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Centuries-old castles, some in ruins and some refurbished, dot the landscape in a number of German regions, but all beckon visitors.

Cadolzburg Castle near Nürnberg in southern Germany is a compact and attractive castle from which the Hohenzollerns governed Franconia in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Hambach Castle in Neustadt/Weinstraße (Palatinate) is known for the Hambach Festival (1832) when German and French people gathered to demand unity and democratic reforms

Medieval Wartburg, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is one of Europe's most visited historic sights. It inspired Wagner's Tannhäuser and an iconic East German automobile.

The Palatinate Forest with its bizarre rock formations is a hiker's paradise and has countless medieval castles. Altdahn and Berwartstein are among the most impressive.

Castle Trifels, where replicas of the Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation are shown, is a top tourist destination in the Pfalz (Palatinate).

An exhibit honoring the 800th anniversary of the birth of St. Elizabeth of Thuringia will be held at Wartburg Castle near Eisenach, Germany in 2007.

Romantic, medieval Burg Eltz Castle near Koblenz in Germany is open daily during the summer season. Tickets for the treasury and guided tours are sold at the fortress.

The economic and cultural center of the metropolitan Rhine-Neckar region was built according to the blueprint of an ideal renaissance town, divided into squares.

Schloss Moritzburg Palace and Meißen (porcelain, old town, Albrechtsburg Castle) are easy day trips by bus, S-Bahn, or steam train from Dresden in Saxony, Germany.

Discount passes for trains, buses, and steamboats allow for cheap day trips from Dresden in Germany to the Saxon Switzerland National Park and to see porcelain in Meißen.

Germany's largest fortress, Festung Königstein, towers over the Elbe Valley in the Saxon Switzerland area. It is a popular day trip by S-Bahn train from nearby Dresden.

Quedlinburg which was founded in the 9th century and is famous for its timber-framed townscape, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994.

Baroque Schloss Moritzburg Castle, the hunting palace of the kings of Saxony, is a popular day-trip destination from Dresden in Germany.

Nature, rock climbing, hiking, cycling, canoeing, and cultural sights are popular in Saxon Switzerland (Sächsische Schweiz) in the Elbe Valley near Dresden in Germany.

The best sights in Moritzburg near Dresden in Saxony, Germany include the Schloss, Pheasant Castle (Fasanenschlößchen), palace gardens, and Käthe Kollwitz memorial site.

Burg Eltz, near Koblenz at the confluence of the Mosel and Rhine Rivers, is one of the most romantic medieval castles in Germany and all of Europe.

Over 70 historic castles and endless romantic medieval towns can be seen on the Castles Road (Burgenstraße) between Mannheim in Germany and Prague in the Czech Republic.

Transportation to romantic, medieval Burg Eltz Castle in Germany is possible by train and boat from Koblenz or by car as a day trip from Frankfurt, Mainz, or Cologne.

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Rhine River boat cruises can add the Moselle, Main, and Danube Rivers in Germany to extend popular multiple-day cruise routings to many top European holiday destinations.

Duwisib Castle in the southern part of Namibia is a popular tourist attraction and thousands of visitors walk in the corridors of the castle to take a step back in time.