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🏰 Castle hotels

Castles that take guests: portcullises, royal visits in the guest book, and 900 years of other people's drama in the walls.

Castle hotels

Amberley Castle

Amberley · West Sussex · United Kingdom

A 900-year-old fortified castle in the South Downs whose portcullis still drops at night behind the guests.

Castle hotels

Ashford Castle

Cong · County Mayo · Ireland

A castle founded in 1228 on the shore of Lough Corrib, once the Guinness family estate, now one of Ireland's landmark hotels.

Castle hotels

Fairmont Banff Springs

Banff · Alberta · Canada

The 'Castle in the Rockies': a baronial railway hotel opened in 1888 above the Bow Falls in Banff National Park.

Castle hotels

Fairmont Le Château Frontenac

Quebec City · Quebec · Canada

The castle-hotel above Old Quebec, opened in 1893 and often called the most photographed hotel in the world.

Castle hotels

Inverlochy Castle Hotel

Fort William · Scottish Highlands · United Kingdom

A 19th-century baronial mansion in the foothills of Ben Nevis, where Queen Victoria stayed in 1873.

Castle hotels

Thornbury Castle

Thornbury · Gloucestershire · United Kingdom

A Tudor castle where Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn stayed in 1535; the only Tudor castle in England operating as a hotel.