More than 25,000 castles crown the hills of Germany, so it can be difficult to ... schedules or close entirely in the winter. (Getty Images)| Princess fantasies come to life at Neuschwanstein ...

Germany's southern Bavaria region might be your ideal holiday destination - because as these eye-catching pictures show ... This directory of dreamy castles includes a 'hulking fortress ...

Turret-ly in love with castles? Germany's southern Bavaria region might be your ideal holiday destination - because as these eye-catching pictures show, it's festooned with fairytale-like citadels ...

Eltz Castle stands as a living monument to medieval history, set against the stunning backdrop of Germany's Moselle Valley ...

a moated castle which has been home to generations of German royalty and aristocracy, an hour and a half's drive northwest of Berlin. Getty Images As the musicians, some of whom are as young as 17 ...

The first images I saw of Corvin Castle, a few years ago ... my research and then I scouted some along the Baltic coast in Germany. There are some amazing towns there. The problem for us was ...

so you can't take pictures inside, but you can learn its interesting history during the tour. Neuschwanstein is perhaps the most famous German castle — it even inspired Sleeping Beauty Castle at ...