In the heart of old Beijing, tucked among the grey courtyard houses and willow-lined lakes of the historic Shichahai district, lies the largest and best preserved of the great princely

Built by Khedive Ismail to make Cairo a European capital, the gilded Abdeen Palace ruled modern Egypt for a century and now holds dazzling royal museums.

Born from earthquake and fire, the Ajuda National Palace became the last home of the Portuguese monarchy and one of Lisbon’s richest museums.

On the western side of the great square of Isfahan, one of the largest and most magnificent public spaces in the world, rises a tall and elegant palace with a

High on a porphyry rock above the town of Altenburg in eastern Thuringia stands a palace whose history stretches from medieval emperors to the dukes of Saxe Altenburg. Altenburg Palace

In the heart of Copenhagen, four matching rococo palaces around an octagonal square form Amalienborg, home of one of the world’s oldest monarchies and famous for its daily changing of the guard.

High on a wooded hill above Innsbruck, with the peaks of the Tyrolean Alps rising all around, stands a castle that is unlike any other in Austria. Ambras looks at

Rise early in Jaipur and drive a few kilometers north into the Aravalli hills, and you come upon one of the great sights of India. Above a still lake, on

On the Plaza Independencia, the grand ceremonial square at the heart of Montevideo, stands one of the most elegant and historically significant buildings in Uruguay. The Palacio Estevez served for

On a hilltop in the foothills of the Ore Mountains in Saxony, visible from far across the landscape, stands a vast Renaissance palace that locals call the Crown of the