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 ...

More than 25,000 castles crown the hills of Germany, so it can be difficult to choose which ones to visit. If you're seeking the best in terms of history and opulence, drive the nearly 479-mile ...

As with so many travelers, my images of Germany — cute villages, dirndls and lederhosen, and fairy-tale castles — are from Bavaria, in the foothills of the Alps. You could easily spend a week here, ...

When you think of Europe, images of cobbled streets, colorful Old Towns, and majestic cathedrals that took centuries to build ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many of Germany’s signature castles, from Schwerin in the north to Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, are bucket-list items for hosts of visitors and residents from abroad. The stony ramparts in Ronneburg, ...