19 castles from the Middle Ages in Pyrénées-Orientales

19 châteaux listed · verified entries first, then the most visited; alphabetical index at the bottom of the page

Of the 89 castles we list in Pyrénées-Orientales, these 19 have a building campaign from this period, according to the French Ministry of Culture's records.

We record 19 castles, manor houses and strongholds from the Middle Ages, spread across 17 towns and villages. The ones with the most visitor reviews are Château ou forteresse de Salses (open to visitors), Palace of the Kings of Majorca (a listed historic monument), Castillet, Grand-Castillet, porte Notre-Dame ou Petit-Castillet (7,184 reviews), Maternité suisse d'Elne (a listed historic monument) and Château d'Aubiry (Aubiry Castle) (on the historic monuments register).

4 of them receive visitors, according to their official website or their business listing. We have checked the opening hours of 4 and the prices of 3 of them, and each entry shows the date of that check. 5 of them are listed historic monuments, the highest level of protection in French heritage law. The dominant period is the Middle Ages, with 19 buildings. Each entry says what we could verify and what still needs confirming: enough to plan a day that holds together.