I think I first heard about Valkenburg last year when it was too late to organise a visit for Christmas. So this year, I was on the ball and made…
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Christmas at Castle de Haar
I wrote a piece about my first ever trip to Castle de Haar a little while ago, and in that post I mentioned that I was planning to visit the…
Accommodation, Castle Capers, Castles, Markets, Netherlands, Sights, Travel
Castle Christmas Fair at Castle Assumburg in the Netherlands
The countdown to Christmas has officially begun and what better festive activity to start planning than a visit to a Christmas market, in a castle?! Castle Christmas Fair is an…
Castle Capers, Castles, Netherlands, Sights, Travel
Castle de Haar: the Prettiest Castle in the Netherlands
While making it my mission this past summer to visit as many Dutch castles as possible I knew that Castle de Haar was probably going to be pretty spectacular. I’ve…
I’ve been visiting (and writing about) a lot of castles in the Netherlands lately, and while this one is teeechnically a palace rather than a castle, it’s still definitely worth…
Castle Capers, Castles, Netherlands, Sights, Travel
Visiting Muiderslot Castle and the Town of Muiden
When people talk about castles in the Netherlands there are usually two that get mentioned the most: Castle de Haar and Muiderslot. I’d say these two are arguably the most…
Castle Capers, Castles, Destinations, Netherlands, Sights, Travel
Fairytale Castle Duurstede in the Netherlands
As mentioned in my last castle post, this Summer I am visiting as many Dutch castles as possible! I’m calling it the Summer of castles and you can hop over…
Castle Capers, Castles, Destinations, Netherlands, Sights, Travel
The Battle for Doornenburg Castle!
The Netherlands isn’t particularly known for epic castles in the way that Germany is. But there is actually a surprising amount of castles to be found in this little country.…
Has anyone else ever wanted to visit a location because they saw it in a movie? I’d always wanted to visit Scotland anyway, but the romantic comedy “Made of Honor”…
Castle Capers, Castles, Luxembourg, Sights, Travel
3 Awesome Castles to Day-Trip to from Luxembourg City
I’ve written a few posts about our trip to Luxembourg (check them out here) and two of the things I noticed while we were there were 1) the country is…
