Discover Mikhailovsky Castle in Saint Petersburg, the moated red fortress Emperor Paul built out of fear and where he was murdered just forty days after moving in.

Discover Moritzburg Castle in Saxony, a golden baroque palace rising from a lake, built for Augustus the Strong and famous as a fairy tale film location.

Discover Moszna Castle in Silesia, a fairy-tale Polish palace bristling with towers, built by industrial magnates and surrounded by beautiful gardens.

In the heart of Kathmandu, Narayanhiti was the seat of Nepal’s kings, a modern palace that witnessed the monarchy’s final decades, a national tragedy, and the coming of the republic.

Noordeinde Palace in The Hague is the working office of the Dutch monarch, hidden in plain sight among the city’s shops. Explore its history, architecture, stables, gardens and living royal role.

On the western edge of Munich, a palace stretches its pale wings so far across the landscape that you cannot take it in with a single glance. Nymphenburg, the “Nymph’s

Discover Oranienbaum near Saint Petersburg, the only imperial palace to survive the Second World War intact, home to Catherine the Great’s Chinese Palace and its unique glass bead cabinet.

In the far south of India stands Padmanabhapuram, the largest wooden palace in Asia, the ancient capital of Travancore, whose kings ruled as servants of their god.

Discover Pavlovsk Palace south of Saint Petersburg, a refined neoclassical home shaped by Maria Feodorovna and set within one of Europe’s great landscape parks.

Explore Pszczyna Castle in southern Poland, an elegant palace of the Princes of Pless famed for its beautifully preserved interiors and hall of mirrors.