Grey stone Roch Castle on a hill looking out over fields and rolling landscape at sunset. - Rasputin1309/Shutterstock Europe's landscapes are littered with the ...

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Massive, imposing, almost unexpected. In Sedan, a fortress has dominated the town for centuries. The Château fort de Sedan stands out for its extraordinary scale and defensive architecture—a site that ...

Conwy Castle in Wales was recently named the most beautiful European castle by Condé Nast Traveller. I visited the 700-year-old castle in October and was impressed by how well-preserved it was. Having ...

Arundel Castle’s Medieval Festival 2026 drew thousands over Easter with jousting, reenactments and immersive history.

Most people think you need a transatlantic flight and a packed itinerary to experience genuine castle architecture. Centuries ...

Norwich Castle, a mighty medieval fortress built by William the Conquerer after he invaded England in 1066, reopened to the public last month following a landmark $37 million restoration. The castle’s ...

Germany's Neushwanstein is a textbook-like example of 19th-century Romanticism. In 1869, King Ludwig began building his medieval fantasy on the hilltop not for defensive reasons, but because he liked ...

(CNN) — In our travel roundup this week: the Japanese city firebombed by the US just hours before the end of World War II, the mysterious origins of the world’s only non-rectangular national flag, ...