Santa Pola Castle

Santa Pola, Spain

Santa Pola Castle was built in 1557 to protect seamen from pirate attacks. The renaissance style castle fort was restored in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Founded: 1557
Category: Castles and fortifications in Spain

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Alison Farrow (FindingXANADU) (3 months ago)
Beautiful, well preserved fort/castle. Open 24 hours. There is a museum inside, and also a small chapel. We visit early August. The museum closed at 9pm, but the chapel closed at 8pm, so be sure to visit the chapel first. Follow us on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook for more.intwresting places to visit. We travel full-time, living in our motorhome. Finding XANADU
Andrey Derkach (4 months ago)
Nice tiny fortress surrounding plaza in the middle, with couple of museums. They have surprisingly good exhibition for such small area
DJ M (6 months ago)
We visited the castle one afternoon, it was a bit of a disappointment to be honest. They are working on the outside and it was quite messy. Overall a lovely area but would not go out of my way to visit the castle. I don't think I even took a picture it was that underwhelming.
Carole Thomas (7 months ago)
This is a lovely square surrounded by cafes and bars. The Castle is normally open to visit and is fee. Today, it was closed. There is a little museum inside and a practising Chapel where you can pray.
Conner Regan (2 years ago)
Beautiful structure and well kept. There is a Museum inside that is free and has wonderful staff, fluent in English also to tell you about the exhibits. Very nice place.
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