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PublisherSchiffer Publishing, The Limited

ISBN-100764366718

ISBN-139780764366710

eBay Product ID (ePID)26059346728

Product Key Features

Book TitleAt Home with Royalty : Europe&Apos;S Historic Castle Hotels

Number of Pages264 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicSubjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial, Europe / General, Food, Lodging & Transportation / Hotels, Inns & Hostels

GenreTravel, Photography

AuthorSchiffer Schiffer Publishing

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight49.7 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width9 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisA magnificent visual tour of accommodations, architecture, history, and gastronomy at 91 currently operating European castle hotels. Also included are visit itinerary suggestions and URLs of hotel websites that offer currently active stay booking., Who hasn't dreamed of spending a night in a castle? A heavenly bed, creaking floorboards, silk wallpaper, glittering chandeliers, expansive grounds, and, for good measure, discreet service, fulfilling wishes before you have said a word. Anyone looking for a bit of luxury treatment will find the perfect opportunity in one of Europe's many historic castles: numerous ones have been converted into excellent hotels, where guests are considered royalty. This book transports you to elegant lords' homes and extensive vineyards, offering a glimpse behind medieval walls and into baroque staterooms. Its pages are sumptuously filled with nearly 500 magnificent images, castle hotel-booking information, historical and cultural anecdotes, hotel gastronomy overviews, and more. Travel to historic country estates with walls that tell stories of times when these were homes for high nobility and where guests can still feel like royalty today. Features castle hotels in: * Sweden * The United Kingdom * Ireland * The Netherlands * France * Germany * Austria * Switzerland * Poland * Slovenia * Italy * Spain * Portugal * Croatia * Greece * Malta, This book, with almost 500 magnificent photos, transports you to elegant lords' homes and extensive vineyards, offering a glimpse behind medieval walls and into baroque staterooms. Travel to historic European country estates with walls that tell stories of times when these were homes for high nobility and where guests can still feel like royalty today. Silk wallpaper and oiled wooden floorboards, heavy carpets and alabaster fittings, glittering chandeliers and inviting four-poster beds--in the most-beautiful castle hotels in Europe, you will still find the amenities enjoyed by aristocratic guests of yesteryear. Since then, these estates have been adapted to become everything from temples of fine food and wellness oases, to relaxed country retreats, to trendy city hotels. Pages include notes on accommodations, architecture, history, and gastronomy at 91 currently operating European castle hotels. Also included are visit itinerary suggestions and URLs of hotel websites that offer currently active stay booking. Features castle hotels in: * Sweden * The United Kingdom * Ireland * The Netherlands * France * Germany * Austria * Switzerland * Poland * Slovenia * Italy * Spain * Portugal * Croatia * Greece * Malta, This book, with almost 500 magnificent photos, transports you to elegant lords' homes and extensive vineyards, offering a glimpse behind medieval walls and into baroque staterooms. Travel to historic European country estates with walls that tell stories of times when these were homes for high nobility and where guests can still feel like royalty today. Silk wallpaper and oiled wooden floorboards, heavy carpets and alabaster fittings, glittering chandeliers and inviting four-poster beds--in the most-beautiful castle hotels in Europe, you will still find the amenities enjoyed by aristocratic guests of yesteryear. Since then, these estates have been adapted to become everything from temples of fine food and wellness oases, to relaxed country retreats, to trendy city hotels. Pages include notes on accommodations, architecture, history, and gastronomy at 91 currently operating European castle hotels. Also included are visit itinerary suggestions and URLs of hotel websites that offer currently active stay booking. Features castle hotels in: - Sweden - The United Kingdom - Ireland - The Netherlands - France - Germany - Austria - Switzerland - Poland - Slovenia - Italy - Spain - Portugal - Croatia - Greece - Malta