Lovat was tall, lanky, outrageously handsome and romantic, with a castle towering above the river at Beauly, near Inverness.

ECONOMIST: Bill Millin

Markus Hecher is the owner of Burg Rheinstein, a castle on a scenic stretch of the Rhine River that dates back to the 13th century.

WSJ: Castle, Sweet Castle

It's a castle that looms 150 meters above the Dordogne River.

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Cyclists wishing to reach the same village can follow the Amber Trail Greenway markings from Bernardynska Street at the foot of the Wawel Royal Castle, cycling for about 10km along the Vistula River path.

BBC: Forgotten landscapes outside Krakow

Estaing is a fairytale village of just 600 people with a castle and a 16th-century Gothic bridge over the Lot River that has been awarded Unesco World Heritage status.

BBC: A road trip through provincial France

Much of Dublin's early history is as murky as the peaty basin where the River Liffey joined the now-underground River Poddle, near the site of what is today the Dublin Castle gardens.

BBC: Dublin's Viking heritage

Downstairs is a large candlelit Valhalla, like something out of an old Bavarian castle, and the roof has a small bar and big views of the Manhattan skyline across the East River.

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