The world's fortress
Every fortress in our write-ups, all 194 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 87
Patarei Sea Fortress
Carcassonne
Buda Castle and the Castle Hill
Borgarvirki
The Bock Casemates
The Kazan Kremlin
Avila's Medieval Walls
Dalt Vila, Ibiza Town
The Roman Walls of Lugo
Kruje
Forchtenstein Castle
Hohensalzburg Fortress
Kufstein Fortress
St Nicholas Fortress, Ć ibenik
The Walls of Ston
Josefov Fortress
Prague Castle
Spilberk Castle
Vysehrad
Fyrkat Viking Ring Fortress
Trelleborg Viking Fortress
Suomenlinna
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
Acrocorinth
Aigosthena Fortress
Ioannina Castle
Koules Fortress
Methoni Castle
Monemvasia
Palamidi Fortress
Grianan of Aileach
Bard Fortress
Castel Sant'Angelo
Civitella del Tronto
Fenestrelle Fortress
Elizabeth Castle
Daugavpils Fortress
Liepaja Karosta
Gediminas Tower
Kaunas Ninth Fort
Plokstine Missile Base
Victoria and the Cittadella
Soroca Fortress
Bourtange
The Dutch Water Defence Lines
Akershus Fortress
Bergenhus Fortress
Fredriksten Fortress
Kristiansten Fortress
Vardohus Fortress
Srebrna Gora Fortress
Almeida Fortress
Elvas Fortifications
Marvao
Sagres Fortress
Valença 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
Golubac Fortress
Bratislava Castle
Gormaz Castle
Jaca Citadel
Lorca Castle
Munot Fortress
Kamianets-Podilskyi
Asia 58
Agra Fort
Fort Canning Park
Hisor Fortress
Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
Amberd Fortress
Punakha Dzong
Trongsa Dzong
Jiayuguan Fort
The Fujian Tulou
The Great Wall of China
Xi'an City Wall
Shatili
Amber Fort
Gwalior Fort
Kumbhalgarh Fort
Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur
The Red Fort, Delhi
Buton Fortress
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Marlborough
Fort Rotterdam
Saparua
Ternate
The Forts of Banda Neira
A Famosa and St Paul's Hill
Fort Cornwallis
Fort Margherita
Kota Kuala Kedah
St John's Fort
Bahla Fort
Nizwa Fort and Souq
Rohtas 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
Afyon Castle
Alanya Castle
Ankara Citadel
ĂeĆme Castle
Pigeon Island
Rumeli Fortress
Rumkale
Sinop Fortress
Yedikule Fortress
Qasr Al Hosn
Imperial Citadel of Thang Long
Africa 17
The Cape Coast and Elmina Castles
Fort Jesus, Mombasa
High Knoll Fort
Elmina Castle
Cacheu
Thaba-Bosiu
Dar el-Bahar
Kasba Tadla
Kasbah of the Udayas, Rabat
Mazagan Portuguese Fortress
Mehdia Kasbah
Taourirt Kasbah
Telouet Kasbah
The Kasbah of Tangier
The Portuguese Cistern of El Jadida
The Ramparts of Taroudant
The Ksour of Tataouine
Americas 32
The Citadelle and Sans-Souci
Brimstone Hill Fortress
Fort Louis
Fort Charlotte
Fort Amsterdam
Alcatraz Island
