A cascade in Linderhof, Bavaria, Germany.
Who has not tried to replicate Versailles, the famous palace of Louis XIV, the king of France? Just look at Sanssouci, Peterhof, or Schoenbrunn to name a few. The young king of Bavaria, Ludwig II, also didn’t remain uninvolved. When he ascended the throne in 1864, at the age of 18, he immediately started to build his fairy tale castles and palaces. One of them, Linderhof, was supposed to be a new Versailles in the Bavarian Alps near the Linder River.
Budva Old Town, Montenegro.
If anybody tells you that visiting Montenegro in winter is a waste of money, don’t you believe it. We have brought in the New Year in Budva Old Town four years in a row. Of course, summer vacation in Montenegro means overcrowded beaches and noisy nightlife until dawn. Some people need it. But autumn, winter, and spring are perfect for comfortable living on the Budva Riviera and visiting other regions of Montenegro and even neighboring countries.
When you are heading to the Vatican, you can’t avoid seeing an amazing ancient bridge (foot traffic only) decorated with angel sculptures, and a mighty, brown building of original architecture near it. The Castle of the Holy Angel in the center of Rome, Italy, started its history as a mausoleum of the Roman Emperor Hadrian in 139 AD. In 250 years, it became a castle when the young and rising power, the Christian Church, started to replace pagan Roman buildings with Christian ones.
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