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enjoying the town as you would a beautiful painted tile. Or arrive midday and encounter
the crush of tour groups.
TouristInformation: The TI is at Óbidos' main pay parking lot (€0.60/hour, TI open
daily May-Sept 9:30-19:30, shorter hours off-season, tel. [phone]). The TI rents
bikes for €10 a day (€5/half-day).
InternetAccess:Net, across from the pillar on the main street at Rua Direita 107, has
14 terminals and offers free Internet access (daily in summer 10:00-22:00, shorter hours
off-season).
Arrival in Óbidos: Ideally, take a bus to Óbidos and leave by either bus or train. Be-
cause there's no bus station and the train station is unstaffed, there's no official place to
store luggage in town.
If you arrive at the train station, you're faced with a 20-minute uphill hike into town.
The bus drops you off much closer, right outside the main gate (upon arrival, go up the
steps and through the archway on the right). If leaving by train, you can catch a taxi to the
station in the lot outside the main gate (about €10).
If you arrive by car, don't drive into tiny, cobbled Óbidos. Ample tourist parking is
provided just outside the main gate. The closest lot (by the TI and a public WC) is pay-
and-display (€0.60/hour). The huge lot across the street (lined by the 16th-century aque-
duct) is a bit cheaper (€0.50/hour), but first check for a space in the perfectly good free
lot just south of here, or in the small free lot near the pousada . If you're staying inside
the town walls and want to park near your hotel, be sure to get details beforehand. Some
hotels inside the walls have one or two spots, but it's generally easier to park outside the
walls.
Self-Guided Walk
Welcome to Óbidos
(See “Óbidos” map, here .)