Barcelos is a really nice town, with a huge central square and some wide pedestrian streets full of tempting shops, eg Zara kids.
But I daren't buy anything yet as I will only have to carry it! I was tempted by shops selling traditional Portuguese textiles.
All round the town are giant wooden statues of cockerels which has become the tourist emblem both of the town and of Portugal itself:
I spent the day exploring the town, firstly from a vantage point of the castle, which overlooks the river and the bridge into the town from the south:
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