Portugal Castle are usually built on highlands and riverine or oceanic islands, giving them a huge strategic advantage.
Castles in Portugal have a long tradition of being broken down and rebuilt by successive generations usually with some enhancement and improvement.
Castles of Portugal are usually pretty large and many have a water body attached to them.
Castles at Portugal are not only beautiful but are crucial links to the past of Portugal.
The main regions where the castles of Portugal are located are:
- Central Portugal comprising of Beira Interior, Estremadura and Ribatejo, and Beira Litoral regions.
- Southern Portugal consisting of Algarve and Alentejo
- Northern Portugal has the Trás-os-Montes and the Entre Douro e Minho.
Among these the maximum number of castles (12) in Portugal are found in the central region while the southern region is an able runner up with nine and the north has only four. But it is the Castle of Guimarães in the north that is called the "cradle of the Portuguese nation". The highest number of tourists however flock towards the castles at the Estremadura and Ribatejo region in the Central Portugal, because three of the most beautiful castles of Portugal are here, which are:
- Castle of São Jorge, Lisbon
- Castle of the Moors, Sintra
- Castle of Almourol, Vila Nova da Barquinha
Portugal castles are thus the biggest crowd pullers due to its magnificent architecture.
