Initially charming and magical place is somewhat affected (4)
I believe the answer is:
camp
'somewhat affected' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'initially charming and magical place' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'charming and magical place' is 'CAMP'.
'is' is the link.
(Other definitions for camp that I've seen before include "Affected, artificial" , "Party adherents" , "doctrinaire group" , "David, for example" , "Temporary army quarters" .)