The world's fortress
Every fortress in our write-ups, all 292 of them, grouped by continent. Each card opens the full page: what it is, its best season, time to allow and how to reach it.
Europe 143
Forchtenstein Castle
Hohensalzburg Fortress
Patarei Sea Fortress
Suomenlinna
Carcassonne
Acrocorinth
Ioannina Castle
Methoni Castle
Monemvasia
Buda Castle and the Castle Hill
Borgarvirki
Grianan of Aileach
The Bock Casemates
Bourtange
The Dutch Water Defence Lines
Akershus Fortress
Almeida Fortress
Elvas Fortifications
Marvao
The Kazan Kremlin
Avila's Medieval Walls
Dalt Vila, Ibiza Town
The Roman Walls of Lugo
Munot Fortress
Bashtova Fortress
Elbasan Castle
Himara Castle
Kruje
Venetian Tower of Durres
Kufstein Fortress
Citadel of Namur
Doboj Fortress
Kljuc Fortress
Srebrenik Fortress
Asen's Fortress
Baba Vida Fortress
Cherven Fortress
Hisarya
Ovech Fortress
Shumen
Tsari Mali Grad
Barone Fortress
Brod Fortress
Durdevac Old Town
Klis Fortress
Knin Fortress
Medvedgrad Fortress
Nehaj Fortress
Sisak Fortress
Sokol Grad
St Michael's Fort, Ugljan
St Michael's Fortress
St Nicholas Fortress, Šibenik
The Walls of Ston
Josefov Fortress
Prague Castle
Spilberk Castle
Vysehrad
Fredericia Ramparts
Fyrkat Viking Ring Fortress
Kastellet
Trelleborg Viking Fortress
Lappeenranta Fortress
Oro Fortress Island
Besancon Citadel
Chateau de Sully-sur-Loire
Fougeres Castle
Sedan Castle
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
Königstein Fortress
Marienberg Fortress
Spandau Citadel
Veste Coburg
The Great Siege Tunnels
Aigosthena Fortress
Koules Fortress
Palamidi Fortress
Monostor Fortress
Szigetvar Fortress
Bard Fortress
Castel Sant'Angelo
Civitella del Tronto
Fenestrelle Fortress
Elizabeth Castle
Novo Brdo Fortress
Daugavpils Fortress
Liepaja Karosta
Gediminas Tower
Kaunas Ninth Fort
Plokstine Missile Base
Victoria and the Cittadella
Soroca Fortress
Haj-Nehaj Fortress
Zabljak Crnojevica
Markovi Kuli
Bergenhus Fortress
Fredriksten Fortress
Kristiansten Fortress
Vardohus Fortress
Srebrna Gora Fortress
Sagres Fortress
Valença Fortress
Alba Carolina Citadel
Deva Fortress
Enisala Fortress
Făgăraș Citadel
Neamț Citadel
Poenari Citadel
Râșnov Citadel
Rupea Citadel
Suceava Fortress
Astrakhan Kremlin
Izborsk Fortress
Kolomna Kremlin
Naryn-Kala Citadel
Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
Novgorod Detinets
Peter and Paul Fortress
Pskov Krom
Ryazan Kremlin
Staraya Ladoga Fortress
Tobolsk Kremlin
Tula Kremlin
Verkhoturye Kremlin
Zaraysk Kremlin
The Three Towers of Monte Titano
Bač Fortress
Golubac Fortress
Maglič Fortress
Ram Fortress
Smederevo Fortress
Bratislava Castle
Gormaz Castle
Jaca Citadel
Lorca Castle
Boden Fortress
Karlsborg Fortress
Landskrona Citadel
Varberg Fortress
Akkerman Fortress
Kamianets-Podilskyi
Khotyn Fortress
Medzhybizh Fortress
Asia 81
Jiayuguan Fort
The Fujian Tulou
The Great Wall of China
Xi'an City Wall
Agra Fort
Amber Fort
Gwalior Fort
Kumbhalgarh Fort
Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur
The Red Fort, Delhi
Fort Canning Park
Hisor Fortress
Alanya Castle
Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
Amberd Fortress
Lori Berd
Smbataberd Fortress
Alinja Castle
Idrakpur Fort
Lalbagh Fort
Punakha Dzong
Trongsa Dzong
Abuli Fortress
Ananuri Fortress
Gonio Fortress
Khertvisi Fortress
Petra Fortress
Shatili
Surami
Ujarma Fortress
Tung Chung Fort
Buton Fortress
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Marlborough
Fort Rotterdam
Saparua
Ternate
The Forts of Banda Neira
Arg-e Bam
Kalat-e Naderi
Rayen Citadel
Koshoy-Korgon
A Famosa and St Paul's Hill
Fort Cornwallis
Fort Margherita
Kota Kuala Kedah
St John's Fort
Bahla Fort
Nizwa Fort and Souq
Derawar Fort
Kot Diji Fort
Ranikot Fort
Rohtas Fort
Umerkot Fort
Fort San Andres
Fort San Pedro
Fort Santa Isabel
Fort Santiago
Busosanseong Fortress
Geumjeongsanseong Fortress
Gongsanseong Fortress
Haemieupseong Fortress
Hwaseong Fortress, Suwon
Jinjuseong Fortress
Namhansanseong
Ondal Sanseong Fortress
Sangdangsanseong Fortress
The Seoul City Wall
Galle Fort
Halabiye
Yamchun Fortress
Afyon Castle
Ankara Citadel
Çeşme Castle
Pigeon Island
Rumeli Fortress
Rumkale
Sinop Fortress
Yedikule Fortress
Qasr Al Hosn
Imperial Citadel of Thang Long
Africa 24
The Cape Coast and Elmina Castles
Fort Jesus, Mombasa
Kasbah of the Udayas, Rabat
High Knoll Fort
Santa Cruz Fort
Massangano Fortress
Citadel of Qaitbay
Citadel of Saladin
Pharaoh's Island
Qasr El-Ghueita
Elmina Castle
Cacheu
Thaba-Bosiu
Dar el-Bahar
Kasba Tadla
Mazagan Portuguese Fortress
Mehdia Kasbah
Taourirt Kasbah
Telouet Kasbah
The Kasbah of Tangier
The Portuguese Cistern of El Jadida
The Ramparts of Taroudant
Monastir Ribat
The Ksour of Tataouine
Americas 43
The Halifax Citadel
The Citadelle and Sans-Souci
Campeche
Kuélap
Brimstone Hill Fortress
Fort Louis
Fort Charlotte
Fort Amsterdam
Alcatraz Island
