One of Europeโs largest castle ruins, sprawled across a travertine hill.
Fairy-tale romantic castle above a town of thermal springs.
Manilaโs walled Spanish city: Fort Santiago, the San Agustin Church and horse-drawn kalesa rides along the ramparts.
16th-century castle, UNESCO-listed.
Renaissance Radziwill palace and park.
Walled medieval town of whitewashed lanes and bougainvillea, where ginjinha cherry liqueur is served in chocolate cups.
Fairy-tale town wrapped in a bend of the Vltava, with a painted castle tower and a baroque theatre that still works.
Hilltop palaces and romantic gardens.
Medieval cathedral, round tower and Cormacโs Chapel crowning a limestone outcrop where St Patrick baptised a king.
Renaissance sea fortress at Helsingor โ the Elsinore of Shakespeareโs Hamlet.
The oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world, the Kingโs weekend home, with St Georgeโs Chapel and the State Apartments.
Red-sandstone castle ruin above the old town of Heidelberg and the Neckar valley.
Moorish palace-fortress of Granada.
Shogun-era castle famous for the pair of golden shachihoko dolphins on its roof and the lavishly rebuilt Honmaru Palace.
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