Eltz Castle is situated on a high narrow rock surrounded by even higher hills, above the Moselle river between Koblenz and Trier in the West of Germany. To get to the castle from the nearest parking ...

I wouldn't necessarily classify myself as a castle-head, or a castlephile, or whatever the technical name is for those infatuated with fortified dwellings. But I can't deny the sway they hold over me.

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