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ENGLAND
MUNCASTER
CASTLE & COACHMAN'S QUARTERS
Haunted Castle B&B in Cumbria.
ETTINGTON
PARK HOTEL
Historic Manor House in Warwickshire
Magnificent historic hotel in Warwickshire,
close to Stratford, Blenheim Palace, the Cotswolds.
LANGLEY
CASTLE
Northumberland Castle Hotel & Restaurant
14th Century castle keep built during the reign of Edward III.
LUMLEY
CASTLE
Romantic Castle Hotel in Durham County
14th Century/Elizabethan Castle Hotel in Northeast England with at least one
ghost.
RIPLEY
CASTLE AND BOARS HEAD INN
Preserved Private Castle and Inn Hotel in Yorkshire Dales.
KNARESBOROUGH CASTLE
RUINS
Plantagenet Kings and Queens hunting castle near Harrogate.
FROM
TRAITOR'S GATE TO MORTIMER'S HOLE
Follow the
trail of the English traitor Roger Mortimer from the Tower of London
to Windsor.
BLENHEIM PALACE
"The Royals" and Winston Churchill
Grand Baroque palace built for the 1st Duke of Marlborough a British
Heritage site in Oxfordshire, birthplace of Sir Winston and location for The Royals TV Series
WARWICK CASTLE
Medieval Ghosts and Love Birds
One of best preserved Medieval Castles in England with lots of activities
for families and history buffs alike.
TOWER OF LONDON
Mind Your Head and the Family Jewels
London's castle palace opens new execution exhibit.
KENILWORTH
CASTLE
England’s largest of castle ruins
The Leichester Gatehouse and Elizabethan Gardens reopen.
WINDSOR CASTLE
Stop by the Queen’s House for Tea
The oldest largest occupied royal castle.
HOGHTON TOWER
Tudor Manor House Castle near Lancaster
Where King James I knighted a side of beef "Sirloin" a
very
haunted
castle.
CASTLE
HOWARD
Yorkshire Grand Palace and Gardens
One of the grandest family home palaces
in North England.
DALEMAIN
HOUSE AND GARDENS LAKELAND FELLS
Georgian Manor and 14th Century Dacre Castle Keep
DURHAM
CASTLE STAYS AND SIGHTS
Views and Stays in the Prince Bishops' University Town
BRYON'S
NEWSTEAD ABBEY NEAR NOTTINGHAM
The beautful neo-gothic Manor and Ruined Abbey
CASTLE
HEDINGHAM - EDWARD DEVERE BIRTHPLACE
One of the best Norman Keeps in England and Shakespeare Controversy
BURGHLEY
HOUSE - ELIZABETHAN TUDOR ESTATE
One
of the great houses of English Political Figures
CREWE
HALL - JACOBEAN & VICTORIAN MANOR - CHESHIRE
Grand Mansion of Ranulph Crewe in Cheshire
WILLERSLEY
CASTLE - DERWENT VALLEY MILLS
18th Century Manor of Industrialst Sir Richard Arkwright now a hotel
BERKELEY CASTLE - GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Edward II Murder and Weddings
ARUNDEL CASTLE - WEST SUSSEX
Great Castle of the Dukes of Norfolk
NOTTINGHAM CASTLE LEGENDS
Lionheart, Robin Hood, Mortimer's Hole
ITALY
CASTLES
AND TRUFFLES
Castle Hotels in Piedmont Italy
Castles you can stay in for local wines,
herbs and famous truffles of Piemonte region
around Torino (Turin).
SEASIDE
SILENCIO
Historic Villa Hotel on Italy's Northern Liguria Coast
The Grand Hotel Villa Balbi a seaside getaway since the 17th Century in Sestri
Levante.
CASTLE
BESENO: THE CASTLES OF TRENTINO
Italy's upper Adige Valley around Trento is offers a wealth
of wine vineyards and Castles clinging below the magnificent Dolamite mountain
cliffs.
STONE AND ART: RENAISSANCE
Castello del Buonconsiglio
Castle Buonconsiglio has been
adopted as Trentino's art museum with Renaissance and early Italian art
CASTELLO
di AVIO
First of the Adige Valley Castles
Curtain wall castle among the grape vineyards between Verona and Trento
MURDER
AND A MEAL IN THE MOUNTAIN MISTS
Romantic Castle Toblino
Four star restaurant in a medieval castle
of dark romance legends on a fog mist mountain lake in
Northern Italy
CASTELLO
D'ARCO
Bishop takes Rook at Northern Italy Medieval Castle
Art frescoes of Medieval ches games and stone walls high above the
crossroads town of Arco between Trento and Lake Garda
CASTELLO DI BRESCIA
Art and Armor
The castle of Brescia has been watching over Lombardy since Roman times.
SABBIONETA LOMBARDY
Walled City and Duke's Palazzo
Small sleepy Renaissance town of a Northern Italian Duke.
DUCAL
PALACE OF COLORNO
Baroque Residence and Gardens Near Parma
Historic Home to a Beheaded Countess and an French Empress
GERMANY
THE
RESIDENCE - MUNICH
Roman Emperors and Crown Jewels
The Munich old city center Bavarian Royal Palace
HEADLESS
KNIGHT, SLEEPY NIGHT
Burg Reichenstein Hotel - the Castle next door
Hotel in Robber Baron's Rhine Castle with charm and history
CASTLE
RHEINSTEIN
KNIGHT WATCH ON THE RHINE
Medieval
castle on the Rhine with armor display and connection to the Holy Roman
Empire.
RHINE
CASTLES EHRENFELS AND SOONECK
THE MICE WHO ATE THE BISHOP
Stops on the castle laden lower middle Rhine where legends of remain
quite colorful.
SCHONBURG
CASTLE RHINE RIVER VALLEY
Castle
Hotel in Medieval Walled Town of Oberwesel
Wine Touring and River Cruising Stop on the Middle Rhine
CASTLE
MARKSBURG
The original Rhine Knight’s Castle
The only castle along to Rhine to never
be destroyed for 700 years served as a prison and residence for the rulers
of Hesse.
EUROPEAN
CASTLES INSTITUTE
Philippsburg Castle
Renaissance period castle home of the
Landgrave of Hesse now housing a library for researching castles across Europe.
COCHEM’S
REICHSBURG IMPERIAL CASTLE
At the heart of the Moselle River Valley Wine Region, the castle
at Cochem
is one of Germany's most visually striking.
MOSELLE
CASTLE THURANT
Castle above the vineyards with the curious history of the Two Towers.
BIG
GUNS AND FAT UNIFORMS
Bavarian Army Museum Ingolstadt
For German military history through the ages this museum
is located in Ingolstadt's "New" castle.
CASTLE
RUIN FRANKENSTEIN
Grab Your Pitchfork - Monsters And The Women Who Create Them
Ingolstadt was the literary birthplace of Frankenstein's
monster, but the ruins this castle can be found near Kaiserslautern.
DARMSTADT
FRANKENSTEIN CASTLE RUINS
Castle Frankenstein Ruins near Frankfurt
A
GERMAN KING'S FANTASY CASTLE
Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria
Most famous German castle of "Mad" King Ludwig was a fantasic recreation
near Munich.
HOHENZOLLERN
CASTLE
Castle in the Clouds
Swabia mountain castle of Europe's grand dynasty.
SIGMARINGEN CASTLE
Hohenzollern Palace on the Danube
One of the largest princely palaces still privately owned in Germany, with art
and armor collections by tour.
ART
AND AUGUSTINER
Castle Art Museum in the Bavarian Alps
An art museum in a Bavarian Castle and a bar/restaurant which is
an art work itself when visiting the Oberbayern region.
MAD
KING LUDWIG'S PLEASURE PALACE - LINDERHOF
Schloss Linderhof
the first of Ludvig II's magnificent palaces in Bavaria.
BURG
RÖTTELN
Black Forest Castle in Baden-Wurttemburg
Beautiful castle ruins in south-west Germany.
BURG HORNBERG CASTLE HOTEL
German Knight's Castle on the Neckar River
GERMANY’S
CASTLE ROAD - BURGENSTRASSE
Scenery and History across Rivers of Time
CASTLE
GUTTENBERG
Staufer Castle of Falcons and Knights on the Neckar
KNIGHTS
TOURNAMENT AT KALTERNBERG CASTLE
World's Largest Medieval Show and Fair in Bavaria
CASTLE
HOTEL KÖNIGS WUSTERHAUSEN BRANDENBURG
Former Cavalry Barracks at the castle of Prussia's "Soldier
King" near
Berlin’s
Schoenfeld
Airport
SCHLOSS
LUDWIGSECK - SMALL CASTLE B&B HESSE
Private Baronial Historic Knights Hunting Lodge
SCHLOSS
EGGERSBERG CASTLE HOTEL BAVARIA ALTMUHLTAL
Romantic Renaissance Castle Hotel in Frankish Bavaria
WARTBURG
CASTLE - EISENACH
Where Martin Luther hid to Translate his German Bible
SCHLOSS
BENRATH PALACE AND GARDENS DUSSELDORF
Palatine Prince's Baroque Summer Palace
NYMPHENBURG
PALACE AND GARDENS - MUNICH
Porcelain and Scandals of the Bavarian Kings
SCHLOSS
LUDWIGSBURG PALACE
One of Germany's best palaces - north of Stuttgart
HEIDELBERG
CASTLE
Germany’s Most Famous and Popular Castle Ruins
The poets castle above Germany's best known Romantic Age Tourist
City
SCHLOSS
SOMMERSDORF - MOATED CASTLE LODGINGS ON THE ROMANTIC ROAD
Medieval Castle with its own world famous
Mummies in the Family Crypt
BURG TRAUSNITZ
CASTLE
Beautiful Medieval Fortress in Landshut Bavaria
Wittelsbach
Ancestral Castle in Lower Bavaria
SCHLEISSHEIM
PALACES
Royal Bavarian Baroque Grandeur and Gardens
Extensive
Royal Park with Three Palaces near Munich
SCHLOSS
DACHAU PALACE
Renaissance Banquet Hall and Court Garden
SCHLOSS
HIRSCHHORN CASTLE HOTEL
Knights Castle turned Hotel on
Neckar
HARDENBURG
CASTLE - PFALZER WALD
Large Castle Ruin Near Bad Durkheim destroyed by Napoleon
BURG
STAUFENECK HOTEL & RESTAURANT
Staufer Castle Ruins Tower in the Swabian Alb
ZWINGER
BAROQUE PALACE - DRESDEN
Baroque Architecture and Museums
RHINE
CASTLE - BURG SOONECK
Robber Knight Castle at Trechtingshausen
ROMAN
VILLA RUSTICA – BORG
Reconstructed Roman House and Archeology Park in the Saarland
JOHANNISBURG
PALACE & PARK - ASCHAFFENBURG
Renaissance
Elector Archbishops Residence Palace on the River Main
HERMITAGE
CASTLE - SAAR
The Klause Kastel, Cliffside Ex-Tomb of the Blind King
BROMSERBURG
CASTLE - RÜDESHEIM
Wine & Knights History at Brömserburg Castle
BRUCHSAL PALACE
Baroque Restoration of the Prince Bishop
SCHONBUSCH PALACE & PARK - ASCHAFFENBURG
Summer Palace Folly of the Bishop Elector
KAISERSWERTH IMPERIAL CASTLE RUINS
Barbarossa’s Palace and Riverside Cafes
COLDITZ CASTLE - WWII POW ESCAPE MUSEUM
Renaissance Castle and WWII History in Saxony
KRIEBSTEIN CASTLE - KNIGHTS CASTLE SAXONY
Legend of the Faithful Lady
ROCHLITZ CASTLE & THE SAXONY REFORMATION
Medieval Castle of the Wettins and Elisabeth of Rochli
CASTLE ELTZ - MOSEL RIVER RHINELAND
Preserved Mediavl Knights Castle
MORITZBURG BAROQUE CASTLE - SAXONY
Summer Palace of Augustus the Strong near Dresden
AUGUSTUSBURG & FALKENLUST PALACES - COLOGNE
Rococo Elector Palace and Hunting Lodge near Cologne
ROMANTIK RHEIN CASTLE HOTEL RHEINFELS
Hotel at Middle Rhine's Largets Castle Ruin
CHARLOTTENBURG PALACE - BERLIN
The Old Royal Palace of the Prussian Hohenzollerns
BURG PYRMONT CASTLE WEDDINGS & STAYS
Medieval Revival Castle in the Mosel Eifel Region
WARTBURG CASTLE - 500 YEARS MARTIN LUTHER
Luther Anniversary Exhibition at Wartburg
CALLENBERG CASTLE - PRINCE ALBERT & VICTORIA - COBURG
Summer Palace of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
WILHELMSBURG CASTLE SCHMALKALDEN
Renaissance Palace and the Reformation Schmalkaldic League
FRANCE
A
TASTE OF WINE AND THE DUKES OF BURGUNDY
The wine
road through France's Burgundy Cote d'Or from Dijon to Beaune stops first at
the caves of The Chateau d'Marsannay.
CHATEAU
HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG
King’s Fairy Tale Castle in Alsace Wine Region
This
12th Century castle is one of the Alsace region's most popular
area tourist sights.
THE
SACRED AND THE PROFANE
Château de Bussy-Rabutin
Romantic Burgundy region 16-17th Century
Chateau of Louis XIV exiled author
of
tell-all court love expose Count de Bussy.
CHÂTEAU
DE CHÂTEAUNEUF-EN-AUXOIS
Romance Castles of Burgundy Wine Region
12th-15th Century Chateau near Beaune
in the Cote d'Or in qaunt village of Bourgogne.
CHÂTEAU
DE CORMATIN
Grand Manor Spoils of Nobility
17th Century Chateau in Southern Burgundy Wine Region
BRANCION
CASTLE
Medieval Chateau in South Burgundy
On of few Crusades era castle ruins remaining
in
Burgundy.
CHÂTEAU
DE FLEURVILLE
Hotel and Restaurant along Burgundy Wine Road
Former Count's farmhouse now elegant base for wine touring
ROUTE DES CHATEAUX
Castles
and Manors of Southern Burgundy
CHATEAU
LA MOTTE-TILLY
Chateau of "Dangerous Liasons" in Champagne
HENRY
IV PAVILLON - NOGENT-SUR-SEINE
Half-wood House of King Henry IV Lias
FONTAINEBLEAU
CHATEAU
France’s Great Royal Palace Ile de France near Paris
FORTRESS
MORNAS PROVENCE
Rhone Valley Medieval Castle Ruin and
Holiday Stays
CHATEAU DES BAUX PROVENCE
Castle Ruins and Medieval Siege Machines
CHATEAU
OF SAINT-FARGEAU
100 Years War History Castle in West Burgundy
Summer Historic Spectacle Show and Joan of Arc
CHATEAU
SAINT MICHEL DE LANES - LANGUEDOC
Historic Manor Chateau Bed & Breakfast near Carcassone
CASTLE
OF THE DUKES OF LORRAINE
Sierck les Bains on the Moselle River
BITCHE
CITADEL
Vauban Bastion Fortress of Lorraine-Moselle
MALBROUCK
CASTLE
15th Century Chateau of the Moselle
RICHARD LIONHEART CASTLE GAILLARD NORMANDY
Chateau Gaillard on the Seine in Andelye Normandy
WILLIAM CONQUERER CASTLE FALAISE NORMANDY
Birthplace of the Duke of Normandy who became William I
AUSTRIA
HELLBRUNN
PALACE SALZBURG
Baroque Manor Water Park Gardens and Trick Fountains
IMPERIAL
PALACE - INNSBRUCK
Hofburg Tyrolean Court Palace of the Habsburgs
SCHONBRUNN
PALACE AND BAROQUE GARDENS
Imperial Summer Palace and Park in Vienna
HOHENSALZBURG FORTRESS
Archbishops and Marionettes
CASTLE AMBRAS INNSBRUCK
Habsburg Renaissance Place of Tyrol
DURNSTEIN CASTLE - WACHAU VALLEY DANUBE
Ransom of Richard Lionheart
BELGIUM
GODFREY
OF BOUILLON CASTLE ON THE SEMOIS
Hero of First Crusade left his Belgian fortress behind.
CHATEAU
LA ROCHE EN ARDENNE - CASTLE
GHOST
The
Legend of Berthe of La Roche
CASTLE
FRANCHIMONT - THEUX - LIEGE
Medieval Ruins of the Ardennes
GRAVENSTEEN
CASTLE - GHENT
Castle of the Counts of Flanders
IRELAND
MALAHIDE
CASTLE - TALBOTS AND GHOSTS
800 years of Irish History Near Dublin
BUNRATTY
CASTLE & FOLF PARK - MEDIEVAL BANQUETS
Medieval Life and Times in County Clare at 15th Century Castle Keep
ROCK OF CASHEL - TIPPERARY
Great walled hilltop
fortress of the Bishops of Cashel
KING
JOHN’S CASTLE - LIMERICK
Anglo-Norman Fortress in County Clare
DUNGUAIRE
CASTLE - GALWAY BAY
Medieval Banquets and Celtic Kings
LISMORE
CASTLE & GARDENS
Spectacular Castle of Dukes of Devonshire in County Waterford
TRIM
CASTLE – COUNTY MEATH
Ireland's Largest Anglo-Norman Castle
KILKENNY
CASTLE
Norman Castle to Victorian Baronial Palace
O'BRIEN’S
TOWER – CLIFFS OF MOHER
Tourist Castle Tower of Cornelius O’Brien
IRELAND'S
CASTLE GARDENS
Fairies and Flowers for Garden Lovers
ROSCOMMON CASTLE
Castle Ruins of Connacht
REGINALD'S TOWER - WATERFORD
Vikings and Normans
NORTHERN IRELAND
ENNISKILLEN
CASTLE & INNISKILLINGS FUSILIER MUSEUM - FERMANAGH
Innsikillngs Fusiliers and Dragoon Guards Regimental Museum
CASTLE
COOLE & FLORENCE COURT MANOR
Great
Counrty House mansions fo County Fermanagh
DUNLUCE
CASTLE - ANTRIM COAST
Dramatic Coast Cliff Castle Ruins
BELFAST CASTLE
Nine Cats in the Garden
CARRICKFERGUS CASTLE
From Norman's to American Revolution
WALES
HARLECH
CASTLE - NORTH WALES SNOWDONIA
Edward I’s Toughest "Ring of Iron" Fortress
BEAUMARIS
CASTLE - ANGLESEY
The Perfect
Castle - Last of the Welsh Coast Fortresses
RUTHIN
CASTLE HOTEL - VICTORIAN MANOR & MEDIEVAL BANQUETS
History & Hauntings at Luxury Hotel which has Hosted Princes and
Legends
CONWY
CASTLE - TURRETS & WALLS
Most beautiful of the Great Edward I Wales Castles
BODELWYDDAN
CASTLE - VICTORIAN "Folly"
Victorian
Manor House, "Castle" Portrait Gallery, Gardens and Hotel Denbigshire
CAERNARFON
CASTLE - PRINCE AND FUSILIERS
Edward I's Most famous castle of the Iron Ring
DINEFWR
CASTLE PARK AND NEWTON HOUSE
Medieval Castle and Georgian - Victorian Manor Carmarhenshire
PEMBROKE
CASTLE
William Marshal and the First Tudor
CAERPHILLY
CASTLE
Wales Largest Medieval Castle and the First Concentric Design
CAREW
CASTLE & TIDAL
MILL
Norman-Tudor Castle and Tidal Mill near Tenby
LAUGHARNE
CASTLE
Romantic’s
Ruin on the South Welsh Coast
OYSTERMOUTH
CASTLE - LORDS OF GOWER
Norman Castle of Mumbles Coast
CARREG
CENNEN CASTLE - LLANDEILO
Magnificent Ruin of Carmarthenshire
CHIRK
CASTLE - WREXHAM WALES
Medieval Marches Castle and Stately Manor
CZECH REPUBLIC
SAVE
ON A HONEYMOON IN ROMANTIC PRAGUE
Conquer love and indulge your inner White Knight
Prove your medieval wooing skills in Prague's castle city.
PRAGUE
CASTLE AND ST. VITUS CATHEDRAL
Largest
Castle in Europe - Bohemian Kings and Emperors
Romanesque Chapel, Gothic St. Vitus Cathedral and the Tomb of St. Wenceslas.
CROATIA
ZRINSKI
CASTLE - MUSEUM MEDIMURJE CAKOVEC
Castle
and Museum of the Croatian Zrinski Dynasty
TRAKOSCAN
CASTLE - ZAGORJE
Croatia’s Best Preserved Romantic Revival Castle
VARAZDIN
CASTLE
Richard Lionheart and Baroque Music
DJURDJEVAC
CASTLE - WASSERBURG
The
Turks and the Legend of the Rooster
PEJACEVIC
CASTLE - NAŠICE
Manor House Museum of Croatia's Countess Composer
LUZNICA
CASTLE – MARY'S COURT
Sisters of Charity St Vincent De Paul Baronial Manor
MAILATH
CASTLE - DONJI MIHOLJAC
Last Aristocratic Mansion Castle of Slavonia in English
Tudor Style
VELIKI
TABOR CASTLE
Tragic
Love Story of Zagorje
MONACO
FORBIDDEN
MONTE-CARLO
Monaco Grimaldi Palace Secrets
Glimpse the secret palace lifestyle
of Europe's jetset royal family
SWITZERLAND
CHATEAU
D’AIGLE CASTLE WINE MUSEUM
15th Century Savoy Castle and Wine Museum in the Vaud
CHATEAU
DE CHILLON
Medieval Gem on Lake Geneva made famous by
Lord Byron
LORD
BYRON & VILLA DIODATI
Literature's Gothic Summer of 1816 on Lake Geneva
CHÂTEAU
DE COPPET LAKE GENEVA
Home of the literary nemesis of Emperor Napoleon
SCHLOSS
ARENENBERG PALACE & PARK - NAPOLEON MUSEUM
Napoleon III Museum on Lake Constance
CASTLE
VISCONTI LOCARNO TICINO
Italian
Renaissance castle in Switzerland
BELLINZONA'S
WORLD HERITAGE CASTLES
Lombardi Fortess Legacy of Italian Switzerland
12th
CENTURY
CASTLE ON LAKE THUN
Thun Castle and History Museum
LUCERNE
MUSEGG WALL & TOWERS
Not a Castle but Medieval City Ramparts
GRUYÈRE
CASTLE - SAVOY CHATEAU
Romanticist Castle in the Land of Cheese and Chocolate
STOCKALPER
CASTLE – BRIG
Baroque Palace of Salt and the Simplon Pass
CHATEAU
DE VILLA WINE MUSEUM & TRAIL -SIERRE
Wine bar, Restaurant and Museum in 17th-19th Century Swiss Chateau
MUSEE
DE CHATEAU L’ELYSEE
Photography Museum in 18th Century Chateau
MUNOT
FORTRESS - SCHAFFHAUSEN
Castle of Old Town at the Falls
CHATEAU
DE MORGES - LAKE GENEVA
Savoy Castle and Military Museum
CHATEAU SAINT MAURICE CASTLE
Guardian of the Rhone
CHATEAU BATIAZ
Castle Ruins Of Martigny
CASTLE SARGANS
Restaurant and Museum of Sarganserland
RAPPERSWIL CASTLE
Deer Park and Polish Museum on Lake Zurich
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