France has over 40,000 chateaux, and the most breathtaking are rarely the most famous. From a castle that refused to drown to the Loire Valley’s best-kept secrets, discover the French chateaux worth the journey. Plus get weekly travel stories free.
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Discover seven of England’s most spectacular castles — from Windsor’s royal grandeur to Bamburgh’s clifftop drama — plus get weekly travel stories free.
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Italy has more than 24,000 castles — from Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome to a mysterious octagonal fortress in Puglia. Here are six Italian castles that belong on your bucket list. Plus, get weekly travel stories free.
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From Kronborg (Shakespeare’s Elsinore) to Finland’s oldest stone fortress, Scandinavia hides some of Europe’s most dramatic medieval castles — get weekly travel stories free.
Spain has more castles than any other country in Europe. From the Moorish wonder of the Alhambra to a circular Gothic fortress on Mallorca, these are the ones worth seeking out — plus get weekly travel stories free.
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From Slovakia’s dreamlike Bojnice to Poland’s record-breaking Malbork, Eastern Europe hides some of the most spectacular castles on Earth — and most tourists never find them. Plus get weekly travel stories free.
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Germany has more than 25,000 castles — most tourists only visit one. Here are six spectacular alternatives that leave Neuschwanstein in the shade, plus get weekly travel stories free.
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Wales holds over 600 castles, more per square mile than any nation on Earth. From Caernarfon to Carreg Cennen, here are the Welsh castles worth seeking out — plus get weekly travel stories free.
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From a bone-filled pit in Ireland to a Czech fortress built over a hole to hell — these are Europe’s most genuinely unsettling castles, and the legends that have outlasted them all. — plus get weekly travel stories free.
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From a five-star Irish fortress to an affordable Spanish parador, these castle hotels let you sleep inside centuries of history. Plus, get weekly travel stories free.
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