Castles and estates to film in
99 of them in 28 European countries, 81 with a photo and 21 with practical details the location publishes itself. Search and put three side by side in the locations search.
Castles, fortresses, manor houses and country estates, usually with grounds, outbuildings and period interiors in one place.
Where they are
- United Kingdom 17
- France 14
- Belgium 9
- Ireland 5
- Netherlands 4
- Germany 3
- Hungary 3
- Latvia 3
- Lithuania 3
- Malta 3
- Portugal 3
- Slovakia 3
- Slovenia 3
- Spain 3
- Bulgaria 2
- Croatia 2
- Estonia 2
- Finland 2
- Italy 2
- Luxembourg 2
- Romania 2
- Sweden 2
- Switzerland 2
- Czech Republic 1
- Denmark 1
- Norway 1
- Poland 1
- Serbia 1
Castles and estates in the United Kingdom 17
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Alnwick Castle
Castle & estate
Medieval border castle with a walled outer bailey, gatehouse, keep and Italianate state rooms, set in a Capability Brown park above the River Aln.
Seen in: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Downton Abbey, Elizabeth
Blackness Castle
Castle & estate
Fifteenth century artillery fortress shaped like a ship on the south shore of the Forth, with a curtain wall, tower house, prison pit and a stone pier.
Seen in: Outlander, Hamlet, Ivanhoe
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Cardiff Castle
Castle & estate
City centre castle combining a Roman wall, a Norman shell keep on its motte and Victorian Gothic revival apartments by William Burges, with a large green interior court.
Castell Coch
Castle & estate
Victorian Gothic Revival castle above Cardiff, rebuilt from a ruined 13th-century fortress with richly decorated interiors, hired out for filming.
Seen in: Da Vinci's Demons
Doune Castle
Castle & estate
Late fourteenth century courtyard castle with a gatehouse tower, great hall with open timber roof, kitchen tower and a walled yard above the River Teith.
Seen in: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Outlander, Game of Thrones
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Goodwood Estate
Castle & estate
Sussex estate of 11,000 acres with a Regency house, motor circuit, aerodrome, racecourse, farm buildings and downland, handled by an in house locations team.
Hatfield House
Castle & estate
Jacobean house of 1611 with a marble hall, carved staircase and long gallery, next to the surviving wing of the Tudor Old Palace and formal gardens.
Seen in: Batman, Shakespeare in Love, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hot Fuzz
Hever Castle
Castle & estate
Moated Tudor castle, childhood home of Anne Boleyn, with panelled rooms, a drawbridge, Italian garden, lake and Edwardian Tudor style wing.
Seen in: Andor, The Third Day
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Chateau d'Angers
Castle & estate
Ducal fortress with seventeen dark schist and limestone towers, a curtain wall walk above the Maine, chapel, royal lodging and terraced gardens in the moat.
Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau
Castle & estate
Early Renaissance chateau standing on an island in the Indre, with a straight flight staircase, furnished rooms and a landscaped park with water reflections.
Chateau de Chenonceau
Castle & estate
Chateau built across the river Cher on a bridge gallery, with vaulted 16th century kitchens, furnished galleries, two formal gardens and a farm.
Chateau de Cheverny
Castle & estate
Symmetrical 17th century chateau still lived in by the same family, with fully furnished period rooms, formal gardens, kennels and a large park.
Chateau de Valencay
Castle & estate
Renaissance and classical chateau once owned by Talleyrand, with Empire and Restoration furnished rooms, large service kitchens and a wooded park.
Chateau de Villandry
Castle & estate
Renaissance chateau known for its terraced formal gardens, with an ornamental kitchen garden, water garden, maze and 18th century interiors.
Chateau du Plessis-Bourre
Castle & estate
Late 15th century moated chateau reached by a long stone bridge, with a drawbridge, painted coffered ceiling, guardroom and unaltered exterior.
Seen in: Peau d'Ane (1970)
Chateau Royal de Blois
Castle & estate
Four wings in four architectural styles around one courtyard, with furnished apartments, painted wall decoration and a view over the Loire, owned and run by the city of Blois.
Seen in: Jeanne d'Arc (Luc Besson), La Princesse de Montpensier, Secrets d'Histoire, Des racines et des ailes
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Alden Biesen Castle
Castle & estate
Moated former headquarters of the Teutonic Order in Bilzen with formal gardens and a museum, now a conference and cultural centre that lists availability for film shoots.
Château de Vêves
Castle & estate
Medieval castle with rounded towers and pointed roofs in Celles, Namur province, restored in the 19th and 20th centuries and open for tours.
Citadel of Namur
Castle & estate
Hilltop fortress complex above Namur spanning two thousand years of military building, with underground passages, a park and rooms offered for professional and private hire.
Capacity: 120 · Four rentable spaces in the former Terra Nova barracks (Salle Blanche, Salle Don Juan, Salle Vauban, and a bar), each accommodating up to 120 people,...
Gravensteen
Castle & estate
Moated twelfth-century stone castle with towers, battlements and a gatehouse standing in the middle of Ghent.
Seen in: The White Queen
Capacity: 99 · Knights' Hall (Ridderzaal) seats up to 99 people; the Suikerlade room is also bookable. Used for meetings, performances, lectures, presentations and...
Château de Beloeil
Castle & estate
18th and 19th-century château of the Ligne family in Beloeil, Hainaut, with formal French gardens, a long ornamental lake and rooms open to the public.
Seen in: Les Jeux de société, Angélique, L'échange des princesses, La Guerre des trônes
Château de Bouillon
Castle & estate
Medieval fortress overlooking the town of Bouillon and the Semois river in Luxembourg province, one of Belgium's oldest surviving feudal castles.
Château de Freÿr
Castle & estate
Renaissance chateau on a bend of the Meuse near Hastière with terraced 18th-century gardens, whose barn and orangeries can be booked for events.
Château de Jehay
Castle & estate
Renaissance-era castle with a chequered stone facade in Amay, Liège province, moated and set in a landscaped domain managed by the Province of Liège.
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Aughnanure Castle
Castle & estate
Six-storey tower house of the O'Flaherty clan on a rocky outcrop above Lough Corrib near Oughterard in County Galway, with a banqueting hall and watchtower.
Donegal Castle
Castle & estate
Restored 15th-century tower house and Jacobean wing in the centre of Donegal town, once the stronghold of the O'Donnell clan, on the banks of the River Eske.
Fort Dunree
Castle & estate
A coastal artillery fort on the Inishowen peninsula overlooking Lough Swilly, with gun emplacements, tunnels and a military museum spread across several linked batteries.
The Saldanha Suite is available for exhibitions and conferences; the venue also hosts civil ceremonies and receptions (own site).
Charles Fort
Castle & estate
Star-shaped 17th-century coastal fortification above Kinsale harbour in west Cork, with bastions, gun batteries and barrack ruins overlooking the Atlantic approach.
Portumna Castle and Gardens
Castle & estate
Early 17th-century semi-fortified house on Lough Derg in east Galway, with restored formal gardens, a kitchen garden and a woodland park managed by the OPW.
WiFi available on site.
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Fraeylemaborg
Castle & estate
14th-century fortified manor house near Slochteren in Groningen, with a moat, English landscape garden and rooms furnished to show the life of a borg estate.
Kasteel de Haar
Castle & estate
The largest castle in the Netherlands, rebuilt in neo-Gothic style by architect Cuypers around 1900 near Utrecht, set in an English landscape park with a chapel and outbuildings.
Capacity: 130
Muiderslot
Castle & estate
Moated medieval castle from around 1285 at the mouth of the Vecht in Muiden, with a keep, inner courtyard and surrounding gardens, run as a Rijksmuseum branch.
Slot Loevestein
Castle & estate
Moated 14th-century castle at the confluence of the Maas and Waal near Gorinchem, known as the prison Hugo Grotius escaped from in a book chest, now a Rijksmuseum branch.
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Eutin Castle
Castle & estate
Four winged brick residence on a lake at Eutin with furnished state rooms, a chapel, a courtyard and a landscape park used for an open air opera festival.
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Hohenzollern Castle
Castle & estate
Nineteenth century hilltop castle above Hechingen on the Swabian Alb, with ramparts, courtyards, a chapel and furnished state rooms, reached by a spiral approach road.
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Neuschwanstein Castle
Castle & estate
Nineteenth-century Romanesque revival castle rising from a wooded Alpine crag above the village of Hohenschwangau.
Seen in: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Great Escape, Ludwig (1973)
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Fort Monostor
Castle & estate
A 19th-century brick fortress complex on the edge of Komarom, with casemates, tunnels and a separate star-shaped outer fort, now a heritage site with its own wedding and conference venues.
Star Fort conference room is about 240 m2 with capacity for 140 people, with a projector, wifi, a podium and sound and projection equipment; the...
Vajdahunyad Castle
Castle & estate
Eclectic replica castle of 1896 on a lake island in Budapest's City Park, combining Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque wings within a few hundred metres.
Seen in: The Witcher (2019), Dracula (2013), Gemini Man (2019)
Diosgyor Castle
Castle & estate
Restored fourteenth-century royal castle in Miskolc with four corner towers around a rectangular courtyard, offering both a walled interior yard and open battlements.
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Birini Castle
Castle & estate
Neo-gothic manor house of 1860 in red brick beside a lake, with a tower, wood-panelled halls and a park, run as a hotel and event venue.
Cesis Castle
Castle & estate
Ruined Livonian Order castle of the 13th century with towers, cellars visited by lantern, an adjoining 18th century new castle and a landscaped park.
Turaida Museum Reserve
Castle & estate
Red brick castle of 1214 with a round tower above the Gauja valley, set in a reserve with a wooden church, manor outbuildings and a sculpture park.
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Kaunas Castle
Castle & estate
Fourteenth century brick castle at the meeting of the Nemunas and Neris, with a round tower, curtain wall, moat and open riverside ground.
Trakai Island Castle
Castle & estate
Fifteenth century brick castle on an island in Lake Galve, reached by footbridge, with a keep, ducal palace, courtyards and defensive galleries.
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Traku Voke Manor
Castle & estate
Tyszkiewicz manor of 1880 on the southwest edge of Vilnius, with a neo-renaissance house, restored salons, stables and a landscape park by Edouard Andre.
Seen in: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Catherine the Great, Hilma
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Fort Manoel
Castle & estate
Baroque star fort built 1723 to 1755 on its own islet in Marsamxett Harbour, restored with bastions, a chapel and a large open parade ground used for big set builds.
Seen in: Assassin's Creed (2016), World War Z (2013), By the Sea (2015)
Fort Ricasoli
Castle & estate
Vast 17th-century bastioned fort at the mouth of the Grand Harbour whose open parade grounds host large-scale open-air set builds.
Seen in: Gladiator (2000), Troy (2004), Assassin's Creed (2016)
Fort St Elmo
Castle & estate
Star-shaped sixteenth-century fort at the tip of the Valletta peninsula, now home to the National War Museum, with bastions, a parade ground and sea-facing ramparts.
Seen in: Assassin's Creed (2016), Da Vinci's Demons (2013-2015)
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Castelo de Beja
Castle & estate
A medieval castle with a tall keep in the town of Beja, southern Alentejo, catalogued among Portugal Film Commission's castle locations.
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Forte das Berlengas
Castle & estate
17th century fort on the Berlengas archipelago off Peniche, built to defend the islands and now shared with a nature reserve, reached only by boat.
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Paço de Calheiros
Castle & estate
Manor house and wine estate above the Lima valley near Ponte de Lima, run by the same family for seven centuries, with historic gardens, vineyards, a pool and dining rooms, hosting weddings, corporate events and filming.
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Bojnice Castle
Castle & estate
Romantic castle rebuilt in the nineteenth century in French style, a national cultural monument with decorated interiors, a park, a cave beneath it and a zoo alongside.
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Orava Castle
Castle & estate
Castle on a rock above the Orava river combining Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque work, on several levels linked by stairs and terraces.
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Spis Castle
Castle & estate
One of the largest castle ruins in Europe, built from the twelfth century on a limestone hill, with several courtyards, curtain walls and open views over the Spis plain.
Seen in: Dragonheart, Kull the Conqueror, The Last Legion, The Lion in Winter
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Celje Old Castle
Castle & estate
Largest castle ruin in Slovenia on a ridge above Celje, with curtain walls, a keep known as Friderikov stolp, open courtyards and views over the Savinja valley.
Lipica Stud Farm
Castle & estate
Stud farm founded in 1580 on the Karst plateau, with white stable ranges, a riding hall, a chapel, avenues of oaks and open pasture grazed by Lipizzaner horses.
Predjama Castle
Castle & estate
Castle built into a cave mouth in a 123 metre cliff, with a vertical front of windows, small vaulted rooms, a drawbridge and passages into the rock behind.
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Castillo de Almodóvar del Río
Castle & estate
A restored medieval hilltop castle above the Guadalquivir in Almodóvar del Río, listed in Andalucía Film Commission's network of singular private venues.
Industrial-grade power supply and production offices available on site (own site).
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Peniscola Castle and Old Town
Castle & estate
Templar sea castle on a rock joined to the shore by a sand bar, with vaulted halls, ramparts and a walled white town of narrow streets below.
Seen in: Game of Thrones, El Cid, Calabuch
Castell de Bellver
Castle & estate
Gothic circular hilltop castle overlooking Palma, built in the early 14th century as a royal residence, later used as a military prison, now a history museum with spaces the city council makes available for hire.
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Belogradchik Fortress
Castle & estate
Fortress built into the sandstone towers above the town, with Ottoman era stone walls, gun emplacements and rock faces forming two of its sides.
Tsarevets Fortress
Castle & estate
Medieval hill fortress above a bend of the Yantra, with rebuilt curtain walls, gate towers, a patriarchal church and steep approach paths.
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St. Nicholas Fortress
Castle & estate
Triangular sixteenth-century sea fortress guarding the entrance to Šibenik's channel, a UNESCO World Heritage site reachable only by boat.
Seen in: Game of Thrones (Astapor scenes, season 3)
Dvorac Podolje (Hamor Castle)
Castle & estate
A small noble manor house in the Hamor part of Samobor, near Zagreb, listed by the Zagreb Film Office as a castle-and-manor location.
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Kuressaare Castle
Castle & estate
Well preserved 14th century bishop's castle on Saaremaa, a square stone block with a defensive tower, vaulted halls, a chapel, a moat and earth bastions.
Narva Castle
Castle & estate
Medieval Danish and Livonian order castle on the Narva river facing the Russian bank, with a tall keep, courtyards, ramparts, cellars and a museum inside.
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Suomenlinna
Castle & estate
Sea fortress built from 1748 across a cluster of islands off Helsinki, with stone bastions, tunnels, dry docks and cobbled courtyards, now a UNESCO World Heritage site with museums and open parkland.
Turku Castle
Castle & estate
Medieval keep begun around 1280 at the mouth of the Aura river, expanded into a Renaissance bailey under Gustav Vasa in the 16th century, now a city museum with period rooms, banqueting halls and rentable event spaces.
Seen in: Sadan miekan mies (1951), The Girl King (2015)
Capacity: 250 · Rooms published for hire: Kuninkaan sali (King's Hall, up to 250), Linnan kirkko (Castle Church, up to 240), Kuningattaren sali (Queen's Hall, up to...
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Forte di Bard
Castle & estate
A nineteenth-century Savoy fortress rebuilt on a rock outcrop above the village of Bard, now housing museum galleries and event spaces within its stone ramparts over the Dora Baltea valley.
Villa del Balbianello
Castle & estate
Eighteenth-century villa on a wooded promontory of Lake Como with terraced gardens and open lake panoramas, now a FAI heritage property.
Seen in: Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002), Casino Royale (2006)
Capacity: 130 · The venue's own page gives room-by-room figures: La Loggia Durini 60 sqm (ceremony 80-100 people, max 60 seated), Terrazzo a Lago 240 sqm (dinners up...
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Clervaux Castle
Castle & estate
White walled castle above Clervaux in the Ardennes, rebuilt after the fighting of 1944, holding the Family of Man photography exhibition and municipal rooms.
Vianden Castle
Castle & estate
Restored hilltop castle above the Our valley with a great hall, chapel, kitchens, courtyards and long ramparts, reached by road or by cable car.
Seen in: The Musketeer, The Letter for the King
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Cantacuzino Castle, Busteni
Castle & estate
Neo Romanian mansion of 1911 on a mountain slope, with arcaded terraces, a heraldic hall, cellars, caves and a park facing the Bucegi ridge.
Seen in: Wednesday
Corvin Castle, Hunedoara
Castle & estate
Gothic castle of the fifteenth century with a bridge over a ravine, knights hall, chapel, towers and a deep well court, next to a former steel town.
Seen in: The Nun, BloodRayne, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
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Stora Sundby Slott
Castle & estate
A 19th-century turreted castle near Eskilstuna with 52 rooms and a hunting estate, open for tours and events, used for the royal palace scenes in a Netflix teen drama.
Seen in: Young Royals
Naas Slott
Castle & estate
A lakeside castle and former handicraft teacher-training seminary near Gothenburg with function rooms, guest wings and parkland, publishing its own photography and filming service and used in a Swedish period TV drama.
Seen in: Var tid ar nu (The Restaurant)
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Castelgrande, Bellinzona
Castle & estate
Rock fortress in the centre of Bellinzona, part of a World Heritage group of three castles, with curtain walls, two towers, a lift through the rock and modern halls by Aurelio Galfetti.
Chillon Castle
Castle & estate
Island castle on Lake Geneva near Montreux, with vaulted cellars, a great hall, painted chambers, a keep and courtyards, run as a museum by a public foundation.
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Plumlov Castle
Castle & estate
A single-wing Mannerist castle built 1680-1688 above the Hloučela stream near Plumlov for the Liechtenstein family, its 1686 stuccoed hall and painted ceilings surviving from an originally planned four-wing design.
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Kronborg Castle
Castle & estate
Renaissance fortress at the narrowest point of the Øresund strait, with ramparts, a large courtyard and vaulted casemates, known as the Elsinore of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Seen in: Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
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Akershus Fortress
Castle & estate
Medieval castle on Oslo's harbour promontory, expanded into an 18th-century bastioned fortress, with a stone keep, cobbled courtyards and government reception rooms still in ceremonial use.
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Ogrodzieniec Castle
Castle & estate
Ruined 14th-century castle on the highest hill of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, its broken towers rising among limestone outcrops on the Trail of the Eagles' Nests.
Seen in: The Witcher (2019)
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Kulpin Castle
Castle & estate
Classical manor house completed in 1826 at Kulpin, the main building of a museum estate with staircase, access ramp and columned front.
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