We left Peniche after breakfast (and a swim of course!) and headed for Alcobaca. There is an enormous church and monastery in Alcobaca and once again we had the place to ourselves. This is my favorite monument so far. 
The place is 700 years old, but in great shape. There is a kitchen where the monks diverted part of the river to run right through it. They would catch their dinner in the river, then wash their dishes in it later, very cool. You could spend hours wandering through, but because the kids are not quite as fascinated as the adults we kept it a little shorter. After lunch we headed to Obidos which is a medieval walled city. The castle walls encircle the entire town and you can actually walk around the city via the ramparts. Another endeavor not for the fainthearted. Annie had major anxiety being so high up, but the kids really wanted to do it so off we went. We walked about 2/3rds of the way around the city via the walls. One of those experiences we are really glad we got to do, but are in no hurry to do again! The whole town of Obidos is charming with little shops and restaurants and lots of local artisans. We headed out around nightfall and had a pretty precipitous drive down to Sintra. It is probably beautiful during the day, but at night in the rain, it was downright scary. High, winding roads with switchback curves…no thanks. We got safely checked into the Tivoli Sintra (we’re now spoiled) and carried our 2 sleeping kids up to bed. Only a few more days of vacation…we plan on making the most of them!
The place is 700 years old, but in great shape. There is a kitchen where the monks diverted part of the river to run right through it. They would catch their dinner in the river, then wash their dishes in it later, very cool. You could spend hours wandering through, but because the kids are not quite as fascinated as the adults we kept it a little shorter. After lunch we headed to Obidos which is a medieval walled city. The castle walls encircle the entire town and you can actually walk around the city via the ramparts. Another endeavor not for the fainthearted. Annie had major anxiety being so high up, but the kids really wanted to do it so off we went. We walked about 2/3rds of the way around the city via the walls. One of those experiences we are really glad we got to do, but are in no hurry to do again! The whole town of Obidos is charming with little shops and restaurants and lots of local artisans. We headed out around nightfall and had a pretty precipitous drive down to Sintra. It is probably beautiful during the day, but at night in the rain, it was downright scary. High, winding roads with switchback curves…no thanks. We got safely checked into the Tivoli Sintra (we’re now spoiled) and carried our 2 sleeping kids up to bed. Only a few more days of vacation…we plan on making the most of them!
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