The life of a castle!
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Copenhague ?
The map of your stay "The life of a castle!"
Detail of the stay : The life of a castle!
How to get there - Copenhague
Copenhagen
Steps: Copenhague
Let's start with the capital, Copenhagen, which is full of sumptuous royal buildings
Amalienborg Palace is the official residence of the royal family, in rococo style.
Christianborg houses the Danish Parliament. To see: the royal salons and the medieval ruins of the castle of Bishop Absalon, founder of the city.
Places of interest : CHÂTEAU DE CHRISTIANSBORG (CHRISTIANSBORG SLOT) PALAIS D'AMALIENBORG
Copenhagen
Steps: Copenhague
Rosenborg is a Renaissance castle built under Christian IV. It houses the crown jewels and the oldest royal gardens in Denmark.
Places of interest : CHÂTEAU DE ROSENBORG (ROSENBORG SLOT)
Hillerød - Helsingør - Fredensborg
Steps: Hillerød
Frederiksborg in Hillerød is considered the Danish Versailles, a castle that is also due to Christian IV
Kronborg in Helsingør, this Renaissance castle and military fortress is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Fredensborg is the summer residence of the royal family.
Places of interest : CHÂTEAU DE KRONBORG (KRONBORG SLOT) CHÂTEAU DE FREDERIKSBORG (FREDERIKSBORG SLOT)
Bornholm
Steps: Allinge
Hammershus Fortress in Bornholm: its ruins of a castle dating from the 12th century dominate the Baltic Sea.
Places of interest : FORTERESSE DE HAMMERSHUS (HAMMERSHUS SLOTSRUIN)
Fionie
Steps: Tasinge
Egeskov Castle: this castle built on stilts in the middle of a lake was completed in the middle of the 16th century, in Kvaerndrup
Valdemar Castle, on the island of Tåsinge, is the largest private castle in Denmark, once again built in the 17th century by the king builder!
Nyborg Castle is a 12th century royal fortress, formerly a royal residence.
Places of interest : CHÂTEAU DE VALDEMAR (VALDEMARS SLOT) CHÂTEAU DE NYBORG CHÂTEAU D'EGESKOV (EGESKOV SLOT)
Jutland
Steps: Randers
Rosenholm: its Renaissance castle and baroque gardens, in Hornslet.
Gammel Estrup: a manor house whose history dates back to the 14th century, in Auning.
Clausholm is another baroque mansion famous for its beautiful gardens, in Voldum.
Places of interest : CHÂTEAU DE ROSENHOLM (ROSENHOLM SLOT) CHÂTEAU DE CLAUSHOLM (CLAUSHOLM SLOT)
