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, ...

There’s a sweet spot in travel that arrives right after summer crowds fade and just before frost seals the trails. In Bavaria, that window is autumn — the kind that paints castle walls with a low, ...

A general view the park around Linderhof Palace. Unesco has declared the famous fairytale castles of Bavaria's King Ludwig II a World Heritage Site. Sven Hoppe/dpa UNESCO on Saturday declared the ...

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, ...

Germany’s Romantic Road is more than just a scenic route, it’s a time machine disguised as a highway. Stretching through ...

Germany’s fairy-tale royal castles in its Bavarian region, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee, and Linderhof, have now been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list. The Neuschwanstein castle is ...

Just 100 kilometers east of Munich and 50 kilometers north of Salzburg lies the longest castle complex in the world—and it's ...

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, ...

Beer-loving, fast-driving, palace-dotted Bavaria, Germany, home of Oktoberfest, BMW, and Neuschwanstein (the castle that inspired Disney), is toasting its centennial as a free state this year. Now’s ...

A vacation is about taking a break from the real world. And few things can transform a getaway into a storybook adventure like touring a real, live castle. These charming castle (and castle-like) ...

On your next day out, our travel team urges you to swap glitzy city skyscrapers for storied castles, and giant shopping malls for expansive fortresses, as you discover the secrets and legends hidden i ...