🇵🇹 Portugal
46 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 Castle of Óbidos, 5 km south of the city centre; the most famous is Belém Tower — #36 of 7,738 worldwide — 80 km south. The oldest dated site in the circle is Castle of Saint George, founded c. 150 BC.
Every one of them stands in Portugal — the country page shows the full national picture.
5 km south · Castle
The Castle of Óbidos is a well preserved medieval castle located in the civil parish of Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa, in the Portuguese…
22 km west · Fortress
The Peniche Fortress is located in the municipality of Peniche in Oeste region of Portugal.
22 km north · Fortress
The Fort of São Miguel Arcanjo is situated in Nazaré, Oeste region of Portugal.
21 km south-west · Fortress
The Fort Nossa Senhora da Consolação, also known as Fort of Consolação Beach is located on the Atlantic coast of Portugal in the parish of Atouguia…
21 km north-east · Castle
The Castle of Alcobaça is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Alcobaça e Vestiaria, municipality of Alcobaça, in the Portuguese district of…
22 km south-west · Fortress
The Fort of Paimogo, also known as the Fort of Our Lady of the Angels of Paimogo, stands in a dominant position on Paimogo beach near the town of…
55 km south · Palace & château · #353 worldwide
The Palace of Mafra, also known as the Palace-Convent of Mafra and the Royal Building of Mafra, is a monumental Baroque and Neoclassical…
47 km north-east · Castle
The Castle of Leiria is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Leiria, Pousos, Barreira e Cortes, municipality of Leiria, Beira Litoral.
32 km west · Fortress
The Fort of São João Baptista das Berlengas, or simply known as the Fort of the Berlengas, is located off western coast of Portugal, on the largest…
53 km north-east · Castle
The Ourém Castle is a Portuguese castle in Ourém, Santarém. It has been listed as a National monument since 1910.
35 km north-east · Castle
Castelo de Porto de Mós is a castle in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument. The monument was visited by 26,800 people in 2022.
36 km south · Castle
Castelo de Torres Vedras is a castle in Torres Vedras, Portugal. Characterized by a mix of Gothic and Manueline features, it is classified by…
52 km east · Castle
The Castle of Torres Novas is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Torres Novas, Lapas e Ribeira Branca, municipality of Torres Novas, Portuguese…
47 km south · Fortress
The Fort of Alqueidão, also known as Forte Grande, is located about 2 kilometres south of the parish of Sobral de Monte Agraço, in the municipality…
80 km south · Fortress · #36 worldwide
Belém Tower, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent, is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon, Portugal, which served as a point of…
72 km south · Palace & château · #113 worldwide
The Pena Palace is a Romanticist palace in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera.
77 km south · Castle · #178 worldwide
São Jorge Castle, sometimes known in English as Saint George's Castle, is a historic castle in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, located in the…
71 km south · Palace & château · #272 worldwide
Quinta da Regaleira [ˈkĩtɐ ðɐ ˈʁɨɣɐlɐjɾɐ] is a quinta constructed from 1904 to '10 and located near the historic centre of Sintra, Portugal.
71 km south · Palace & château · #398 worldwide
The Palace of Sintra, also called Town Palace, is located in the town of Sintra, in the Lisbon District of Portugal.
74 km south · Palace & château
The Palace of Queluz is an 18th-century palace located at Queluz, a city of the Sintra Municipality, in the Lisbon District, on the Portuguese…
72 km south · Castle
The Castle of the Moors is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil parish of Santa Maria e São Miguel, in the municipality…
79 km south · Palace & château
The Belém Palace, officially the National Palace of Belém, is the current official residence of the president of Portugal, the head of state of…
78 km south · Palace & château
The Palace of Ajuda is a neoclassical monument in the civil parish of Ajuda in the city of Lisbon, central Portugal.
77 km south · Palace & château
The São Bento Palace is the seat of the Assembly of the Republic, the parliament of Portugal. It is located in the Estrela district of Lisbon.
78 km south · Ruin
Ribeira Palace was the main residence of the Kings of Portugal, in Lisbon, for around 250 years.
72 km south · Palace & château
The Monserrate Palace is a palatial villa located near Sintra, the traditional summer resort of the Portuguese court in the foothills overlooking the…
+ 20 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q275689.
The Castlemap atlas maps 46 landmarks (19 castles · 11 fortresses · 15 palaces & châteaux · 1 ruin) within 100 km of the centre of Caldas da Rainha, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Castle of Óbidos, a castle 5 km south of the city centre.
Belém Tower, ranked #36 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 80 km south from Caldas da Rainha.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Castle of Saint George, founded c. 150 BC — 77 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Alcobaça (21 km) · Torres Vedras (38 km) · Santarém (43 km) · Leiria (47 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
