Here's why a small Rhine Valley town with a hilltop castle-turned-hotel captures Rick Steves' attention and the magic of ...

Shoot an arrow in Germany, and more often than not, you’ll hit a castle. It may sound preposterous given the country’s reputation for method and organization, but we still don’t know how many castles ...

The Eltz Castle is commonly known as Burg Eltz, Burg being the translation for “castle” in German. The first written evidence of Eltz Castle is from 1157, making it nearly 900 years old. It’s been ...

A castle is the perfect places to drop one’s braid down a spire, lose a glass slipper leaving a ball in haste, or even fight a dragon. A series of real castles in Germany were behind the inspiration ...

HOHENSCHWANGAU, Germany (Jan. 23, 2014) -- Europe is a continent replete with wonders. Visitors do not have to travel far in any direction to come across an important location in world history, a ...

NOTE FROM RICK: As we've had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here's a reminder of the fun that awaits us in Europe at ...

Q: I plan to take my 14-year-old grandson to Germany in June for a tour of medieval castles and fortresses. Which would prove most interesting for a teenager enthralled with dungeons, dragons and ...

UNESCO added 26 new locations to its World Heritage list this week, including four majestic castles in the Bavarian Alps that evoke fairytale charm. Constructed by King Ludwig II of Bavaria between ...

For centuries, medieval castles – hulking, isolated triumphs of masonry – have held a special place in the Western imagination, evoking at once a sense of history, fantasy, war and romance. They are ...

For sale: 18th century castle with a medieval prison tower, moat and lake on 14 acres. The price: 350,000 euros ($445,000), less than the cost of a Manhattan studio. The catch? It’s in eastern Germany ...

Financial crisis fairytale: German castles cash in on stimulus programs. August 24, 2009 — -- The economic crisis is like a fairytale come true for Germany's romantic castles, baroque palaces and ...