Below find a list of every castle I have visited in some capacity. Those with blog posts have been linked – check back to find new linked posts! Please feel free to leave a comment with questions, recommendations, or simply reminisces about any of Europe’s amazing castles!
Included, find a mix of castles, palaces, forts, fortresses, manors, follies, chateaux, tower houses, fortified citadels, barbicans, fortified abbeys, brochs, domaines and mansions. These may be public or private; ruins or fully intact; museums, hotels, private residences or left to abandon. They may have been built for defensive purposes, as habitations, or simply to look amazing. This is not meant to be a subject for debate, as my definition here is quite broad.
Feel free to recommend others!
AUSTRIA
Hohensalzburg – Salzburg
Burg Kreuzenstein – Leobendorf
Belvedere Palace – Vienna
Hofburg Palace – Vienna
BELGIUM
Gravensteen – Ghent
Het Steen – Antwerp
CROATIA
Lovrijenac or St. Lawrence Fortress – Dubrovnik
Diocletian’s Palace – Split
CZECH
DENMARK
Rosenborg Palace – Copenhagen
ENGLAND
Corfe Castle – near Poole & Southampton
Blenheim Palace – Woodstock, north of Oxford
Kenilworth Castle – Kenilworth, south of Coventry
Buckingham Palace – London
Broadway Tower – between Worcester & Oxford
Wolvesey Castle – Winchester
Tower of London – England
Sham Castle – Bath
ESTONIA
Toompea Loss -Tallinn
FRANCE (fyi I lived here from 2013-2017)
Château de Murol – Auvergne
Château de Chenanceau – Loire Valley
Château de Blois – Loire Valley
Château de Chambord – Loire Valley
Carcassonne – Pyrenees
Château des Adhemar – Montellimar
Château Saint Saturnin – Auvergne
Château de Saint-Amant-Tallende – Auvergne
Château de Cremieu – Rhone (near Lyon)
Chateau de Montmelas – Rhone (near Lyon)
Chateau de la Batie – Vienne
Château d’Annecy – Annecy – Savoy (near the French Alps)
Chateau de Menthon – near Annecy
Château de Châteauvieux Duingt – Annecy
Château de la Batisse – Auvergne
Château de Chazeron – Auvergne
Château de Val – Auvergne
Château de Ravel – Auvergne
Château de Largentière – Ardèche
Château de Montreal – Ardèche
Château de Baluzac – Ardèche
Château de Chantelauze – Auvergne
Château de Vimy – Rhone
Palace of the Popes – Avignon
Château Saint-Gérald – Givors (near Lyon)
Domaine de Lacroix Laval – near Lyon
Chateau de la Motte in Parc Blandon – in Lyon
Palais Ideal du Facteur Cheval – France
Domaine de Vavril – Beaujolais
Chateau de Ternand – Beaujolais
Chateau de Bagnols – Beaujolais
Chateau de Vitré – Bretagne
Mont Saint Michel – Bretagne
Fort de Bé & others in St Malo – Bretagne
Chateau de Saumar – Loire
Chateau d’Ussé – Loire
Chateau d’Azay le Rideau – Loire
Chateau Chinon – Loire
Abbey de Fontevraud – Loire
Chateau d’Angers – Loire
Fortified Church of Pérouges – Rhône
GERMANY
Schloss Neuschwanstein – Fussen
Schloss Hohenschwangau – Fussen; next to Neuschwanstein
Schloss Hohenzollern – near Stuttgart
Neue Schloss – Stuttgart
HUNGARY
Buda Castle – Budapest (cheating a bit: this pic is the Fisherman’s Bastion, next to the castle)
Vajdahunyad Castle – Budapest
IRELAND (fyi I currently live here since 2017)
Bunratty Castle – near Limerick
Beagh Castle – near Limerick
Dublin Castle – Dublin
Ross Castle – Killarney National Park, Co Kerry
Curraghchase Manor – Forest Park near Limerick
King John’s Castle – Limerick
Desmond Castle – Adare, near Limerick
Birr Castle – Co Offaly
Markree Castle – Collooney, Co Sligo
Glenveagh Castle -Glenveagh National Park, Co Donegal
Parkes Castle – Lough Gill, Co Leitrim
Mount Falcon Estate – Co Mayo
Kilronan Castle – Co Roscommon
Classiebawn Castle – Mullaghemore, Co Sligo
Knappogue Castle – Co Clare
Lough Rynn Castle – Co Leitrim
Ballynahinch Castle – Connemara, Co Mayo
Augnanure Castle – Connemara, Co Galway
Rosslea Castle – Easkey, Co Sligo
Lough Key Castle – Co Roscommon
Cloontykilla Castle – Co Roscommon
Moygara Castle – Co Sligo
Castlebaldwin – Co Sligo
Roscommon Castle – Co Roscommon
Rindoon Castle and & Walled Settlement – Co Roscommon
Manorhamiliton Castle – Co Leitrim
Trim Castle – Co Meath
Cahir Castle – Co Tipperary
Lismore Castle – Co Waterford
Delvin Castle – Co Westmeath
Roscrea Castle – Co Tipperary
Cloghar Stone Fort – Co Sligo
Minard Castle – Dingle
Dunguaire Castle – Galway
ITALY
Tures Castle – Dolomites of Sud Tyrol
Sforza Castle – Milan
Brunico Castle – Dolomites of Sud Tyrol
Fenis Castle – Aosta Valley (near Torino)
Aosta Castle – Aosta Valley (near Torino)
Beseno Castle – Dolomites, Sud Tyrol
Castello Svevo – Bari
Rocca Maggiore – Umbria
LATVIA
Sigulda New Castle – Gauja River Valley
Sigulda Old Castle – Gauja River Valley
Turaida Castle – near Sigulda, Gauja River Valley
Krimulda Castle – near Sigulda, Gauja River Valley
LIETCHSTEIN
Schloss Gutenburg – Balzers
LITHUANIA
Trakai Castle – near Vilnius
Gediminas Tower Gediminas Tower – Vilnius
NORTHERN IRLAND
Dunseverick Castle – Co Antrim
Dunluce Castle – Co Antrim
Castle Caldwell – Co Fermanagh
Killyleagh Castle – Co Down
Belfast Castle – Belfast
Carrickfergus – Co Antrim
Clough Castle – Co Antrim
Shane’s Castle – Co Antrim
Enniskillen Castle – Co Fermanagh
NORWAY
Bergenhus Fortress – Bergen
POLAND
Zamek Malbork – near Gdansk and the Baltic Sea
Zamek Torun – Torun
Kazimierz Dolny Castle – Eastern Poland
Zamek Lubelski – Lublin (near Ukraine)
Zamek Wawel – Krakow
Warsaw Barbican – Warsaw
Royal Palace – Warsaw
Jabłonna Palace – near Warsaw
PORTUGAL
Castel de Mouros – Sintra
Pena Castle – Sintra
Quinta de la Regelaria – Sintra
São Jorge Castle – Lisbon
Tower de Belem – Lisbon
ROMANIA
Fargaras Castle – Transylvania
Rasnov Fortress – near Brasov
Bran Castle – near Brasov
Brasov Castle, Brasov
Corvin’s Castle – Hunedoara
Rupea Castle – Transylvania
Biertan Fortified Church – near Sighisoara
Peles Castle – Wallachia
Palace of the Parliament – Bucharest
RUSSIA
Hermitage / The Winter Palace – St Petersburg
Catherine Palace – Pushkin (outside St Petersburg)
SCOTLAND
Dunnattor Castle – Stonehaven (near Aberdeen)
St Andrew’s Castle – St Andrew’s (near Edinburgh)
Edinburgh Castle – Edinburgh
Inverness Castle – Inverness
Dun Carloway Broch – Isle of Lewis (Hebrides)
Urquehart Castle – Loch Ness
Waternish Peninsula Brochs – Isle of Skye
Dun Telve Brochs – near Isle of Skye
SLOVAKIA
Bratislava Castle – Bratislava
SPAIN
Castillo de Peniscola – Comm. Valencia (photo of the view)
Castillo de Sagunto – Comm. Valencia
Alcázar de Segovia – Comm. Madrid
Castillo de San Servando – Toledo
Castillo de Xativa – Comm. Valencia
Palacio Real de Aranjuez – Comm. Madrid
Semi-fortified monastery of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe – Basque County
SWITZERLAND
Chateau de Chillon – Montreux (near Lausanne)
SWEDEN
Stockholm Royal Palace – Stockholm
WALES
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