Ludwig II built Linderhof Palace in a remote valley 30 km southwest of Oberammergau. He built it not as a seat of power but as a private fantasy, a retreat where he could be alone. Linderhof is the smallest of his three palaces and the only one he lived to see completed. Construction began in […]
Categories: Castles, Germany, Mountains, Nature, Sights, Sights
Forty kilometres south of Berlin, inside a former Soviet aircraft hangar that is the largest free-standing hall in the world, you will find a tropical rainforest. The hangar was built in the 1930s as a construction facility for airships. It is 360 metres long, 210 metres wide, and 107 metres high. Today it contains a […]
Categories: Cities, Germany, Sights, Wellness, Relax & Sports
Eltz Castle is the only castle on the left bank of the Moselle that has never been destroyed or rebuilt. It survived the Thirty Years’ War, the French Revolution, and both World Wars without a single cannonball to its walls. The castle sits on a 70-metre rock spur above the Elzbach River, hidden in a […]
Neuschwanstein Castle is the most photographed building in Germany, and the reason is not the architecture. It is the location. The castle sits on a rugged hill above the Pollat Gorge, surrounded by the Bavarian Alps, with lakes and forests stretching in every direction. King Ludwig II built it as a private refuge, not a […]
Hohenzollern Castle sits atop a mountain in Baden-Wurttemberg like a crown placed on the head of a king. Its spires and battlements rise from the mist in a display of Gothic revival architecture that seems too perfect to be real. The castle belongs to the royal House of Hohenzollern and it still feels like a […]
Perched atop a forested hill within the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, Löwenburg Castle looks like a storybook illustration brought to life. Built deliberately as a romantic ruin in the late eighteenth century, it blends medieval fantasy with real history. Its towers rise through the mist, and the courtyard invites you to imagine knights and nobles from a […]
Lichtenstein Castle perches on a dramatic cliff edge in the Swabian Alps of southern Germany. It looks exactly like a fairy tale castle should. Built in the 19th century, it was inspired by the novels of Wilhelm Hauff about medieval knights. The castle is small compared to Neuschwanstein, but its position is arguably more breathtaking. […]
Morning light spills across the sandstone facades of the Zwinger courtyard as a lone cello note drifts from a nearby conservatory window. The Elbe River, broad and silver, reflects the twin spires of the Frauenkirche while cyclists glide along the Brühlsche Terrasse. Dresden does not shout about its beauty. It reveals itself slowly through baroque […]
Categories: Cities, Germany, Sights, Sights, Virtual Travel
Frankenstein Castle perches on a wooded hilltop above Darmstadt in southern Germany, a crumbling medieval fortress that inspired Mary Shelley legendary novel. Built in the thirteenth century, the castle belonged to the Lords of Frankenstein, an actual noble family who owned these lands for centuries. Local legends speak of alchemists and experiments conducted within the […]
The largest capital city, one among the sixteen states of Germany, second most populous location and seventh urban area of Europe is Berlin. It is sit