Portugal! Part 4

Our 4th day kept us in Lisbon and headed to the Tile Museum housed in a former monastery.

The entrance. While the weather was on the chilly side while we were there averaging around 60 during the day, it's warm enough to support palm trees!

Me.

There's so much history behind the beautiful tile work seen all over Portugal.  Most of it revolves around shades of blue and gold.  Later cultures brought in more red.

This is the wooden ceiling in one room.

In a chapel room.  The windows were set into these oddly angled coves.  They angled up and to the side but were lined with beautiful tiles.

The front of the chapel.

Same chapel but including the pretty side walls.

The courtyard of another museum showcasing both the stone work and the tile in the background.

One of our easiest days! We followed up the tile museum with the modern art museum and a trip into a big department store.  The weather wasn't all that great so it was a good indoor kind of day!

We didn't really have firm plans for our last day in Portugal and really left it open until the last minute when we decided to go to Obidos, a walled city built around 1380.  We ended up being really glad we went!

 
After about an hour bus ride with breathtaking views along the way, we arrived in Obidos.  The clouds were clearing and we entered into a very quaint little town of pretty colors and winding streets.

Although this was a tourist town, it wasn't especially crowded and just plain pretty everywhere.

And of course, every street was UP hill!

Most buildings were white with either yellow or blue trim.

The sign to the house below.

We were standing by the sign that described the archway below.

We wound our way down to the archway and found the steps to a restaurant with the outer wall of the city in the background.

Flowers everywhere with winding streets and narrow passageways.

We mostly walked the perimeter streets but we did climb up to the top of the wall at a couple points and the view was incredible.   To the right of this picture you can see the castle on the other side of the walled city.

Much of this area is used for farming with a little more flat land than some other parts of Portugal.

This castle has been turned into a hotel.  It would have been fun to stay there for a night!

This walkway along the wall was about 2 feet wide.  We walked part of it but not all. It was a long way down if you slipped!

Looking to the outside of the wall.

Leslie and I made a new friend here!

Looking into the town of Obidos from the top of one section of wall.

All the flowers and colors just made me happy here.

And so ended our last full day in Portugal with a mere 7 miles and 61 floors!  It was a fabulous little trip and I would go back here for a longer visit without a second thought.