Can you stay inside a castle?

Not only can you visit amazing castles here in Scotland, but many of our castles and stately homes offer accommodation for you to stay overnight. Discover 5-star luxury Scottish castle hotels, impressive exclusive use venues, famous Scottish castles, bed and breakfast rooms and even castle side campsites.



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In most castles of a modest size you can use and live in all the rooms, with plenty of room for guests too. However, some larger estates might open up parts of the castle to day visitors or tours, either to help with finances or for the sheer love of sharing history.

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The answer: it depends. French listing site Le Figaro has hundreds of castles for sale at prices ranging from $300,000 to nearly $30 million. The price of your dream castle will vary based on location and, of course, size. Depending on how recently built and upgraded the castle is, it may cost a lot more or a lot less.

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11 European Castles You Can Actually Sleep In
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  • Hotel Schoenburg, Germany. ...
  • Parador de Oropesa, Spain.


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Many of these national treasures now offer accommodation, from bed and breakfast to fully fledged hotels… some even offer self catering so you can be your own lord or lady of the manor.

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At the time of Chr tien de Troyes, the rooms where the lord of a castle, his family and his knights lived and ate and slept were in the Keep (called the Donjon), the rectangular tower inside the walls of a castle. This was meant to be the strongest and safest place.

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The Tower of London is the most secure castle in the UK. This mediaeval fortress has served as a royal palace, prison, execution ground, and military stronghold.

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For a castle wedding venue in Essex, Hedingham Castle is the perfect location. Home to a Norman Castle, Georgian Mansion House and plenty of grounds, this venue really has it all. Ceremonies in the Banqueting Hall are truly remarkable, as you say I Do beneath Northern Europe's largest free-standing arch.

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Hermit's Castle is the smallest castle in Europe. In fact it may be the smallest castle in the world. Measuring less than 10m squared in area, the castle was built in the 1950s.

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Bed Chambers The room in the castle called the Lords and Ladies Chamber, or the Great Chamber, was intended for use as a bedroom and used by the lord and lady of the castle - it also afforded some privacy for the noble family of the castle.

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Nowadays, Scottish castles are mostly used as tourist attractions or museums. Famous castles like Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle are visited by people from all over the world. Some castles are still lived in, like Inveraray Castle which belongs to Clan Campbell.

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