Caldas da Rainha
The everyday heart of the Silver CoastA working Portuguese city built on thermal springs, ceramics and a market that has run every single morning for centuries — ten minutes from the beach, one hour from Lisbon.
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Óbidos
A fairytale behind medieval wallsA perfectly preserved walled town that Portuguese kings gave to their queens as a wedding gift — whitewashed lanes, a castle you can sleep in, and festivals all year round.
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Leiria
The investment-grade cityA university city with a castle over the river, a real jobs market, pine forests out the back and Atlantic beaches twenty-five minutes away — at prices the coast forgot.
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Nazaré
The world's biggest waves, the warmest welcomeA traditional fishing town that happens to produce the biggest surfable waves on Earth — golden sand in summer, sixty-foot mountains of Atlantic in winter.
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Peniche
Europe's surf capital on a fortress peninsulaA peninsula so perfectly shaped for surf that there's always an offshore break — wrapped around a 16th-century fortress, a working fishing harbour and a boat to the Berlengas.
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