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nytraveler Aug 14th, 2013 12:25 PM

How many castles have you been to?
 
One of the features on the Fodor's landing page is about famous/wonderful/unique castles all over europe.

I've done 13 of them - among a lot of other castles across europe. How about you?

Some are very famous and most/many people will have been to them ( Versailles, Neuschwanstein) but some are quite remote/obscure.

PalenQ Aug 14th, 2013 12:27 PM

so where do I find this list of castles? I'm sure I've been to most out of thousands I have seen - what list?

iris1745 Aug 14th, 2013 12:40 PM

Easy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Europe

Christina Aug 14th, 2013 12:48 PM

It's the Editors Picks section on the homepage

http://www.fodors.com/news/photos/25...stles#!1-intro

I've been to 3 of them.

iris1745 Aug 14th, 2013 12:58 PM

Only 14 of the Editor's Picks

MmePerdu Aug 14th, 2013 01:00 PM

Alas, only 5. And 1 more from the outside only.

twk Aug 14th, 2013 01:02 PM

Of the 25 on Fodor's list:

Castlenaud
Beynac
Eilean Donan
Versailles

Fra_Diavolo Aug 14th, 2013 01:05 PM

Only six of the picks, but many others.

We favor castles built for fighting, preferably in ruins, over girly dress-up palaces.

MaineGG Aug 14th, 2013 01:07 PM

Seen 12 - Inside visits 8

StCirq Aug 14th, 2013 01:18 PM

The forward (and back) arrows on that site aren't working for me at all! It's stuck on Karlsteijn.

Leely2 Aug 14th, 2013 01:29 PM

I've been to five on that list. I'm kinda castled-out after my last trip. I think I'll skip castles for a year or so.

trotters Aug 14th, 2013 01:45 PM

We've been to 13 of the editors' picks, and many, many others that aren't on the list.

Christina Aug 14th, 2013 01:47 PM

SQ, you can try this, it resolves to the same thing. May be your browser or device

http://www.fodors.com/news/photos/25...ropean-castles

mr_go Aug 14th, 2013 01:54 PM

Only 9 of those for me. Countless others not on the list, of course.

StCirq Aug 14th, 2013 02:04 PM

Thanks, Christina. That didn't work, either, but I switched to Internet Explorer and it did.

I've been to 12. Obviously I haven't spent much time in the UK.

Padraig Aug 14th, 2013 02:08 PM

What a list!

Mont St Michel is an abbey, not a castle; whatever about the gardens, the chateau at Villandry is nothing out of the ordinary; I find it difficult to see Blarney castle as "awe-inspiring".

There also seems to be a difficulty in distinguishing between a palace and a castle.

janisj Aug 14th, 2013 02:15 PM

Not all are castles - several are palaces and at least one is an Abbey . .

But if the list I've visited 17.

Underhill Aug 14th, 2013 03:07 PM

Versailles is a palace, not a castle. Castles are fortified.

Dukey1 Aug 14th, 2013 04:22 PM

Villandry is a great big house

irishface Aug 14th, 2013 04:34 PM

11 of the editor's picks.
Italy 2
Austria 2
Croatia 3
Slovenia 3
France 3
Belgium 6
Netherlands 2
Denmark 2
Scotland 6
England 22
Wales 14
Ireland 13


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