Prince Borivoj of the Premyslid Dynasty (probably) started building Prague Castle in AD 880, and over the centuries various ...

When Lonely Planet positioned Lithuania in the number-two spot of its Best in Travel in 2025, before Fiji, Laos and Kazakhstan, it roused surprise, curiosity and thrill. Bordered by Latvia, Poland, ...

The Eltz Castle is commonly known as Burg Eltz, Burg being the translation for “castle” in German. The first written evidence ...

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At that time, the town still fed a few farm animals within its medieval walls ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 17th-century military camp in Germany. Some of the findings ...

Benedict III’s reign as Catholic Pope ends with his death 1397: Geoffrey Chaucer tells the “Canterbury Tales” for the ...

Repurposed from a previous life as a mid-range all-inclusive into a Marriott Luxury Collection resort, the adults-only Almare ...

A facsimile of the 17th-century Dutch documents that Charles Gehring ... language that bore little resemblance to modern Dutch or German. Gehring was mesmerized by the history he held in his ...

Monreal, located in the beautiful Eifel region of Germany, offers visitors a glimpse of authentic charm with its ...

Nestled in the scenic Volcanic Eifel region, Monreal is a captivating town in Germany, renowned for its beautiful half-timbered houses and medieval castles. Located just 7 kilometers from Mayen, ...

Pressed up against the German border, along the Rhine, the region flip-flopped between Germany and France for centuries. (The ...