The Hermes Villa in the former imperial hunting grounds of Lainzer Tiergarten in Vienna is known as the castle of dreams. I really wanted to visit this castle, which Emperor Franz Joseph I gave to his...
In the heart of the city of Helmond in the Dutch province of North Brabant lies Helmond Castle, the largest moated castle in the Netherlands, surrounded by a huge moat and picturesque castle gardens w...
During my stay in Bamberg, I also visited what is probably the only town hall in Germany that stands in the middle of a river. According to legend, the Old Town Hall was built as the boundary between ...
One of the most famous palaces, which attracts crowds of visitors all year round, is Nymphenburg Palace with its idyllic palace gardens in the west of Munich. This former summer residence of the Bavar...
A magnificent palace always has magnificent palace gardens. I strolled through such gardens during my visit to the Baroque palace in Bruchsal. These beautiful palace gardens were laid out over 300 yea...