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

Travelers who want to lose themselves in medieval fairy-tale-like castles should visit Europe's most castle-lined river full ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Germany, what comes to mind? The Bavarian Alps? Pretzels? Beer? Oktoberfest? While all these things are associated with this beautiful European country, another thing Germany is ...

Eltz Castle (Burg Eltz) is one of Germany's most famous castles, known for its unique history and architecture. It is notable for having remained undamaged by wars, allowing its original medieval ...

Germany was once home to some 25,000 castles. Yes, you read that correctly, 25,000. However, according to the History of Yesterday, who dug through the European Institute of Castles data, just 60% of ...

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 are a few of my favorite European castle memories — a reminder of ...

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 ...

Certain trips acquire an almost mythical quality over time: You leave home at the right moment and return just as it passes. You have friends to visit along your route, and all of them are delighted ...

Germany is home to tens of thousands of castles, including one that is recognized the world over: Neuschwanstein was the inspiration for some of Disney's fairytale castles. The new National Geographic ...