Castelo de Vide, Portugal Tourism

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reasonable bounds, and the townsfolk mostly still earn their living from agriculture and handicrafts, as well as from visitors to the cold mineral springs containing Glauber's salt and taken for the treatment of diabetes and skin and liver ailments.

Townscape

Castelo de Vide has managed to preserve its medieval townscape virtually intact, with its picturesque maze of narrow streets and trim whitewashed houses with their characteristic chimneys, and many charming little squares and nooks and corners. Flowers are everywhere and just about every house in the old town center is resplendent with window boxes and rows of flowerpots.