Castillo de la Mota is one of the most beautiful medieval fortresses in Spain — a magnificent 15th-century castle in the town of Medina del Campo, Valladolid province, Castile and León, built from the region’s distinctive red brick in the Mudéjar style and considered one of the finest examples of military architecture in the Kingdom […]
Santa María de León Cathedral – one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe | Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Santa María de León Cathedral is one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe. It is located in Spain, in the northwestern part of the country, in the historic city […]
Categories: Sights, Spain, Virtual Travel
The Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž are one of Central Europe’s finest Baroque ensembles — a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Czech Republic’s Moravian region where the magnificent Archbishop’s Chateau (used as a filming location for Amadeus) is complemented by two extraordinary gardens: the formal Pleasure Garden (one of the best-preserved Baroque gardens in […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature, Sights
Loket Castle is one of the Czech Republic’s most dramatically situated medieval fortresses — a 12th-century Gothic castle perched on a granite rock surrounded on three sides by the Ohře River, in the charming little town of Loket near Karlovy Vary in western Bohemia. With its well-preserved medieval interiors, gruesome torture chamber exhibition, and a […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
