OBIDOS and NAZARE or Obidos and Peniche or Nazaré and Alcobaça

The heart and soul of Portugal, where historical facts are mix with legend for a full understanding on how strategic is this center of Portugal geographically as well as for Portuguese spirituality, since the birth of the nation. Like so you understand the logic of protection applied here by the knights Templar. Obidos being still and iconic fortified costal medieval village offer protection and delicious goods extracted from the land that you want to know and taste. Being a fisherman's town but also a Sanctuary for pilgrimage, Nazaré gave the country both nourishment from the sea and trust by faith, to the great Portuguese Navigators before setting sail into the unknown world. All of this is linked by discipline, extraordinary knowledge and guidance. These values are essential and so instructed by the rule of the community of monks inhabiting the oldest Cistercian monastery of Portugal - Alcobaça!