Castles

[Orson]

Fort de la Latte, Brittany:



Laugharne Castle, South Wales

[Sport-Touring]

[Ralf]

Nice to see this old thread revived   The weather in Germany is pretty inclement at the moment, so no current pictures, but here a couple of older ones...

Castle Hellenstein in Heidenheim


Use to live about 50 meters aways from this small castle in Deufringen


This is castle Solitude on the outskirts of Stuttgart

[yotes65]

From a Trip to Spain in March 2010, the Manzanares El Real Castle

[dtor]

[FJR-UK]

Good one! I hope they got a crenelation permit for that?...

 

[Orson]

My sucky picture of Eilean Donan Castle. Not as nice as the Eilean Donan pictures on the previous page but, bonus points for Guzzi content  

[dtor]

Good one! I hope they got a crenelation permit for that?...

 

Absolutely. And, it's the only castle so far where boiling oil is still handy.

[sweeney todd]

Larochette in Luxembourg from last year's tour on the old Bugly;

[FJR-UK]

Heidelberg Castle overlooking the Old Bridge (2003).

I worked in Heidelberg for 2.5 years and walked across this bridge to work each day. I recommend Heidelberg for a visit. It is very popular with tourists, yet still a proper, working German university town. Interesting places nearby to visit and a beautiful location in the Neckar Valley. Excellent restaurants and brew pubs.

[notarian]

Heidelberg Castle overlooking the Old Bridge (2003).

I worked in Heidelberg for 2.5 years and walked across this bridge to work each day. I recommend Heidelberg for a visit. It is very popular with tourists, yet still a proper, working German university town. Interesting places nearby to visit and a beautiful location in the Neckar Valley. Excellent restaurants and brew pubs.

What a brilliant town. Stunning.

[Orson]

Staying in Germany...Cochem on the Mosel River

[Ralf]

Castle Hochosterwitz in Kärnten, Austria yesterday



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochosterwitz_Castle

[Papa Lazarou]

Caernafon, North Wales. Excuse the thumb.


Beaumaris, Anglesey-possibly the most technically advanced (and expensive) castle ever built:

[bubba zanetti]

Fort de la Latte, Brittany:

Famous also for being used as Aella's Castle in the final scenes of the Kirk Douglas epic ... "The Vikings"

[Orson]

Famous also for being used as Aella's Castle in the final scenes of the Kirk Douglas epic ... "The Vikings"

 

That's how I learned about it   I saw the movie then looked up the location on IMD

[zzrwood]

Here's the story - our first time on a motorcycle in Europe (2007 - shipped our bike from Australia).  We had pre-booked a hotel room for one of our first nights (early May) in the town of Bouillon in the Ardennes.

The room was old, but comfortable enough, and this was the view out the window in the afternoon:



and then when it got dark:



Bloody magical!

Cheers from Oz

[throttlemeister]

Bratislava Castle, Hungary


Castle Dracula, Romania


Unknown castle, Croatia


Castle Bourscheid, Luxembourg


Toll Castle, Germany


Castle Cochem, Germany

[Daniel Kalal]

Cilgerran Castle (Wales)


Forte di Bard in the Valle d'Aosta, Italy

[Papa Lazarou]

Cilgerran Castle (Wales)

Feck me-a late Welsh castle actually built by the Welsh! A friend of mine did the archaelogical dig on Cilgerran. Fascinating place.

[DrD]

Dilapidated castle north of Florence, IT (as opposed to Florence, SC)