Fairytale Castles Around the World

Bran castle, Translyvania Romania (the famous Dracula castle)

Peles castle, Sinaia Romania

What makes castle so intriguing to most people?

Perhaps, it is always associated with prince and princess living happily ever after in fairytales.

Perhaps, it is the grandeur.

Or perhaps, it is the symbol for most ancient cities.

Of all the castle I have visited before, Neuschwanstein remains my favourite and the most fairytale like castle. No wonder even Disney 'borrowed' the idea of their theme parks castle from this one.

Some of the famous castles from the places I visited so far..

Hmm.. I shall write another one of palaces next time.

Linlithgow castle, Scotland (birthplace of Queen of Mary Scots)

Edinburgh castle, Scotland

Alnwick castle, England (one of the famous Hogwarts filming location)

Kronborg castle, Denmark (the setting for Hamlet)

Frederiksberg castle, Copenhagen Denmark

Segovia alcazar, Spain (one of the Disney's castle inspiration)

Cordoba alcazar, Spain

Seville alcazar, Spain

Palais of Pena, Portugal (not exactly a castle)

Prague castle, Prague

Neuschwanstein castle, Germany (the famous castle of them all)

Wawel castle, Krakow Poland

Reflection

One of my favourite 'must shoot' scenary would be reflections.

Reflections could be from the water (which are most of my photos), glass, mirrors, etc.

What so special of photographing a mirror image of a subject? Just check out the photos and see.

The photo which started it all
Florence, Italy 2008

And also from this
Zaans Schans, Holland 2008


Versallies Palace, France 2008


Stockholm, Sweden 2009


Nile river sunrise, Egypt 2009


The Parliament at Bern, Swiss 2009


townhall at Basel, Swiss 2009


Pamukkale, Turkey 2009


Copenhagen, Denmark 2009


View of the Frederiskborg Castle, Denmark 2009


Nyhavn at Copenhagen, Denmark 2009


Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2010


Inside the Alcazar garden
Seville, Spain 2009


Alhambra, Granada Spain 2009


And of course my most famous picture
Lake Titicaca, Peru 2009


Yosemite National Park, USA 2007


During the highland tour, Scotland 2008


View from my safari lodge
Kruger Park, South Africa 2010


Kruger Safari, South Africa 2010


Swaziland 2010


View from the cable car
Lantau Island, Hong Kong 2010


Wan Chai harbour, Hong Kong 2010


Storm, my cousin's dog
CNY 2011

Copenhagen, Denmark (17-20 April 2009)

Nyhavn

A weekend hopover trip to Copenhagen when my final exam is just a week away. Travelling is too tempting to forgo especially after I gotten my DSLR which is my dream toy, Canon EOS 450D. Plus I told myself that I would spend only 30% on studying and the rest for travelling..so even if it's final exam in a week's time, I couldn't pass this opportunity to travel to my second Scandinavian country.

  Nyhavn at sunset

 
From young, I only know Denmark is famous for two things, Danish puffs and cookies plus Legoland.

But in fact, Denmark has her own share of tale. The little mermaid made famous by Disney was in fact originated from Copenhagen with a twist to the story. There was no happy ever after, only sad and what left was a mermaid longing for her prince.

the town

 

The Little Mermaid waiting by the stone for her death

 

The Palace in the town

We visited the botanic garden as well a day trips to all the castles in Hillerod (Frederiksborg castle) as well as the famous Kronborg castle, the setting for Shakespere Hamlet.

The Botanic garden

 

 Federiskberg castle

 

 

                                                                         Kronborg castle