HD Video Tour Budapest, Hungary – Castle Hill with Rick Steves
Tour Budapest in HD Here is an HD video tour of Budapest, Hungary Castle Hill, and Chain Bridge with Rick Steves, well-known tour guide and tour guide book author. Rick takes us on an informative and professionally videoed tour of this twin city location (Buda on one side of the Danube and Pest on the […]
Continue readingPrague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic
Prague Castle is the centerpiece of tourist interest in Prague. It is believed to be the largest ancient castle in the world. It covers several centuries in its evolving size and shapes differing from most castles in that it is developed much more on the horizontal plane than vertically. The video does a good job […]
Continue readingKonopiště – Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s Castle, Czech Republic
Introduction Konopiště, the lavish residence of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir of the Habsburg throne, lies thirty miles south of Prague. While waiting his turn to become emperor, Ferdinand turned this castle into a palace with all the latest comforts, amassed one of the world’s best collections of arms and armor, and lined the walls with […]
Continue readingHD Video Tour – Sleeping Beauty Castle Sababurg, Germany
per Worldsiteguides Sleeping Beauty Castle History The Sleeping Beauty Castle or Dornröschenschloss as it’s known in German has a long history by itself. However, one cannot talk about Sleeping Beauty Castle without talking about the Brothers Grimm. The two famous German fairy tales writers Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm are the ones who created the […]
Continue readingPrague Castle and More w/ Rick Steves – HD Video Tour
IntroI’ve been fascinated by the City of Prague for the past few years and I don’t really know what got it started.It’s a beautiful city and it has a rich history.I recently happened to see a picture of the city in the springtime and it motivated me to look again into this city and see […]
Continue readingGreat Castles of the World – Windsor Castle, England
My wife, Lynn and I had the good fortune to visit Windsor Castle in the mid 1980s on a fast-paced visit to the London area following a business trip to Lausanne, Switzerland.
Continue readingHD Video Tour Bacharach, Germany’s Castles and Cozy Beds with Rick Steves
Rick Steves is the premier authority on touring throughout Europe. Rick has written tour guidebooks, takes tour groups throughout the region and appears on PBS regularly in Rick Steves’ Europe. In this video, Rick takes a nostalgic walking tour with a local guide and recalls some of the histories of this picturesque town […]
Continue readingChateau de Versailles, Versailles, France – Great Castles of the World
The Chateau de Versailles is one of the most popular tourist stops in France but it has not been that way for too many years. The massive structure fell into disrepair after the French Revolution and most of the furnishings were sold off. Only since World War II has there been an ongoing major effort […]
Continue readingNeuschwanstein Castle, Hohenschwangau, Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn], English: New Swanstone Castle) is a nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as a homage to Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for […]
Continue readingMalbork Castle, Poland – Take a Video Tour
Malbork Castle excerpt from World Heritage Centre Malbork Castle is the most complete and elaborate example of the Gothic brick castle complex in the characteristic and unique style of the Teutonic Order, which evolved independently from the contemporary castles of western Europe and the Near East. The spectacular fortress represents the phenomenon of the monastic […]
Continue readingFrederiksborg Castle, Hillerod, Denmark
Background Frederiksborg Castle is sometimes known as the Versailles of Scandinavia. It was intended by its proponent, King Christian IV to be a bold and lavish symbol of the dominant position that Denmark had assumed in Scandinavia and as far south as Germany in the 17th century. Rick Steves HD Video Tour of the Castle […]
Continue readingAlcazar de Segovia, Spain Rick Steves Video Tour
Introduction From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Alcázar of Segovia (literally, Segovia Castle) is a stone fortification, located in the old city of Segovia, Spain. Rising out on a rocky crag above the confluence of the rivers Eresma and Clamores near the Guadarrama mountains, it is one of the most distinctive castle-palaces in Spain […]
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