The Eltz Castle is commonly known as Burg Eltz, Burg being the translation for “castle” in German. The first written evidence of Eltz Castle is from 1157, making it nearly 900 years old. It’s been ...

Are you wondering what awaits beyond storybook postcards of Bavaria? Imagine wandering into mist-wreathed valleys where centuries-old castles rise like fairytale monuments, emerald lakes hiding secret ...

Turret-ly in love with castles? Germany's southern Bavaria region might be your ideal holiday destination - because as these eye-catching pictures show, it's festooned with fairytale-like citadels ...

"It is like falling from the top of an absolute cliff." The 19th century castle built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria is said to have served as inspiration for famous fictional Disney castles ...

(Getty Images)| Princess fantasies come to life at Neuschwanstein, a 19th-century castle in the Bavarian Alps that Disneyland Resort used as inspiration when designing Sleeping Beauty Castle.

The Texas Hill Country is full of unique real estate, from ranches with a private cave system to Bavarian castles listed on AirBnB. Along the Guadalupe River, just outside of San Antonio ...

And the castles in the animated fairy tales "Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty" are also modeled after the Bavarian castle. As a reclusive dreamer, King Ludwig II built the castle just for himself.

Since the opening of the Infopoint Museums & Castles in Bavaria and the exhibition "Imperial Castle in Munich", parts of the historic building are publicly accessible. Both of them are operated by ...