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A long, arched stone bridge with vegetation growing on it, set in a rural landscape with fields and a cloudy sky. 1
A cobblestone street lined with white buildings with blue and yellow accents, a sign for a café, and a castle in the background. 2
A historic stone gate with a decorative archway, a cobblestone pathway, and a building with a blue and white facade. 3
A stone wall, a cobblestone path, and white buildings with orange roofs. 4
A cobblestone street lined with shops, including a ceramics store and a store with wicker baskets. 5
By WeGo Trip
Price is NZ$14 per traveller
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Features

  • 1h 20m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

    • Explore the secrets of Óbidos with a self-guided audio tour
    • Discover the hidden alchemical code
    • Learn the dark storey of the feiticeiras
    • Admire the secret vanitas symbols a female painter
    • Walk on top of the 700-year-old walls

Activity location

  • Rua da Porta da Vila
    • 3 Rua da Porta da Vila
    • Óbidos, Leiria, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Rua da Porta da Vila
    • Rua da Porta da Vila
    • Óbidos, Leiria, Portugal

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Óbidos - The Village of the Witch Queens and the Templar Code

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 20 minutes1h 20m
    1h 20m
  • Opening hours: Tue 6:00 am-6:00 pm
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
NZ$14.00 x 1 TravellerNZ$14.00
Total
Price is NZ$14.00

Óbidos - The Village of the Witch Queens and the Templar Code

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 20 minutes1h 20m
    1h 20m
  • Opening hours: Tue 6:00 am-6:00 pm
  • Spanish
Language options: Spanish
Price details
NZ$14.00 x 1 TravellerNZ$14.00
Total
Price is NZ$14.00

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Self-guided audio tour for your smartphone on the WeGoTrip app (English, Spanish)
  • Inclusions
    Offline GPS map with exact route from Porta da Vila to Chafariz Novo
  • Inclusions
    Lifetime of legends, Templars and witch queens
  • Exclusions
    Earphones — please bring your own
  • Exclusions
    Ginjinha tasting and food & drinks
  • Exclusions
    Personal guide — you will get the tour on the mobile app

Know before you book

    • After booking, you will receive an email and SMS with a link to access the tour. Follow the link and install the free mobile app. Click on the "Download" button to download the audio tour to your phone
    • Pause the tour at any time to take a break or explore nearby

What you can expect

  • Do you think Óbidos is just a charming medieval village - You've only been told half the storey.

    For 700 years, this walled town was the wedding gift from the Kings to their Queens. They called it the Vila das Rainhas - the Town of Queens. But it wasn't a gift of love. It was a golden prison, a laboratory of power where what was forbidden in Lisbon was practised.

    On this immersive 10-stop audiotour, you will cross the Porta da Vila and enter the other side of history.

    You will discover:

    The alchemical code hidden in the blue-tiled chapel of Porta da Vila
    Why the Queen's aqueduct cured madness and was watched by the Inquisition
    The storey of the feiticeiras of Óbidos, the healer women burned at the Pelourinho pillory
    The secret vanitas message that the painter Josefa de Óbidos left in the Igreja de Santa Maria
    The triangular castle and its connection to the Knights Templar
    The legend of the Moura Encantada who still guards a treasure beneath the walls
    The hexagonal sanctuary, a Christianized pagan temple with the Seal of Solomon

    This is not a history tour. It's an investigation into female power, alchemy, and the secrets that the stones still keep.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Rua da Porta da Vila
    • 3 Rua da Porta da Vila
    • Óbidos, Leiria, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Rua da Porta da Vila
    • Rua da Porta da Vila
    • Óbidos, Leiria, Portugal