I’m not really searching these places out, but there are a lot of castles throughout Europe to stumble across while just riding around. Some of you must have others?
You might recognize at least some of these:
In the movie “Monte Python and the Holy Grail”, the castle that is named… “He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the Castle of Aaauuuggghhh...”
In that same Monte Python movie, a different castle from which our heroes are taunted by a very rude French soldier.
The castle climbed by Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood in the movie “Where Eagles Dare.”
The castle where Count Dracula once lived.
Bardi Castle (Bardi, Italy)
Carlow Castle (Carlow, Ireland)
Castello Sforzesco (Milano, Italy)
Castle Stalker (Loch Linnhe, Scotland)
Castlefranco (Castelfranco Veneto, Italy)
Celorico da Beira Castle (Celorico da Beira, Portugal)
Cilgerran Castle (Cardigan, Wales)
Corgarff Castle (Aberdeenshire, Scotland)
Craigievar Castle (Aberdeenshire, Scotland)
Czorsztyn Castle (Czorsztyn, Poland)
Denbigh Castle (Denbigh, Wales)
Eilean Donan Castle (Loch Duich, Scotland)
Forte di Bard (Valle d'Aosta, Italy)
Golubac Fortress (Braničevo District, Serbia)
Gräpplang Castle (Flums, Switzerland)
Gutenberg Castle (Balzers, Liechtenstein)
Hohenwerfen Castle (Werfen, Austria)
Kellie Castle (Fife, Scotland)
Kilchurn Castle (Loch Awe, Scotland)
Kildrummy Castle (Aberdeenshire, Scotland)
Krásna Hôrka Castle (Krásnohorské Podhradie, Slovakia)
Mont Orgueil Castle (Gorey, Isle of Jersey)
Munot Castle (Schaffhausen, Switzerland)
Nehaj Fortress (Senj, Croatia)
Neu-Falkenstein Castle (Balsthal, Switzerland)
Neuschwanstein Schloss (Hohenschwangau, Bavaria)
Niedzica Castle (Niedzica, Poland)
Parcela Fort (Vivario, Corsica)
Peñafiel Castillo (Peñafiel, Spain)
Plumlov Castle (Plumlov, Czech Republic)
Poenari Castle (Mount Cetatea, Romania)
Reifenstein Castle (Freienfield, Italy)
Rocca Estense (Lugo, Italy)
Rocca Vecchia (Volterra, Italy)
Rozafa Castle (Shkodër, Albania)
Rushen Castle (Castletown, Isle of Man)
Saint-Ulrich Château (Ribeauvillé, France)
Trim Castle (Trim, Ireland)