Castles & palaces

A night within centuries-old walls.

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Portugal

Bussaco Palace Hotel

A Neo-Manueline palace (1888–1907) in the Bussaco forest on the site of a Carmelite convent. A national monument and a hotel.

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Ireland

Ashford Castle

A castle from 1228 on the shore of Lough Corrib, rebuilt in the Victorian era. Once owned by the Guinness family, now a hotel.

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Istanbul, Turkey

Çırağan Palace Kempinski

The Ottoman palace of Sultan Abdülaziz (1863–1867) on the European shore of the Bosphorus, now a Kempinski hotel.

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Transylvania, Romania

Conacul Törzburg

A small manor hotel in Bran with views of Bran Castle (“Dracula's Castle”) from the rooms. An affordable option.

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Melville Castle

A three-storey Gothic castle-mansion near Dalkeith outside Edinburgh, by the River North Esk. Now a hotel.

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Normandy, France

Château de Boucéel

An 18th-century château in Normandy near Mont-Saint-Michel: guest rooms in a historic house with a 16th-century chapel.

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Banff, Canada

Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

The Canadian Pacific Railway's “château” hotel on the shore of turquoise Lake Louise in Banff National Park.

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Around Paris, France

Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay

A hotel in a former 12th-century Cistercian abbey in the Rambouillet forest, 40 km from Paris. The ruins of a Gothic church stand right in the park.

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