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Germany : Heidelberg

Germany’s oldest and most famous university town is renowned for its lovely Altstadt, its plethora of pubs and its evocative half-ruined...

In the foothills of the Alps, Füssen itself is a charming town, although most visitors skip it and head straight to Schloss Neuschwanste...

Perched on a rocky hilltop and bristling with zigzag battlements, stout walls and spiky turrets, the fortified city of Carcassonne looks...

Romantic, moat-ringed Azay-le-Rideau ( www.azay-le-rideau.monuments-nationaux.fr/en ; adult/child €8.50/free ; h 9.30am-6pm Apr...

Spanning the languid Cher River via a series of supremely graceful arches, the castle of Chenonceau ( www.chenonceau.com ; adult/chi...

Thought by many to be the most perfectly proportioned château of all Cheverny ( www.chateau-cheverny.fr ; adult/child €9.50/6.50 ; ...

For full-blown château splendour, you can't top Chambord ( www.chambord.org ; adult/child €11/9, parking €4 ; h 9am-6pm Apr-...

The mast-filled port of fortified St-Malo is inextricably tied up with the deep briny blue: the town became a key harbour during the 17t...

On a rocky island opposite the coastal town of Pontorson, connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway, the sky-scraping turrets of t...