Germany can overwhelm you with too many castles in too little time. My three favorites are the remote and beautifully preserved Burg Eltz, the ruined but powerful Rheinfels, and the 19th-century ...

I wouldn't necessarily classify myself as a castle-head, or a castlephile, or whatever the technical name is for those infatuated with fortified dwellings. But I can't deny the sway they hold over me.

Burg Eltz is my favorite castle in all of Europe. Lurking in a mysterious forest above the Mosel River, it’s furnished throughout as it was 500 years ago. Thanks to smart diplomacy and clever ...

Here are a few of my favorite European castle memories—a reminder of the fun that awaits us at the other end of this crisis. Germany can overwhelm you with too many castles […] Skip to content ...

Eltz Castle is situated on a high narrow rock surrounded by even higher hills, above the Moselle river between Koblenz and Trier in the West of Germany. To get to the castle from the nearest ...

The easiest route to Burg Eltz involves parking about a 10-minute walk away, then either hiking or taking a shuttle to the foot of a causeway that takes you across the valley floor to the castle.

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 r… ...