🇵🇹 Portugal
43 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 Sintra National Palace, 1 km north-west of the city centre; the most famous is Belém Tower — #40 of 8,133 worldwide — 19 km south-east. 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.
19 km south-east · Fortress · #40 worldwide
Belém Tower, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent, is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon, Portugal, which served as a point of…
1 km south · Palace & château · #118 worldwide
The Pena Palace is a Romanticist palace in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera.
24 km south-east · Castle · #183 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…
1 km west · Palace & château · #283 worldwide
Quinta da Regaleira [ˈkĩtɐ ðɐ ˈʁɨɣɐlɐjɾɐ] is a quinta constructed from 1904 to '10 and located near the historic centre of Sintra, Portugal.
16 km north · Palace & château · #359 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…
1 km north-west · Palace & château
The Palace of Sintra, also called Town Palace, is located in the town of Sintra, in the Lisbon District of Portugal.
13 km south-east · 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…
1 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…
20 km south-east · 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…
19 km south-east · Palace & château
The Palace of Ajuda is a neoclassical monument in the civil parish of Ajuda in the city of Lisbon, central Portugal.
23 km south-east · 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.
24 km south-east · Ruin
Ribeira Palace was the main residence of the Kings of Portugal, in Lisbon, for around 250 years.
+ 10 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
32 km north · Ruin
The Castro of Zambujal is a Chalcolithic age archeological site in the municipality of Torres Vedras in the western litoral area of the Centro…
26 km east · Palace & château
Palácio do Grilo, also known as the Palace of the Dukes of Lafões, is located at the corner of Grilo Street with the Dukes of Lafões Sidewalk,…
52 km south-east · Castle
The Fort of São Filipe de Setúbal, also referred to as the São Filipe Castle or the São Filipe Fortress, is in the city of Setúbal in the Setúbal…
50 km south-east · Castle
Castle of Palmela is a castle in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.
46 km south-east · Castle
The Castle of Sesimbra, also known as Castle of the Moors, is a castle located in the town of Sesimbra, in the Setúbal District of Portugal.
59 km north · 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…
47 km south-east · Fortress
The Fortress of Saint James of Sesimbra is a fortress located in the parish of Santiago in the coastal town and municipality of Sesimbra, in the…
35 km north · 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 south-east · Fortress
The Fort of Santiago do Outão is a former coastal military installation in Setúbal, Portugal that is currently the site of the Hospital Ortopédico…
25 km east · Fortress
The Redoubt of Mount Cintra, commonly known as the Fort of Sacavém, is located in the town of Sacavém in the municipality of Loures in the Lisbon…
55 km north · 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…
47 km south-east · Fortress
The Fort of São Teodósio da Ponta do Cavalo is a coastal fort located in a dominant position at the extreme west of the Bay of Sesimbra in the…
+ 3 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
66 km north · 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…
69 km north · 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…
62 km north · Fortress
The Peniche Fortress is located in the municipality of Peniche in Oeste region of Portugal.
94 km north · Fortress
The Fort of São Miguel Arcanjo is situated in Nazaré, Oeste region of Portugal.
90 km south-east · Castle
The Castle of Alcácer do Sal is a medieval castle located in the civil parish of Alcácer do Sal e Santa Susana, in the municipality of Alcácer do…
91 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…
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q190187.
The Castlemap atlas maps 43 landmarks (10 castles · 15 fortresses · 14 palaces & châteaux · 4 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Sintra, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Sintra National Palace, a palace 1 km north-west of the city centre.
Belém Tower, ranked #40 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 19 km south-east from Sintra.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Castle of Saint George, founded c. 150 BC — 24 km south-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Lisbon (24 km) · Torres Vedras (34 km) · Vila Franca de Xira (39 km) · Caldas da Rainha (71 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
