Fly into Salzburg, or simply round a corner in its old town, and one thing dominates everything: a vast white fortress riding the crest of a green hill, floating above
Some castles overwhelm you with size, and some seduce you with setting. Cesky Krumlov belongs firmly to the second kind. It does not sprawl across a mountain or crown a
Among the wooded hills southwest of Prague, above a bend in a quiet river, rises one of the most magnificent castles in central Europe: Karlštejn. Its towers climb the steep
High on a wooded peak above the town of Sintra, near Lisbon, stands one of the most extraordinary buildings in Europe: the Pena Palace. Painted in vivid reds and yellows,