Visit Mont Saint-Michel, a stunning island commune in Normandy, France, known for its medieval architecture and tidal surroundings
Cycle the Trail of the Eagles' Nests (Szlak Orlich Gniazd), a scenic route connecting medieval castles in Poland
Clifftop Transylvanian castle marketed as Draculaโs โ worth it either way.
Medieval canals and the Ghent Altarpiece.
The 1410 clock on Pragueโs Old Town Square, where the Twelve Apostles parade every hour and Death rings the bell.
Pragueโs 14th-century stone bridge lined with 30 baroque saints โ walk it at dawn before the crowds and buskers arrive.
Twelfth-century monastery city carved storey upon storey into a cliff face.
The most complete Gothic cathedral in France, with 176 windows of unrepeatable twelfth-century blue.
A Crusader city under an Ottoman city: the Knights Halls, a Templar tunnel and hummus by the port.
The medieval Newar city of potters and pagodas, the best-preserved of the three Kathmandu valley kingdoms.
Russia's oldest city, the 11th-century St Sophia and the birch-bark letters of a medieval republic.
A Saxon walled town under Mount Tampa, the Black Church and Bran castle down the road.
The birthplace of Vlad the Impaler inside the best-preserved inhabited medieval citadel in Europe.
A Venetian Gothic town on a point of the Adriatic, with the Tartini square and salt pans nearby.
Houses with eyes in the roofs, the Bridge of Lies and a Saxon centre that was Capital of Culture in 2007.
Coloured houses over the Onyar, the best-preserved Jewish quarter in Spain and Game of Thrones locations.
A herringbone-planned walled town said to be Marco Polo's birthplace, with the Moreska sword dance.
A medieval Firewatch Tower over a Gothic and baroque centre on the Austrian border, next to Lake Neusiedl.
Master Paul's 18-metre carved altar, the tallest Gothic altar in the world, inside a walled Spis town.
A medieval fortress on a rock in a canyon of the Smotrych river, the most dramatic castle in Ukraine.
A complete medieval square with a Gothic town hall, spa villas and wooden churches nearby.
'Here Portugal was born': the castle of the first king and a UNESCO medieval centre.
A walled medieval town at the end of a fjord-like bay, with 1,350 steps up to the fortress of St John.
Monet's cathedral, the square where Joan of Arc was burned and the Gros-Horloge astronomical clock.
A Hanseatic town of roses and ruins inside 3.4 km of medieval wall on Gotland.
The cathedral where Thomas Becket was murdered in 1170, the destination of Chaucer's pilgrims.
Pastel houses inside 13th-century walls above two sandy beaches on the Pembrokeshire coast.
The Kaiserburg above a rebuilt medieval city, the Nazi rally grounds and the Nuremberg trials courtroom.
The Town Musicians, the UNESCO-listed Roland statue and town hall, and the Schnoor lane of medieval cottages.
The capital of the Hanseatic League: the Holstentor gate, seven brick spires and Niederegger marzipan.
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