The great Crusader castle, UNESCO-listed.
Fairytale medieval walled city, UNESCO-listed.
15th-century mosque at Bagerhat, UNESCO-listed.
Fifteenth-century royal complex at the heart of Bakuโs walled old city.
Medieval capital on the Yantra gorge.
Fifteenth-century monasteries frescoed inside and out, still vivid.
Medieval Newar royal square of pagodas and wood-carved palaces.
Island castle at the meeting of three sea lochs โ Scotlandโs most photographed.
16th-century castle, UNESCO-listed.
One of Europeโs largest castle ruins, sprawled across a travertine hill.
Crooked wooden wharf houses of the old Hanseatic trading quarter.
Storybook fortress on a rock island ringed by a river canyon.
Stockholmโs medieval old town of narrow lanes and the Royal Palace.
Fairy-tale town wrapped in a bend of the Vltava, with a painted castle tower and a baroque theatre that still works.
Walled medieval town of whitewashed lanes and bougainvillea, where ginjinha cherry liqueur is served in chocolate cups.
Baltic island of rauk sea stacks and the Hanseatic walled town of Visby.
Historic fortress and the Crown Jewels.
Lean backwards over a drop from the castle battlements to kiss the stone that grants the gift of the gab.
Walk the medieval city walls, the Shamblesโ overhanging shops and York Minster, the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe.
Medieval cathedral, round tower and Cormacโs Chapel crowning a limestone outcrop where St Patrick baptised a king.
Greek Orthodox monastery clinging to a sheer cliff face in the Pontic Mountains.
Lake city with a covered wooden bridge.
The largest surviving Romanesque church in Europe, built for pilgrims on the road to Santiago and topped by a five-tier octagonal bell tower.
Parisโs 850-year-old Gothic cathedral, reopened after the 2019 fire with its spire and oak roof rebuilt by hand.
Walled medieval town on the Romantic Road, all half-timbered houses and cobbled lanes.
Moorish palace-fortress of Granada.
Umberto Eco's labyrinthine medieval murder mystery, set in a doomed monastery library
Explore Carcassonne, a fortified medieval city in southern France. Walk the double ring of ramparts of the Citรฉ de Carcassonne (a UNESCO World Heritage site with 52 towers), admire the Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus (known for its 12th-century stained glass and Gothic choir), and cross the Pont Vieux (a 14th-century stone bridge offering panoramic views of the city).
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