6 May 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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The 100 Castles Route is a
cycling route in
Münsterland ,
North Rhine-Westphalia ,
Germany . The approximately 960 km long route winds its way largely away from main roads, following flat cycle paths from
castles to
moated castles ,
stately homes and
farmsteads , castle parks and cottage gardens, monasteries and churches. In total, around 100 buildings are located along or near the route.
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3 April 2026 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction. Founded in 1670 as a
physic garden to grow medicinal plants, today it occupies four sites across Scotland –
Edinburgh ,
Dawyck ,
Logan and
Benmore – each with its own specialist collection. The RBGE’s living collection consists of more than 13,302 plant species (34,422 accessions), whilst the
herbarium contains in excess of 3 million preserved specimens.
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14 March 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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The Butchart Gardens is a floral display
garden in
Brentwood Bay ,
British Columbia ,
Canada , located near
Victoria on
Vancouver Island . The gardens receive over a million visitors each year. The gardens have been designated a
National Historic Site of Canada .
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11 March 2026 | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , UNESCO World Heritage
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In
garden design , Persian garden or Iranian garden is a style of “
landscape ”
garden which emerged in the
Achaemenid Empire . Nine historical gardens, all of them in
Iran , have been inscribed in
UNESCO ‘s
World Heritage Sites as
The Persian Garden since 2011.
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27 February 2026 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Category: General , London , Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , Sport
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The social season, or Season, refers to the traditional annual period in the spring and summer when it is customary for members of the
social elite to hold
balls ,
dinner parties and
charity events. Until the
First World War , it was also the appropriate time to reside in the city (generally meaning
London in
Great Britain and
Dublin in
Ireland ) rather than in the country in order to attend such events.
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21 February 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Herrenhausen Palace (German: Schloss Herrenhausen) is a former royal summer residence of the
House of Hanover in the
Herrenhausen district of the German city of
Hanover . It is the centrepiece of
Herrenhausen Gardens .
Sophia of Hanover oversaw the development of the estate in the late 1600s.
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12 February 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Alden Biesen is a 16th-century castle in the small village of
Rijkhoven , municipality of
Bilzen ,
province of Limburg ,
Flemish Region ,
Belgium . In addition to the moated castle, the complex contains a church and gardens.
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20 November 2025 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Kirstenbosch is a
botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of
Table Mountain in
Cape Town . The garden is one of 10
National Botanical Gardens covering five of
South Africa ‘s six different
biomes and administered by the
South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Prior to 1 September 2004, the institute was known as the National Botanical Institute.
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23 October 2025 | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten | Category: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Al Masmak Palace (
Arabic : Qaṣr al-Maṣmak), also called the Masmak Fortress or Masmak Fort, is a historic
clay and
mudbrick fort in the
ad-Dirah neighborhood of
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia , located in close proximity to the
al-Hukm Palace in the
Qasr al-Hukm District . Commissioned in 1865 by
Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud , it was completed in 1895 following the takeover of the
town by the
Rashidi dynasty . The fortress was the main theatre for the
Battle of Riyadh in 1902, which marked the prelude to the
unification of Saudi Arabia . It was opened to the general public in 1995 after its conversion into a museum. The Masmak can be divided into six distinct parts: the gate, the mosque, the
majlis , the well, the towers and the courtyard.
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