Madrid museums & culture

Museums & culture

9 in-depth guides to planning your Madrid trip — neighbourhoods, food, day trips, seasons and where to stay. Browse everything or jump to a theme.

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Luxembourg City Fortifications and Old Quarters (UNESCO)

A UNESCO-listed maze of ramparts, casemates and cliff-top lanes wrapped around the medieval capital.

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Bock Casemates

A 17 km network of cannon galleries drilled through the cliff that once made Luxembourg the Gibraltar of the North.

12 min read
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Grand Ducal Palace

The Flemish Renaissance city residence of the Grand Duke, open to visitors only for six weeks a summer.

11.5 min read
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Vianden Castle

Victor Hugo's favourite fortress, a fairytale silhouette of towers and gables on a ridge above the Our.

23 min read
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Bourscheid Castle

The largest castle in Luxembourg, sprawling across a ridge 150 m above three river valleys.

1.52 min read
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Beaufort Castle

Twin castles side by side — a 12th-century medieval ruin and an intact Renaissance chateau — in the Little Switzerland forest.

2 min read
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Clervaux Castle

A whitewashed 12th-century castle housing Edward Steichen's world-famous Family of Man photo exhibition.

2 min read
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Larochette Castle

Two ruined manor houses stacked on a sandstone cliff, a quiet stop between Luxembourg City and Mullerthal.

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Notre-Dame Cathedral of Luxembourg

Late-Gothic cathedral with an ornate Renaissance portal and the crypt tombs of the Grand Ducal family.

45 min read
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