Who hasnt dreamed of spending a night in a castle? A heavenly bed, creaking floorboards, silk wallpaper, glittering chandeliers, expansive grounds, and, for good measure, discreet service, fulfilling wishes before you have said a word.

Anyone looking for a bit of luxury treatment will find the perfect opportunity in one of Europes many historic castles: numerous ones have been converted into excellent hotels, where guests are considered royalty.

This book transports you to elegant lords homes and extensive vineyards, offering a glimpse behind medieval walls and into baroque staterooms. Its pages are sumptuously filled with nearly 500 magnificent images, castle hotel-booking information, historical and cultural anecdotes, hotel gastronomy overviews, and more. Travel to historic country estates with walls that tell stories of times when these were homes for high nobility and where guests can still feel like royalty today.

Features castle hotels in:
Sweden
The United Kingdom
Ireland
The Netherlands
France
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Poland
Slovenia
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Croatia
Greece
MaltaBy Katinka Holupirek and Laura JoppienJanina and Markus Meier are a Bavarian mountaineering couple. A geographer and a banker, respectively, they have been out and about in the mountains since their youth. Initially hiking, they later discovered their passion for climbing, mountaineering, and ski touring. Their love of mountains led them to become trainers at the German Alpine Club. 490 color imagesEurope’s Historic Castle Hotels490 color images