The boulder-ringed Trégastel retreat has a neo-Gothic castle dubbed Château de Costaérès perched atop its highest point.

Getty Images Chepstow Castle perched above the River Wye on ... Towards the end of the 19th Century interest began to rise again in castles as curiosities and in many cases - visitor attractions.

(Getty Images)| Princess fantasies come to life at Neuschwanstein, a 19th-century castle in the Bavarian Alps that Disneyland Resort used as inspiration when designing Sleeping Beauty Castle.