In restaurants you can find the most typical dishes such as fish stew of Obidos Lagoon, fried eels and stew. For those who prefer meat, there´s  a great wealth of green fields and the traditional livestock is reflected in the cuisine. They are the usual lamb stew or lamb, grilled meat, asparagus with ham and roasted lamb with herbs and rice. To accompany a great meal nothing better than a magnificent drink. Thanks to its microclimate Obidos and the oeste region produces fine wines, known as Gaeiras or Quinta do Gradil and Oiro Obidos but there are many more! The Jeropiga, brandy and beer and orange liqueurs. But it deserves special mention the most typical and traditional drink of Obidos, the ginjinha. This is a region with it´s own wine route.

To end a great meal can ask for sweet Muggle-of-egg , lampreys of Gaeiras (sweet eggs), moorish, mayors, footprints or pastel de Moura. And if you think this is not sufficient  then ask for the sweet cake, olive oil cake,  cavacas from Caldas da Rainha ,  esquecidos, sweet rice pudding  or strawberry jam with nuts. Don´t miss the Alfeizerão sponge cake or the small boats with sweet eggs and chocolate, you won´t be able to eat only one! A region where the conventual sweets prevail!

If you prefer you can pick fruit. The pear rock ( Pera Rocha) is the most renowned fruit of the region and is produced in the county, especially in the village of Usseira. Or the well knwon Alcobaça Apple, a treat!

Also worthy of highlight are the goat cheese, sheep or mixed. And the dried fuits such as penauts, Pevides- dried pumpkin seeds or the lupini beans.

Foz do Arelho Beach is a place that nature gifted us with has exceptional therapeutic qualities and an extensive sandy beach, site of choice for surfers, the calm and tranquil waters of the lagoon are a charm for children. In the small pier area, you can buy the full range of species Lagoon offers, cockle clams to, this beach is great terraces and restaurants where you can feast on fish dishes, fried eels, clams and the magnificent Lagoa Stew.

Bom Sucesso Beach or Vau Beach has an unusual form it comes from the source to the sandbar where it becomes broader, skirts the cliff, continuing south about 1 Km.
The water inside the lagoon is calm, except during high tide along the bar, where you can form strong currents.

Both beaches are a stage for radical sports as surf, kite surf or wind surf, for this coast has the ideal conditions.

Extends essentially by two channels, to the west by the Braço Bom Sucesso  and to the east by Braço Barrosa.

The Obidos Lagoon shares land borders with the municipality of Caldas da Rainha Norte (parishes of Foz do Arelho and Nadadouro) and the municipality of Obidos the South (parishes of Vau and Santa Maria).

The South side is the Poça do Vau and the west side is linked to Poça das Ferrarias. It has a maximum length of 6 km and a width varying between 1 and 1.5 km, with a NW-SW preferred orientation. However, this configuration tends to fluctuate considerably, with the direct consequence pushed by sea sediments into the pond.

According to ancient accounts, the Lagoon was much more extensive, reaching the foot of the hill where now stands the town of Obidos, bathing the walls of the castle West side.

In a natural way, the Obidos Lagoon, such as coastal lagoons in the medium or long term, it would turn into swamps if your sedimentary regime remained. However, human intervention accelerates the process of silting through the constant changes it causes in the watersheds leading to greater production of sediment. On the other hand, people try to reverse the situation to intervene with dredging carried out with the aim of increasing the depth of the system, extending thereby the life of these aquatic environments.

Fauna and avifauna

Its fauna consists of fish species such as sea bass, sole, plaice, turbot, golden, the black sea bream, mullet, but also other species such as clams, cockles, mussels, shrimp, octopus, eel, green crab among others.

The avifauna community is the group that has the most important ecological role in the ecosystem. Species were identified, among others, the heron, mallard, oystercatchers, long, curlew leg, tern, heron boieira, snowy egret, black beak gaivinha.

There´s a typical boat called Bateira used by the fishermen and the  shellfish pickers.

It’s characterized by being open deck vessels. They were once widely used for harvesting limo. Currently the bateiras may already have two motors (operating gasoline) one main and one auxiliary which can be used in case of failure. To maintain batteries, which happens every two years, Bateiras are immersed in water when they are parched, and then be painted.

This lagoon has all the conditions for sports like kite surf, sail, canoeing, jetski and paddle boarding .