Castles & Palaces
Portugal castle landscape

6 historic sites

Castles in Portugal

Sintra's Pena Palace and the Templar fortress of Tomar make Portugal one of Europe's great castle destinations.…

The Manueline window and cloisters of the Convent of Christ in Tomar, Portugal
UNESCO

portugal · Centro, Santarém

Convent of Christ, Tomar

The headquarters of the Knights Templar in Portugal — a UNESCO masterpiece of faith and power

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Pena Palace in vivid yellow and red above the misty forests of Sintra at dawn
UNESCO

portugal · Sintra

Pena Palace

Europe's most colourful castle — a Romantic fantasy perched above the Atlantic mists

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Óbidos medieval walled town and castle in central Portugal

portugal · Centro, Oeste

Óbidos Castle

A perfectly preserved medieval walled town given by kings to their queens

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Guimarães Castle with its eight medieval towers above the rooftops of the historic town
UNESCO

portugal · Braga

Guimarães Castle

The birthplace of Portugal — the castle where Afonso Henriques was born and a nation began

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Monsaraz medieval walled village and castle above the Alentejo plain in Portugal

portugal · Alentejo

Monsaraz Castle

A medieval hilltop village frozen in time above the Alentejo plains

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Silves Castle red sandstone walls above the Arade River in the Algarve

portugal · Algarve

Silves Castle

The Moorish capital of the Algarve, built in red sandstone above the orange groves

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