Castles Around The World: Our Curated List

515 Castles and counting…..

Castles………Our Happy Place

Our obsession with castles around the world started with Trim Castle in Ireland, which opened doors we never imagined. It was the first full day of our trip and Ryan’s first trip to Europe. The best way to describe it was, “There was magic in them, their walls,” that has never dimmed.

I watched a young man, jet-lagged and apprehensive of what was ahead, come fully alive and engaged. It was his epiphany and panacea. It was like taking a child to a toy store and telling them the whole store was all for them. The joy and excitement I observed were contagious and exhilarating. We did not know then its impact on both our lives. It became the central theme of our next trip, and seeking castles around the world remains a priority at every destination.

Do We Ever Tire of Castles?

No, we continue to be amazed at how unique and fascinating they are, even the simplest of ruins. It is often about letting your imagination travel back in time. We marveled at the architecture and the long, complex construction process it must have taken. Some of these incredible castles are sometimes still standing 1000 years later. These magnificent structures have many stories to tell if you listen carefully. Maybe we romanticize what must have been a harsh and challenging existence. But it is often what fairy tales are made of, for a good reason.

This list of castles around the world includes all the castles we have personally visited. Our definition of castles is at times broad. We sometimes categorize fortresses, citadels, and palaces that date back several centuries under this category. Then there are just a few fun modern castles, like the ones in the Disney Parks. We have broken the list down by country, not in the order we saw them.

Most castles have a link associated with them. Click on the castle name to visit a website for more information. Some castles have no link because either we could not find a reputable site, or there was no link associated with the castle. With each trip, the list grows, and we always welcome suggestions. We would love it if you shared your favorite castles.

We hope to share a little of the magic of the castles around the world we’ve discovered. Open your hearts and eyes to their story, and you will be well rewarded.

Let Us Begin Our Castle Journey

Albania

1. Venetian Acropolis in Butrint
2. Venetian Triangular Castle
3. Ali Pasha Castle

Austria

1. Ehrenberg Castle
2. Fernsteinsee Castle
3. Feldkirch Castle
4. Liechtenstein Castle
5. Palace Schwarzenberg
6. Neue Berg
7. The Hofburg
8. Schonbrunn Palace
9. Upper Belvedere Palace
10. Lower Belvedere Palace
11. Lobkowicz Palace
12. Hainburg Ruins
13. Schloss Mirabell 
14. Hohensalzburg Castle
15. Schloss Munstein
16. Franziskanisches Schloss
17. Schloss Berchtesgaden
18. Schloss Adelsheim
19. Schloss Grub
20. Hohenwerfen Castle
21. Mauterndorf Castle
22. Moosham Castle
23. Burg Sommeregg
24. Schloss Heroldeck
25. Landskron Castle
26. Schlossberg Graz
27. Schloss Eddenberg
28. Schloss Algersdorf
29. Schloss Stainz
30. Deutchlandsberg Castle
31. Burg Hollenberg

Belgium

1. Château de Courri
2. Château Le Braine
3. Castle van Huizingen
4. Castle Gravenhof
5. Castle van Beersel
6. Castle van Gaasbeek
7. Castle en Domein Groenenberg
8. Castle Groot-Bijgaarden
9. Castle Karreveld
10. Castle Ooidonk
11. Castle Gravensteen
12. Steen Castle
13. Crupet Castle
14. Castle De Viron

Canada

1. Fairmont Chateau Fontenac, Quebec
2. Hatley Castle, British Columbia
3. Craigdarroch Castle, British Columbia

Chile

1. Castillio Roja
2. Castillio Hidalgo

Croatia

1. Medvedgrad Castle
2. Dubovac Castle Karlovac
3. Blojun Castle Blojon
4. Krsanski Castle Krsan
5. Castle Morosini Grimani
6. Pazin Castle
7. Hum Castle
8. Frankopan Castle
9. Roc Castle, Roc
10. Motovun Castle Motovun
11. Novigrad Castle/Fortress Novigrad
12. Knin Castle and Fortress
13. Vrana Castle Vrana
14. Castle Vittori Trogir
15. Klis Castle and Fortress
16. Omis Castle and Mirabella Fortress Omis
17. Skol Grad Castle and Fortress Dunave
18. Dubrovnik Castle and Fortress Dubrovnik
19. Pula Castle Fortress
20. Petrapilosa castle
21. Buzet Stari Grad
22. Castle Miramare
23. Castello di Duino
24. Castello Vecchio di Duino
25. Remains of an Old Castle in Diocletian’s Palace

The Czech Republic

1. Prague Castle
2. Vysehard
3. Lednice Castle
4. Mikulov Castle
5. Zofin Palace
6. Palace Adria
7. Nosticuv Palace

Denmark

1. Rosenberg Castle
2. Juelsbuerg Castle
3. Nyborg Castle
4. Holckenhavn Castle
5. Egeskov Castle
6. Ulriksholm Castle
7. Odense Slot Castle
8. Kronborg Castle
9. Frederiksborg Castle
10. Jaegerspris Castle
11. Rosenborg Castle

England

1. Buckingham Palace
2. Windsor Castle
3. Portchester Castle
4. Arundel Castle
5. Pevensey Castle
6. Hastings Castle
7. Bodiam Castle
8. Warwick Castle
9. Whittington Castle
10. Ewell Castle
11. Lancaster Castle
12. Sizergh Castle
13. Lowther Castle
14. Broughton Castle
15. Brough Castle
16. Penrith Castle
17. Carlisle Castle
18. Naworth Castle
19. Thirwall Castle
20. Aydon Castle
21. Newcastle Castle
22. Wakworth Castle
23. Alnwick Castle
24. Dustanburgh Castle
25. Bamburgh Castle
26. Lindisfarne Castle
27. Blenheim Palace (historically a castle)
28. Sudeley Castle
29. Goodrich Castle
30. Newcastle Castle
31. Donnington Castle
32. Sham Castle
33. Broadway Cas

France

1. Le Chateau de Fontaine-Henry
2. Mont St Mic
3. Château de Caen
4. Versailles Palace
5. Louvre
6. Château d’U
7. Château de Lange
8. Château de Villan
9. Château d’Ambo
10. Château de Chenonc
11. Château de Chaum
12. Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
13. Palais de Pa
14. Château de Grim
15. Château des Baux de Provence
16. Château de Lourma
17. Château de Culan
18. Château de Nass
19. Château d’Ainay-le-Vi
20. Château Gargliesse Le Bourg
21. Chateau Eza
22. Castle Gordes
23. Castle Villeneuve-les-Avignon
24. Château de la Palice
25. Le Château De La Belle Au Bois Dormant, Euro Disney Pa
26. Château d’Eau de Seles
27. Château de Saint-L
28. Château Dagsbourg (The Three Castles of Eguisheim)
29. Château du Hohlandbo
30. Château de Schlossb
31. Château de Lupfen Schwendi
32. Castle of the Brotherhood of Saint-Ettei
33. Château des
34. Château de Riquew
35. Château de Saint Ulrich
36. Edenbourg Castle
37. Château du Giersb
38. Château du Haut-Ribeaupierre
39. Château de Kintzh
40. Château de Landsberg
41. Palace Rohan Strasbo
42. Château du Haut Königsbo
43. Château de Rouquesel
44. Château de Cas
45. Château Mar
46. Château Peze
47. Château Pouz
48. Château de Carcasso
49. Châteauteau Lor
50. Château Chanti
51. Château de Vincennes
52. Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dorm
53. Château de Compeigne
54. Perfonds Castle

Germany

1. Burg Linn Castle
2. Schloss Stolzenfels Castle
3. Thurant Castle
4. Cochem Castle
5. Manderscheid Castle
6. Lichtenstein Castle
7. Schloss Leipheim
8. Castle Gunzburg
9. Legoland Castles
10. Schloss Hofhegnenburg
11. Blutenburg Castle
12. Palace Lustheim
13. Munich Residence (Palace)
14. Grunwald Castle
15. Schloss Starnberg
16. Schloss Starberg
17. Schloss Possenhofe
18. Schloss Schongau
19. Neuschwanstein Castle
20. Hohenschwangau Castle
21. Fussen Castle
22. Nymphenburger Palace
23. Maxlrain Castle
24. Herrenchiemsee Palace
25. Schloss Staufeneck
26. Burg Burggen
27. Buerresheim Castle
28. Monreal Castle
29. Philip Castle
30. Burg Eltz
31. Burg Lahneck
32. Martinsburg Castle
33. Hexenturm mit Stadtmauer Lahnstein Castle
34. Marksburg Castle (Our 500th)
35. Phillipsburg Castle
36. Schamott-Schlosschen
37. Pulverton
38. Burg Bischofstein
39. Moselschieferblick Castle

Greece

1. Oia Castle or Castle Agios Nikolaos
2. Lamia Castle
3. Castle of Akrotiri
4. Frangokastello Fortress
5. Fortezza at Rethymnon
6. Castello del Molo
7. The Palace of Knossos
8. Castelli of Pyrgos
9. Castelli of Emporio
10. Skaros Rock Fortress
11. Castle of Trikala
12. Castle Paliokastro
13. Parga Castle

Hungary

1. Buda Castle
2. Puspokvar-Toronykilato
3. Vajdahunyad Castle

Ireland

1. Dublin Castle
2. Trim Castle (Ryan’s first castle)
3. Oranmore Castle
4. Gregans Castle
5. O’Dea Castle
6. Donore Castle
7. Tyrrellspass Castle
8. Leamaneh Castle
9. Bunratty Castle
10. Castle Cahir
11. Blarney Castle
12. O’Brien’s Tower Cliffs of Moher
13. Solis Lough Eske Castle
14. Donegal Castle
15. Ashford Castle
16. Aughnahure Castle
17. Newtown Castle
18. Athenry Castle #2
19. Drumharsna Castle
20. Knappogue Castle
21. Doonagore Castle
22. Burren Castle Hotel
23. Muckinish West Tower House Castle
24. Dunguaire Castle
25. Lynch’s Castle
26. Craggaunowen Castle
27. King John’s Castle
28. Carrigogtunnell Castle
29. Desmond Castle
30. Belvelly Castle
31. Carrigeen Castle
32. Balief Castle
33. Clomantagh Castle
34. Trubbid Castle
35. Kilkenny Castle

Italy

1. Doges Palace
2. Doria Castle, Vernazza
3. Castle of Riomaggiore
4. Castle Arabo Normanno Sicily
5. Castle Segesta Sicily
6. Castle Ovo
7. Castle La Zisa, Sicily
8. Palace Caserta
9. Castle di Carlo V
10. Castello de Matinale
11. Castello delle Pietre o dei Principi Normanni
12. Castle Saint Elmo
13. Castle Nuovo
14. Castle Capuana
15. Castellammare di Stabia Medioevale
16. Santa Mario de Castello
17. Castello di San Nicole de Thero
18. Castle Ursino Sicily
19. Castello di Noto
20. Castello dei Conti Modica Sicily
21. Castello di Cefalù Sicily
22. Castello di Termini Imerese
23. Lombardi Castle Sicily
24. Castello Monteriggioni
25. Castillio de Vezio
26. Castello di San Giusto/St. Justus Castle

Japan

1. Edo Castle
2. Osaka Castle
3. Odawara Castle
4. Cinderella Castle in Tokyo Disney
5. Beauty and the Beast Castle in Tokyo Disney
6. Nijo Castle
7. Hiroshima Castle

Liechtenstein

1. Obere Burg
2. Untere Burg Schellenberg
3. Vadux Castle
4. Burg Gutenb

Luxembourg

1. Chateau de Hesperange
2. Vianden Castle

Malta

1. Citadel Gozo in Victoria
2. Fort Saint Angelo
3. Selmun Palace
4. Tal Virtu Castle

Mexico

1. Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City

Monaco

1. Princes Palace

Montenegro

1. Forte Mare
2. Kanli Kula Fortress
3. Fort Citadela

The Netherlands

1. Doorwerth Castle
2. Kasteel Huis Berg
3. De Haar Castle

Northern Ireland

1. Bangor Castle
2. Dunserverick Castle

Norway

1. Akershus Castle

Panama

1. Castillo de Sa Lorenzo del Chargres
2. Castillo de la Santiago Portobelo (ruins)

Portugal

1. Castelo de Porto de Mos
2. Obidos Castle
3. Castelo de Lamego
4. Castelo de Celorico de Bairrada
5. Pena Palace
6. Moorish Castle
7. Castelo de Castro Marim
8. Castelo do São João Arade
9. Castelo Aljezur
10. Castelo de Silves
11. Castelo de Lagos
12. Castelo de Mertola
13. Castelo de Beja
14. Castelo de Tavira
15. Castelo de Portel
16. Castelo de S Jorge

Scotland

1. Glasgow Castle
2. Dumfries Castle
3. Caerlaverock Castle
4. Crookston Castle
5. Kilchurn Castle
6. Dunstaffnage Castle
7. Inverlochy Castle
8. Dunvegan Castle
9. Eilean Donan Castle
10. Inverness Castle
11. Stuart Castle
12. Cawdor Castle
13. Kilravock Castle
14. Obowdie Castle (Brodie)
15. Duffus Castle
16. Ballindalloch Castle
17. Balvenie Castle
18. Auchindoun Castle
19. Huntly Castle
20. Kildrummy Castle
21. Craigievar Castle
22. Fraser Castle
23. Donator Castle
24. Glamis Castle
25. Balvaird Castle
26. Elcho Castle
27. Blackwatch Castle
28. Huntingtower Castle
29. Edinburgh Castle
30. Tantallon Castle
31. Derlinton Castle (Dirleton)
32. Berwick-Upon-Tweed Castle
33. Midhope Castle
34. Blackness Castle
35. Linlithgow Palace
36. Torwood Castle
37. Plane Castle
38. Stirling Castle
39. Airthrey Castle
40. Menstrie Castle
41. Alloa Tower
42. Clackman Tower
43. Blair Castle
44. Culross Palace
45. Pitreavie Castle

Slovakia

1. Bratislava Castle
2. Presidential Palace
3. Palais Kinsky

Slovenia

1. Bled Castle
2. Grad Khislstein
3. Ljubljana Castle
4. Skofja Loka castle
5. Brdo Castle
6. Divja Loko Castle
7. Predjama Castle
8. Zaprice Castle
9. Little Castle
10. Katzenberg Castle
11. Zovnek Castle 
12. Celje Castle
13. Knežji dvorec Palace
14. Maribor Castle
15. Svecina Castle
16. Velenje Castle
17. Komenda Castle
18. Castle of Senek
19. Praetorian Palace
20. Palace Almerigogna
21. Palace Gravisi-Barbabianca
22. Gravisijev Grad
23. Piran Castle Walls
24. Grad Smlednik
25. Stroml Castle
26. Grad Jable

Spain

1. Castillo Arguijuela
2. Castillo de Trujillo
3. Alhambra and Generalife Castle and Fortress
4. Castillo del Laurel
5. Castillo de Setenil de las Bodegas
6. Castillo Zahara
7. Castillo de los Niebla
8. Alcázar de Sevilla

Sweden

1. Malmohus Castle
2. Torups Slott Castle
3. Skabersjo Slott Castle

Switzerland

1. Habsburg Castle
2. Schloss Prattein
3. Schloss Sargans
4. Castle Wartau
5. Burg Campbell
6. Ortenstein Castle
7. Alt-Suns Castle
8. Neu-Suns Castle
9. Reitberg Castle
10. Ehrenfels Castle
11. Schloss Crap de Sass
12. Palazzo Castlemur d’Archivio
13. Castlegrande in Bellinzona
14. Montebello Castle
15. Sasso Corbaro Castle
16. Burg Attinghausen
17. Seedorf Castle
18. Schloss Schaunsee
19. Meggenhorn Castle
20. Brestenberg Castle
21. Hallwyl Castle
22. Hilfikon Castle
23. Burg Landvoteischloss
24. Bach der Schlossuine
25. Regensburg Castle
26. Schloss Lenzberg
27. Rotes Schloss

Turkey

1. Karacahisar Kalesi
2. Bursa Castle
3. Kestel Castle
4. Uchisar Castle
5. Nevsehir Castle
6. Ankara Castle
7. Eskişehir’s Sazova Park Fairytale Castle

Wales

1. Chirk Castle
2. Denbigh Castle
3. Flint Castle
4. Castell Trefynwy (Monmouth Castle)
5. Caerleon Castle
6. Chepstow Castle
7. St Briavels Castle
8. Clearwell Castle
9. Raglan Castle
10. Newport Castle
11. Cardiff Castle
12. St Fagans Castle
13. Coch Castle
14. Caerphilly Castle
15. Hersol Castle
16. Old Bearpre Castle
17. Dimlands Castle
18. St Donats Castle
19. Dunraven Castle
20. Ogmore Castle
21. Candelston Castle

The United States

Arizona

1. The Copenhaver Castle, Phoenix
2. Tovrea Castle Phoenix

California

1. Castello di Amorosa, Castiloga
2. Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle

Colorado

1. Miramont Castle, Colorado Springs

Florida

1. Coral Castle Homestead
2. Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Cinderella Castle

Hawaii

1. Iolani Palace

Massachusetts

1. Gloucester Hammond Castle

Missouri

1. Ha Ha Tonka Castle

Pennsylvania

1. Fonthill Castle
2. Nemacolin Castle
3. Stokesay Castle

New York

1. Belvedere Castle, NYC

Rhode Island

1. The Breakers Vanderbilt Palazzo
2. The Elms

Washington DC

1. Smithsonian Castle

Washington State

1. Alexander Castle in Fort Worden State Park
2. Manresa Castle

Wisconsin

1. Mars Cheese Castle Kenosha

Puerto Rico

1. Castillo San Felipe del Morro
2. Castillo San Cristóbal
3. Castillo de Morovis
4. Villa Del Mar Castle

Want to Learn a Bit About Medieval Castles?

The Normans constructed the earliest Medieval Castles, which were built between the 5th and 15th centuries. Although records are scarce, it is estimated that between 75,000 and 100,000 Medieval castles were built in Western Europe during this period. There were three distinct styles.

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