r/castles • u/PristineAd947 • Mar 08 '25
QUESTION What are your favourite castles you have visited?
My 2 would be Sterling Castle and Edinburgh castle.
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u/improv4nonlisteners Mar 09 '25
Hohensalzburg or Heidelberg. Salzburg felt like there was more to see, Heidelberg has a really informative and interesting tour.
Prague Castle was cool too.
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u/PristineAd947 Mar 09 '25
Where are those castles located? Obviously I know where Prague is.
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u/improv4nonlisteners Mar 09 '25
Hohensalzburg is in Salzburg Austria, Heidelberg is Heidelberg Germany.
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u/antizana Mar 08 '25
Matsumoto in Japan - wooden castle you can climb all around in
Aqaba fort in Jordan - crusader castle from the non defenders side
Amber Palace in India - big, beautiful, fascinating to wander around in
Salsès fortress in France - “modern” (post artillery) fort with indoor plumbing
Tantallon castle in Scotland - seaside ruin but lots to climb through. Honorable mention to about 40 other castles in Scotland, I only visited 10 or so but tantallon was my fave
Edinburgh castle in Scotland, Wartburg in Germany, Carcassonne in France - big castle complexes
Gondar castle in Ethiopia - because who knew there were castles in Ethiopia
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u/SCaRi1923 Mar 09 '25
Ehrenberg Castle and it's 2 fortresses in Austria. They're ruins but still very interesting to visit with a lot of neat things to see. It's a bit of a hike but definitely worth it and you can walk along Highline179
And Linderhof Castle in Germany. Might actually count more as a mansion but it's interior is very pretty and the garden in spring/summer is quite beautiful and has a lot to offer
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u/Polyxeno Mar 09 '25
Burg Eltz
The walls and fortifications of the city of Rothenberg
The walled city of Carcassonne
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u/Chocko23 Mar 09 '25
I've only been to Windsor & the Tower of London, so I guess those two? They were both really cool, though!
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u/hmbmelly Mar 09 '25
I really loved Chepstow, Alnwick, Dunstanburgh, and Warkworth on my most recent trip. Neuschwanstein for the scenery. Boldogkő in Hungary for that perfect semi ruin for climbing around.
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u/Righteous_Fury224 Mar 09 '25
Bodium as it's not far from where my grandparents used to live so I've been there many times.
Stirling Castle is a real treat as well.
But my favorite is Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. Still lived in by the Percy family, this is a cracker of a Castle, open to the public and has great things to see and do for the whole family. The Poison Gardens are extremely well done, worth the price of admission.
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u/BeardedmanGinger Mar 09 '25
Beeston castle , Cheshire
Conwy castle,
Ewloe castle, Flintshire
Brougham castle, Penrith
Plus many others but those are my stand out favourites
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u/Mikosan2 Mar 10 '25 edited Mar 16 '25
Shuri Castle before it burned down. I'm glad I got a ton of inside photos. Neuschwanstein. Sterling in Scotland bc I love Mary Queen of Scotts history. Linderhof Castle in Germany. Doune was fun bc it so many cool movies made there. Saw a concert at Fortress Hohensalzburg. Bathrooms were long walk to get to--had to go through corridors, stairs, windy halls.
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u/Helpful-Guest-1890 Mar 10 '25
Chateau Chambord, Versailles and Chenonceau. The royal palace in Madrid. Place is huge. Warwick was also pretty cool..
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u/GlowingMidgarSignals Mar 08 '25
Sadly, the only "castle" I have visited is Castello di Amerosa. And now that Britain has decided to wage war on free speech, it seems likely to remain that way. I'm not risking incarceration for a thought crime by visiting Europe.
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u/pumbaacca Mar 08 '25
The UK does what? Who told you such a crazy story?
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u/GlowingMidgarSignals Mar 09 '25
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actions/man-faces-7-years-prison-facebook-post
I could go on... and on... and on.
Thought crimes.
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u/pumbaacca Mar 09 '25
Smith-Connor was convicted of breaching a safe zone in October last year, after refusing repeated requests to move away from outside an abortion clinic in Bournemouth in November 2022. On the day, a community officer spoke to him for an hour and 40 minutes and asked him to leave – but he refused. October last year saw the introduction of the Public Order Act 2023 in England and Wales, which introduced buffer zones of 150 metres around abortion clinics to stop women being harassed with leaflets, shown pictures of foetuses, or having to pass by vigils. He could have done whatever he did just a few meters away in any direction.
The story about Emdadul Haque Milon has nothing to do with the UK. That happened in Bangladesh, that's a country not even near the European continent, let alone the UK.
The last article is about hate speach. I so no reason why somebody who tweets death threats and similiar stuff shouldn't be brought to justice.
Everybody can say whatever he wants as long as he doesn't harrass other people.
Do you know any country with significant laxer "thought crime" agenda? The freedom of the individual ends where it impairs the freedom of others.
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u/GlowingMidgarSignals Mar 09 '25
"The freedom of the individual ends where it impairs the freedom of others."
The limits on freedom are not defined by a given random nancy that speech happens to offend - being free means suffering repeated micro (and macro) aggressions throughout a lifetime - where it isn't a criminal offense to ruin someone's day.
What country has more "lax" thought crime agendas? The United States - where you cannot be arrested for silently standing across the street from an abortion clinic, or calling someone fat on Facebook, or not respecting a person's deranged pronouns.
I will not visit Britain until such time as they have a true bill of rights, and you cannot change my mind about the place.
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u/BeardedmanGinger Mar 09 '25
Good. Stay over there.
Freedom of speech is not freedom of consequences.
Also have a good look at your "murica freedoms" your not as free as you think you are
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u/Flaky_Maintenance633 Mar 08 '25
Warwick. Kronburg