Which do you think are the best castles in Greece?
Definitely the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes.
Fun fact: The makers of Game of Thrones originally considered the medieval town of Rhodes as a setting for King’s Landing. I am not sure,but I think the Greek state committees about film setting permissions were taking so long to decide that the makers were like “ok sod this” and went to Dubrovnik of Croatia instead.
I think other very good ones may be the ones in Monemvasia, Mystras, Methoni, Nafplio, Kos and Patmos but I haven’t been to any of these yet. Kerkyra (Corfu) also has beautiful fortresses but I don’t know if you include them in your definition of castles. So I don’t know if I also should mention Thessaloniki, for example.
I really like the Byzantine castle of Platamon. I believe it must have been really beautiful in its heyday and of course it’s built in a fantastic area.
Then Corfu has the best palaces (Old Palace, Achilleion Palace, Mon Repos) but I put them in the category of palaces, not castles. Same with Athens. I don’t include Tatoi or the Old Parliament because they are palaces.
