village there is a restaurant called tibinos on your right. This gets busy on a weekend so service will be slower than usual and you my need to book.
FB page https://www.facebook.com/Tibino.petisco/ closed on a Tuesday.

But luckily right next door is another great restaurant called Tavola. I think this does the best fish in the area and has other typical Portuguese dishes.
Before dinner or after, you could head to the beach, continue past these restaurants through the village straight over a round about past the camper van site where you will see a turning on your left. Go along there (looks a bit like just parking on the beach at first) and you will see a few cafes and restaurants. (most are good for eating also). Towards the end of these is a place called Coco's. Best gin and tonics in town and a great place to watch the sun go down.

http://cocosbeachclub.pt/bem-vindos/

It's a great area, and prices are very good.
Have a great time and let us know how you liked it... or not

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Sounds great - thanks for the advice