Portugal - Fine port, fresh seafood gastronomy and Manueline architecture – all this and more can be found in some of the ...

Today its barns are hotels, its livestock are tourists, and Rothenburg is well on its way to becoming a medieval theme park. But Rothenburg is still Germany’s best-preserved walled town.

MailOnline Travel has selected pictures of some of the world's most breathtaking walled cities and towns to inspire you to book your next historic holiday. These spectacular walled communities ...

The Codice Santini contains a series of engineering and military machines, documenting the interest in mathematical and scientific disciplines in Urbino during the Renaissance.

Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 The Hanseatic Town of Visby is a unique example of a northern European medieval walled trading town with a preserved and notably complete ...

From slow-paced fishing villages, medieval walled towns, to sprawling natural spas on the lake, the northern Italian region of Lombardy is immersed in history and culture. Less flaunted to ...

Stari Grad, the Old Town, is situated on a rocky peninsula at the southern end of Budva Field. It is encircled by stone walls. The fortifications are typical of the Medieval walled cities of the ...

Located at the northern tip of Snowdonia National Park, less than two hours by car from Manchester, the medieval walled town is home to one the most-impressive fortifications in the UK - Conwy Castle.

Built by the Moors in a defensive position at the heart of the Caliphate of Cordoba, Cuenca is an unusually well-preserved medieval fortified city. Conquered by the Castilians in the 12th century, it ...

A walking tour of Trogir comes highly recommended. This pleasingly bucolic Medieval walled-town throngs with local history – here you’ll find fantastic architectural examples of Hungarian ...

The resort is situated in the medieval walled town of Evora, one of Portugal's architectural gems that has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. Tracing its origins to an apparition of the ...

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At ...