Here are five more castles in Wales that can be considered dream locations for writing retreats. We’re looking at castles in Caerphilly and Cardiff. The plus side is that not all of these castles are ruins, so there’s more to explore. 1. Caerphilly Castle Caerphilly was constructed in the 13th century as a part of...Read More

The humble little country of Wales, located at the south-eastern part of Great Britain, boasts an interesting distinction: it’s sometimes called the castle capital of the world, and for good reason. Wales has had about four-hundred castles over the course of history, with about a hundred or so of them still left standing. And castles,...Read More

We’ve been looking at a lot of real-life locations where we can hold writing retreats, but while they’re all immensely interesting, steeped in history and are extremely beautiful, a lot of places in fiction are also dream locations in that we’ve always dreamed of visiting them. Or, if not, we’ve been quite curious to find...Read More

We’ve been looking at castle hotels in Britain, Spain, and France, and perhaps it’s about time to complete the trinity of romantic countries by looking at the castle hotels that one can visit in Italy. There are a lot of beautiful castle hotels in Italy, as much, perhaps, as in Spain and France, so if you find...Read More

For a change of place – and moving out of the British isles for a while – we’ll look at some of the castles on sale in Spain, the ones which you might consider buying, if you ever decide to. We can already believe that castles fulfill a certain purpose outside of the initially perceived...Read More

We’ve been looking at beautiful places in Europe, but we haven’t yet taken a look at the nice places on the other side of the world. There’s a lot of pretty places to go to in Asia, and Japan is filled with them – picturesque and captivating all the same. Here, we’ll look at some...Read More

We’ve seen some amazing paradores before (and we’ve even listed them down in a previous post), but of course there’s more to Spain than just some beautiful historical castles-turned-hotels. In fact, like many countries in the continent, Spain is filled with a lot of breathtaking sites – both historical and not so – that are worth visiting,...Read More

When people think of romantic places, people usually think of France, but that’s not to say that the other parts of Europe are equally romantic and worth visiting. The entire continent itself, in fact, has a lot going on for it, and there are so many places worth going to – whether for fun, or...Read More

All over the world, there are a ton of places – both fictional and real – that sound like they’d be a perfect fit in your itinerary. There are, as well, a lot of places that are ideal for when you just want to go out and write. In this series of posts, we’ll be looking at...Read More

No one needs to be told that castles are amazing, or that they look like pretty cool places to live in. Maybe, at some point, you’ve dreamed of actually living – and owning – a castle, and while that sounds like something pretty unreal, you can actually realize that dream. There are a lot of...Read More