🇬🇷 Greece
29 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Old Royal Palace, 1 km south-east of the city centre; the most famous is Mycenae — #4 of 8,133 worldwide — 90 km west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Tiryns, founded c. 1400 BC.
Every one of them stands in Greece — the country page shows the full national picture.
1 km south · Ruin · #5 worldwide
The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several…
21 km north · Palace & château
Tatoi was the summer palace and 42 km2 estate of the former Greek royal family.
1 km south-east · Palace & château
The Old Royal Palace is the first royal palace of modern Greece. It is a neoclassical building situated at the heart of modern Athens, facing onto…
2 km south-east · Palace & château
The Presidential Mansion in Athens, Greece, is the official residence of the president of the Hellenic Republic.
14 km north-east · Palace & château
Rododafni castle is a palace in Penteli, Greece. It is located on the Lord Byron street on the slope of mount Pentelicus.
19 km north-west · Fortress
The fortress of Phyle, named after the deme of the same name in which it lies, is situated in the Parnitha mountains in the Greek region of Attica.
52 km north-west · Ruin
The Cadmea, or Cadmeia, was the citadel of ancient Thebes, Greece, which was named after Cadmus, the legendary founder of Thebes.
47 km north-west · Ruin
Aigosthena was an ancient Greek fortified port city of Megaris, 19 km northwest of the ancient city of Megara to which it belonged.
55 km north · Castle
Karababa is a fortification situated on a hill on the mainland coast of the town of Chalcis, in the regional unit of Euboea, in Greece.
33 km south-west · Ruin
Paliachora, also known as Palaia Chora and Palaiochora is an abandoned Medieval settlement on Aegina, one of the islands off the coast of Attica in…
38 km north-west · Ruin
The Fortress of Eleutherai is an archaeological site located in northern Attica, Greece.
90 km west · Ruin · #4 worldwide
Mycenae is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece.
92 km south-west · Ruin · #77 worldwide
Tiryns is a Mycenaean archaeological site in Argolis in the Peloponnese, and the location from which the mythical hero Heracles was said to have…
76 km west · Castle · #197 worldwide
Acrocorinth is a monolithic rock overlooking the ancient city of Corinth, Greece.
90 km west · Fortress · #273 worldwide
The Lion Gate is the popular modern name for the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in Southern Greece.
94 km south-west · Fortress
Palamidi is a fortress to the east of the Acronauplia in the town of Nafplio in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece.
94 km south-west · Fortress
The water castle of Bourtzi is a Venetian castle located in the middle of the harbour of Nafplio.
73 km north-west · Fortress
Gla, also called Glas, was an important fortified site of the Mycenaean civilization, located in Boeotia, mainland Greece.
85 km south-west · Ruin
Midea or Mideia was a city of ancient Argolis. Midea was originally called Perseuspolis, and is mentioned by Pseudo-Apollodorus in connection with…
94 km south-west · Fortress
The Acronauplia is the oldest part of the city of Nafplion in Greece. Until the thirteenth century, it was a town on its own.
97 km south-west · Ruin
Larisa is the ancient and medieval acropolis of Argos, located on a high rocky hill, within the town's boundaries to the west.
99 km north-west · Fortress
Panopeus, or Phanoteus, was a Greek town of ancient Phocis, near the frontier of Boeotia, and on the road from Daulis to Chaeronea.
63 km west · Fortress
Siphae or Siphai, also known as Tipha, was a town of ancient Boeotia, upon the Corinthian Gulf, which was said to have derived its name from Tiphys,…
+ 6 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1524.
The Castlemap atlas maps 29 landmarks (8 castles · 8 fortresses · 4 palaces & châteaux · 9 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Athens, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Old Royal Palace, a palace 1 km south-east of the city centre.
Mycenae, ranked #4 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 90 km west from Athens.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Tiryns, founded c. 1400 BC — 92 km south-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Chalkída (54 km) · Patras (177 km) · Kalamata (177 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
