A whitewashed Portuguese hill town wrapped in a complete castle wall, its lanes striped blue and yellow and dripping with bougainvillea. Óbidos was traditionally a wedding gift from Portuguese kings to their queens, which sets the tone nicely. Sip ginjinha — sour cherry liqueur — from an edible chocolate cup, walk the walls at dusk (no railings; hold hands for practical reasons), and stay in the castle itself, now a pousada. July brings a medieval festival.
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