For the vast majority of tourists a trip to Denmak starts and finishes in Copenhagen, so they visit only one ... read more...

Rhine valley is a section of the river from Bonn to Bingen. In this article, we will focus on ... read more...

Segovia is a very unusual town. To understand why, you need to look on the following image from Google maps.
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A town in Lower Saxony. The main attraction is the International Windmill and Watermill Museum, which has mills from more than 10 countries read more...

The region around Münster has the largest number of water castles. The Vischering Castle is perhaps one of the most beautiful and characteristic in Westphalia read more...

A beautiful and well-preserved castle in the forest, an important example of Renaissance architecture in Saxony, which we recommend. It was founded at the end of the 12th century and stands on a rocky ledge surrounded on three sides by the river Zwickauer Mulde read more...

The original castle was built around 1250, and it was owned by the Waldenburg family until 1931, when the castle was sold at auction for 330000 marks read more...

2007 Kamianets-Podilskyi is one of Ukraine's main attractions. In 2007 it was among the winners of the Seven Wonders of ... read more...

We visited Vianden during a trip around Europe. Spent the night at the Hôtel-Restaurant Victor Hugo right on the waterfront (booking.com). We chose it due to a large covered parking lot nearby, which is very convenient read more...

Nafplion is a small, cozy town on the coast of the Argolicos Gulf of the Aegean Sea. This is not a beach resort, but if you are traveling around Greece, be sure to stop here, at least for a day read more...

Initially, the castle of Cormatin was a traditional defensive structure. In the XVII century local aristocrats rebuilt it in the Renaissance style. Now this is a very beautiful place - a castle on the water and a large, well-groomed park read more...

Neuschwanstein Castle is one of the most visited tourist sites in Germany and the most popular castle in Europe. The castle ... read more...

Romantic castle by the sea near Trieste. Built in 1856-60 for the Austrian Archduke Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte of Belgium read more...

Gotha was visited by us accidentally. We missed the next train and had to spend somehow 2 hours. After the ... read more...

Schwerin is the smallest of the cities that are the capital of their lands, here lives less than 100 thousand ... read more...

Swallow's Nest resembles a tiny medieval castle. It's an unofficial symbol of Crimea, and the picture from this angle I ... read more...

We stopped in Merseburg on the way and spent the night at the local Radisson (booking.com). Right next to the hotel there is a rather large and beautiful castle-palace, as well as a park. That's why we chose the town, since it's quiet and we had fun walking around read more...

A historic town with a well-preserved half-timbered centre and a castle on the mountain above the town read more...

Frederiksborg Castle is located in the town of Hillerød. It was built for King Christian IV and now operates as a ... read more...

The former Neo-Gothic manor house, built in 1860, stands in a picturesque location on the shores of Lake Birini. In Soviet times, the estate was nationalized and transformed into the sanatorium. In 1995, it again passed into private hands read more...

Assumburg Castle got a modern look in 1546 and, despite the presence of a defensive moat, is just a beautiful house read more...

Savonlinna is a small town located on the islands in the middle of the Saimaa archipelago, a large lake system. Of interest are the fortress, the small old town and the promenade read more...

Celle is a town in Lower Saxony, 35 kilometers from Hannover. It will be interesting to fans of half-timbered ... read more...

Bad Pyrmont is a resort with more than 500-year history. There are about 50 towns in Germany with the "Bad" ... read more...

Drachenburg Castle was built in 1882-1884 by order of Baron Stefan von Zarter, a wealthy stockbroker from Bonn. The castle ... read more...

Wewelsburg Castle belongs to objects that are interesting not only as castles, but because of their secrets and legends.

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The picturesque castle (palace) on the banks of Lake Grinericksee in the city of Reinsberg read more...

One of the most beautiful castles in the world, the residence of the Hohenzollern dynasty. It is worth saying that we have not visited it yet and here we will tell only about the cool lookout Zellerhorn Gipfel read more...

We hadn't heard of Bernburg and came here by chance, saw an advertisement on the autobahn. The town turned out to be very nice, it has an old town, a huge castle-palace and a river with an embankment read more...

A large, beautiful castle that we recommend visiting. The first mention of it dates back to the 11th century, when the castle was owned by Count Otto von Northeim, one of the most influential Saxon nobles read more...

The Kalmar Castle was founded in the late 13th century by Swedish King Magnus I. It is located on an ... read more...

Tourists that travel by ferry from Denmark to Helsingborg in Sweden or vice versa, always notice a huge castle located ... read more...

Trakai is a small resort town located near Vilnius, surrounded by hundreds of picturesque lakes. An ideal place for hiking ... read more...

The Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Fortress (Akkerman Fortress) is quite far from the main tourist areas, so reserve at least 2 days for a visit. ... read more...

Marienburg Castle is not very popular with tourists, but in my opinion it is one of the most beautiful castles in ... read more...

Pidgirtsi Castle is one of the best in Ukraine, but it is much less known than the other ones. Built in ... read more...

One of the most beautiful and famous castles in France, a Renaissance masterpiece, built in 1519-1547 in the Loire Valley, during the reign of King Francis I. Lenardo Da Vinci participated in the design of the castle read more...

One of the most beautiful and famous castles in France. It is unique that it is built in the form of a bridge over the river. Often referred to as a "ladies" castle, as it is connected to the stories of many famous and influential women read more...

Satzvey Castle is a medieval fortress with water barriers. Its history began in the 12th century. The first stone buildings ... read more...

Neuhaus Castle, former residence of bishop princes, is quite a famous Renaissance castle in North Rhine-Westphalia. Thanks to the gardeners' exhibition on its territory in 1994, it was renovated and now you can find it in excellent condition read more...

Idea to visit Wernigerode came to us after watching the Soviet movie "The Very Same Munchhausen" (1979). This is ... read more...

Zhovkva is a small Renaissance town near Lviv, the former residence of the King of Poland Jan Sobieski III. ... read more...

One of the most beautiful castles in Mecklenburg Switzerland. It was built by the noble family Hahn in 1467 and is one of the oldest in the region read more...

If you go to Kiev along the Zhitomir highway, a fairytale castle is visible on the right side, about 700 ... read more...

Luxury Baroque castle-palace read more...

An interesting fortification with two moats and four bastions. This is the only fully preserved castle in Germany, built in the French architectural style. In the center is a Renaissance castle built in 1512 - 1519, although the oldest buildings date from 1217 read more...

Eutin is a city in the Holstein Switzerland nature park (Naturpark Holsteinische Schweiz). It stands on the shore of a large lake Großer Eutiner See read more...

Bad Muskau is a location of a wonderful palace and park ensemble. The town itself is close to the border with Poland, so when you walk through the park, you will visit two countries at once read more...

This luxurious knight's castle on a high cliff has been something we've wanted to visit for a long time, as its pictures on the internet are really enticing. You have also seen it in several movies, for example in The Grand Budapest Hotel.

At the time of our visit, the castle was under renovation and a large parking lot was being built, so we had to park quite far away. Because of the renovations, we didn't go inside the castle itself either. Fortunately, the renovation is not visible from the outside, at least from the river side, where the most picturesque views are read more...

Vitre is located in Brittany, near Rennes. We recommend it as a classic old French town. Here are a few tourists and a cozy old center with traditional architecture read more...