In the heart of Seville, beside its great cathedral, lies a palace that is one of the most extraordinary buildings in Europe, a Christian royal residence built in the style

Crowning the very highest point of the ancient city of Toledo, its four square towers rising above a maze of medieval streets, stands the Alcázar, one of the most storied

On a long red-walled hill above the city of Granada, with the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada rising behind, stands the most beautiful palace of the Islamic world in

Built as a golden-age town hall and later seized as a royal palace under Napoleon’s brother, the Royal Palace of Amsterdam is a Dutch classicist masterpiece.

In the heart of the Franconian town of Ansbach stands a palace that many travellers pass by on their way to Rothenburg or Nuremberg without realising what lies inside. The

Discover the Archbishops Chateau at Kromeriz in Moravia, a grand baroque palace with a world-class painting gallery and two of Europe’s finest historic gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage treasure.

Come at Bukhara from the west, and the first thing you see is the Ark, a vast mound of a fortress rising abruptly out of the flat Central Asian plain.

In the heart of the old city of Damascus, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth, hidden behind a plain wall near the Umayyad Mosque, lies one of

Hidden behind high walls in the old medina of Marrakech, away from the noise and color of the famous souks, lies one of the most beautiful buildings in Morocco. The

Built for Morocco’s grand viziers, the sprawling Bahia Palace in Marrakech dazzles with zellij tilework, carved stucco, and painted cedar ceilings.