Château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard is a romantic medieval castle at the beautiful lake of Annecy, which Walt Disney took as an example for the castle in his "Sleeping ... read more
Castle Forchtenstein has always housed the collection of the Esterházy family treasures, which can still be seen here today. read more
Esterházy Palace is, for more than three hundred years, the principal residence and administration centre of the Esterházy family. The public can visite a number ... read more
Castle Güssing is already in the Batthyány family for over 500 years. Presently it is owned by the family foundation, the Prince Philipp Batthyány-Strattmann ... read more
Trazberg Castle, an impressive romantic Renaissance castle and former Fugger estate, is still in private hands and used as family residence by the Counts of ... read more
Clam Castle (Burg Clam) dates from the 12th century and is privately owned for over 550 year by the Counts von Clam. It is open for the public as a museum, B&B, and ... read more
The Kaiservilla, Bad Ischl, surrounded by a beautiful park, is the former summer residence of Emperor Franz Josef I and presently still owned and inhabited by his ... read more
Castle Moosham, today private residence and museum, was first documented in a 1191. Its history is closely linked with the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg but fell into ... read more
Castle Hochosterwitz, first mentioned in 860, is considered to be one of Austria's most impressive medieval castles. Since 1541 in the hands of the Princely ... read more
Castle Kreuzenstein (Burg Kreuzenstein) is a family residence and museum of the Counts of Wilczek. Its reconstruction began in 1874 by Count Johann Nepomuk Wilczek, the ... read more
Rohrau Castle, surrounded by a romantic landscape garden is housing one of Austrian's largest private collection of paintings from Italy, Spain and the ... read more
Castle Arstetten, housing the Archduke Franz Ferdinand Museum, is still in the family of the descendants from the Archduke and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, who ... read more
Château de Coppet is the only private "Vaudois" castle still inhabited, and open to the public. It is famous for having been the residence of the fascinating ... read more
Museum Castle Waldegg reflect historical aristocratic life in the Solothurn area. Closely linked to the von Besenval family, it is now in the hands of the Waldegg Castle ... read more
Castle Tarasp, dating back to the 11th century, belonged until 1803 to Austria. In the year 1900, the inventor of the mouthwash Odol, Karl August Lingner, acquired it ... read more
LobkowIcz Palace, dating back to the 16th century, has been returned into the hands of its original family, together with its stunning art collections. It is not only a ... read more
Nelahozeves Castle, dating back to 1352, has been restituted to its original family in 1993 and is open to the public. It houses part of the stunning Lobkowicz Collections ... read more
Roudnice Castle, a 250-room Baroque castle, has been returned into the hands of the Lobkowics family and open to the public. It is also home to the Lobkowicz Roudnice ... read more
Cesky Sternberk Castle dates back to 1241 and is since 1992 in the hands of the Counts von Sternberg again. It is open to the public, with 15 richly appointed rooms ... read more
Castolovice Castle, dating back to the 13th century and in the Sternberg family since 1694, got restituted in 1992 to Diana Phipps Sternberg. A well known interior ... read more