Deep Highland loch with a ruined castle shore and a famous resident legend.
Riverside town squeezed between the Meuse and a citadel-topped cliff.
A 17th-century British fortress on a volcanic hill, the "Gibraltar of the West Indies", with views to five islands.
The "witchesโ passage" walkway between the Guaita and Cesta towers.
Fortress park above the meeting of the Sava and the Danube.
Coastal drive of cliffs and castles.
Island church on an alpine lake.
Apricot orchards and forts beneath 7,000-metre Karakoram peaks.
Island castle at the meeting of three sea lochs โ Scotlandโs most photographed.
One of Europeโs largest castle ruins, sprawled across a travertine hill.
Storybook fortress on a rock island ringed by a river canyon.
Danube stretch of terraced vineyards, apricot orchards and the ruined castle where Richard the Lionheart was held.
Red-sandstone castle ruin above the old town of Heidelberg and the Neckar valley.
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