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Fairytale Castles of Europe

The castles that look like they were drawn for a storybook — turrets on mountain crags, a palace painted like a sunset, and an abbey rising from the sea.

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Neuschwanstein Castle

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Pena Palace, Sintra

3

Mont-Saint-Michel

4

Château de Chambord

5

Hohenzollern Castle

6

Burg Eltz

7

Predjama Castle

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Some castles were built for war; these were built for wonder. Spread across Europe from the Bavarian Alps to a Portuguese hilltop, each one looks like it escaped from the pages of a fairy tale — and several actually inspired them. Mad kings, cliff-top keeps, drawbridges over chasms and a fortress that vanishes at high tide. Pack a sense of the impossible.