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CWINTERS Mar 26th, 2015 12:24 PM

Does anyone know of a good resource for Castles
 
I will be visiting Amsterdam, Venice, and Belgium April 1-12. I haven't seen much talk if any regarding visits to castles. Would anyone happen to have a good resources for this?

Thank you all in advance!

hetismij2 Mar 26th, 2015 01:31 PM

have a look at www.topcastles.com.

Muiderslot is not far from Amsterdam.

sandralist Mar 26th, 2015 01:47 PM

If you are going to Venice and want to see a huge honking castle with a moat and a dungeon, then take the short train ride to Ferrara. If you would like to see a lively castle with turrets and a drawbridge, take the train to Verona.

Otherwise, here is a list of castles around Venice, but you would most likele need a car to get to them, and before you go, double check to see if they are accessible to the public. The famous ones in Ferrara and Verona are, but not always the less famous ones.

http://www.mondimedievali.net/Castelli/veneto.htm

sandralist Mar 26th, 2015 01:52 PM

Here's the castle in Ferrara

http://www.castelloestense.it/en/mul...a/photogallery

Here's the castle in Verona

http://www.lifeinitaly.com/tourism/v...vecchio-verona

neckervd Mar 26th, 2015 11:41 PM

Will you fly? If you travel by train, you will bypass hundreds of well preserved castles open for visits.

CWINTERS Mar 27th, 2015 08:51 AM

Thank You everyone. I will most definitely check those out!

Yes neck, we are flying from Amsterdam to Venice. I will be taking the train to Belgium though.


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