On a great hill in the west of Syria, commanding the land for miles around, stands what is widely regarded as the finest and most famous castle ever built by

Some castles are famous for their history, and some for their beauty, but Kronborg is famous for a ghost that never existed. This great Renaissance fortress on the northern tip

Discover Ksiaz Castle in Lower Silesia, one of Poland’s largest castles, perched above a gorge, home of the glamorous Princess Daisy and famed for its mysterious wartime tunnels.

High on a limestone ridge in the cloud forests of northern Peru, wrapped in mist and hung with orchids, stand the towering walls of one of the most extraordinary and

There are castles that were built to be admired and castles that were built to be feared, and Kumamoto belongs firmly, unforgettably, to the second kind. Rising black and stern

In the wide brown waters of the Gambia River, some thirty kilometres upstream from the Atlantic, lies a tiny island so small you could walk around its ruins in a

High in the pine-clad foothills of the Guadarrama mountains, above the city of Segovia and far from the dust of Madrid, an aging king built himself a mountain paradise meant

On a green island in Lake Vänern, the largest lake in Sweden, stands a castle so white and so graceful that it looks as though it has stepped straight out

Lalgarh Palace in Bikaner is a masterpiece of carved red sandstone built by the great Maharaja Ganga Singh. Explore its lattice screens, courtyards, library and the legacy of a desert statesman.

Explore Lancut Castle in southeastern Poland, a lavish palace-fortress of the great noble families, famed for its sumptuous interiors, historic theatre, and one of Europe’s finest carriage collections.