Rhineland-Palatinate has more than 500 castles, castle ruins, palaces and fortresses: Fairytale castles and as well-fortified hideouts for infamous robber-barons set on steep crags in the Moselle and Rhine valleys. As the region played an important role in German and European history in the Middle Ages today nowhere else retains such a vibrant feel of mediaeval times.

Tournaments and castle fairs recreate the atmosphere of bygone days. Music and drama are performed in opulent baroque surroundings and magnificent courtly settings.