Best places: Castles in Kalundborg, Denmark

Elegant lakeside palace donated to the country & now housing a museum of Danish & royal history.

16th-century castle with banqueting hall & royal chambers, the model for Elsinore in Hamlet.

Turreted & moated, 16th-century castle with treetop rope course, gardens, mazes & a playground.

A royal palace dating to 1720, with stuccoed, domed hall & French Baroque gardens with sculptures.

18th-century rococo complex of palaces, with a museum & marches/displays by royal guards.

Dutch Renaissance palace & gardens, including a museum housing the crown jewels, with guided tours.

Tours of the royal palace's lavish reception rooms & stables, plus 12th-century castle remains.

Castle ruins restored to a cultural history museum, with Christian IV collection, gold & silverware.

Refined rooms & a conference center in a 17th-century Renaissance castle on lush grounds.

Preserved manor house with period furniture & guided tours detailing daily life for Danish nobility.

Small, well-preserved 18th-century palace set in a manicured garden dotted with monuments & follies.

Ornate furnishings, a decorative-arts collection & rumors of ghosts in a 16th-century moated castle.

Summer residence for royals with English-style gardens, sprawling lawns & lakes, plus art works.

Guided tours of an 18th-century Baroque royal hunting lodge, originally used for lavish banquets.

Chic rooms in a baroque 13th-century castle offering high-end dining, a bistro & parkland gardens.

👍👍 What a beautiful place. Quiet charm. Lovely grounds. Big trees that reach over in arc everywhere, ponds that reflect the sky like a perfect mirror. Peaceful beauty everywhere you look.

Early 18th-century palace in an Itlaian Baroque style with guided tours of former royal apartments.

Brick-built, waterside castle originally dating from 12th century, housing cultural history museum.

😠 Staff interactions, left much to be desired. I'm familiar with various acquaintances and family members who have organized markets and art exhibitions at the monastery. Additionally, I visited the place during my childhood, but I haven't been back since then. Recently, I accompanied some friends f...

👍 Very fun spot especially on a rainy day. Murder mystery quite fun with good humor, however clues and conversation only in Danish is limiting tourism. As in, if you don't speak Danish, you won't get it. Lovely grounds.