Pousada do Castelo de Óbidos

Seventeen rooms tucked inside a 13th-century hilltop castle, run by the Pestana group as a pousada a short drive north of Lisbon. Castle rooms come with thick stone walls, hand-painted tiles, and chandeliers fit for the royalty who actually slept here. Cottage-wing rooms are brighter but still very Portuguese, with four-poster beds and fireplaces. The terrace where you take your wine is, without irony, called the Gate of Betrayal.