Visit to castle of Sant

The mandatory visit, if we are talking about castles in Spain, is Sant Ferran castle, a true work of the 18th century architecture that keeps its structure intact and offers more than 18,000 m2 of floor area and more than 140,000 m2 of outdoor spaces to organize cultural acts, celebrations, shows, sport events, photograph sessions and film shootings.

Contact us through the contact form if you want to know more about the fortress and ask for a guided visit, organize an event or photograph sessions or film shooting. Pay Sant Ferran Castle a visit. 

There aren’t many fortresses built in precedent centuries that can be interpreted as Sant Ferran castle. The Sant Ferran castle Consortium, integrated by the Ministry of Defense, the Autonomous Government of Catalonia and Figueres City Hall, is in charge of the revitalization, preservation and maintenance of the fortress. Today, Sant Ferran castle, built on the 18th century, is one of the historical jewels of the modern age that can be visited. 

Navigating along its monumental cisterns, visiting the stables, going across the impressive moats by ATV or going down to the quiet countermines will allow the visitor to recapture a time and past situations within their original context. Learn about the services and activities that Sant Ferran castle has to offer.

Sant Ferran castle is one of those singular places in Catalonia, due to its history and cultural and tourism value. In 1999 the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, through the Institute for the Spanish Historical Art Heritage from the Fine Arts General Administration, called a public tender to design the Saint Ferdinand Castle Master Plan, which purpose was to make the fortress regain its cultural value while becoming at the same time a tourism, economic and cultural attraction pole, but without loosing in the process its own essence, determined by its origin and historical function.

Nowadays, Sant Ferran castle is the tourism, economic and cultural attraction center that offers services and activities to organize social, cultural and sport events and television and movies shootings.

Sant Ferran castle, built on 18th century stands out among the castles of Figueres due to its structure, its history and its state of preservation. Some of the facts that, currently, make it be considered one of the biggest fortresses of the world and the most important architectural monument of Ampurdán are the 5 Km with moats, the 3.2 Km of perimeter, the 32.5 hectares occupied by the building or its cisterns with capacity for 9 million liters of water.

Currently cultural, social, sport events and publicity spots and television and movies shootings take place. See Sant Ferran Castle activities and services.

Sant Ferran castle is one of those particular spaces that thanks to the original state and the magnificent architecture take us to the modern age. Rescued as a cultural value since the creation in 2003 of the Sant Ferran castle Consortium, it has become a cultural, tourism and economic attraction pole, keeping its own essence, determined by its origin and historical function. Enjoy this singular space going around its facilities from our aerial view.

You can navigate along its monumental cisterns, visit the stables, go across the impressive moats by ATV or go down to the quiet countermines, all which will allow the visitor to recapture a time and past situations within their original context. Learn about the services and activities that Sant Ferran castle has to offer.