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 ...

NOTE FROM RICK: As we've had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here's a reminder of the fun that awaits us in Europe at ...

Q: I plan to take my 14-year-old grandson to Germany in June for a tour of medieval castles and fortresses. Which would prove most interesting for a teenager enthralled with dungeons, dragons and ...

Shoot an arrow in Germany, and more often than not, you’ll hit a castle. It may sound preposterous given the country’s reputation for method and organization, but we still don’t know how many castles ...

While Bavaria commands most of the spotlight when castle talk begins, Germany’s other regions shelter architectural marvels that rarely make the travel brochures. These fortresses tell stories of ...

As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here are a few of my favorite European castle memories — a reminder of ...

Germany was once home to some 25,000 castles. Yes, you read that correctly, 25,000. However, according to the History of Yesterday, who dug through the European Institute of Castles data, just 60% of ...

UNESCO has expanded its World Heritage list by 26 new sites. Among them is a location in Bavaria that attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. Learn more about it at TRAVELBOOK. New Sites ...

ESCAPE These German Castles Are Right Out of a Fairy Tale We are all sick of looking at the same four walls. So, from the archives of The Wall Street Journal's Mansion section, we visit some luxurious ...