Best places: Castles in Seixal, Portugal

Medieval hilltop castle complex with a church, museum, hotel & expansive views of the countryside.

Grand, 18th-century summer retreat & royal palace with ornate state rooms & gardens.

Neoclassical palace, the 19th-century residence of the royal family, now museum of decorative arts.

Historic castle with battlements, a chapel decorated in blue-and-white tiles & views over the ocean.

This medieval stone castle on a cliff offers sweeping views of the village & the harbor.

😐 Beautiful palace and garden BUT IT IS CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION. Aug 2022. They have no idea when it is going to be reopened. No information on the website that it was closed...You can still visit the gardens which are very nice. Especially the Poet Cascade. Park just outside the palace is also worth...

11th-century, hilltop Moorish castle & royal residence with palace ruins & archaeological museum.

Grand, 18th-century palace with varied architectural styles & sumptuous rooms, now used for events.

👍👍 The small square-shaped Pirescoxe Castle, although outwardly apparent as a military architecture, is generally known for its internal layout. A low wall with its battlements surrounds the whole set reinforced by three square plan towers with only two floors. These asymmetrically arranged towers are...