Visitors to the Rhine River valley rave about the stunning views of castles and the charming little towns surrounding them. Although the high-profile Rhine castles, such as Schloss Drachenburg and the ...

One of the first items I received after I moved to Germany two years ago was a poster of the “top 25 castles in Europe.” My itineraries for many subsequent excursions around the Continent were set ...

Cottonland Castle, modeled after a Rhine Valley castle, will once again reopen for tours starting on November 1. Owned and gut-renovated by Waco’s most famous residents, Chip and Joanna Gaines, guests ...

“Oh, look, there’s another one,” cried the woman behind me. She could not contain her excitement at seeing yet another castle perched on a hillside. The Sun Deck of the Scenic Opal proved the perfect ...

Jostling through crowds of Germans and tourists in the Rhine River village of Bacharach, I climb to the sun deck of the ferry and grab a chair. With the last passenger barely aboard, the gangplank is ...

Visiting the Rhine River Valley never gets old. It’s storybook Germany, a fairy-tale world of legends, rugged cliffs, half-timbered towns and robber-baron castles. One of Europe’s great thrills is ...