A stay at a Bed & Breakfast is the perfect vacation getaway, each offers an individualized blend of hospitality and comfort to fulfill all your vacation desires. There are some, however, that stand apart from the crowd and treat their guests to a one-of-a-kind, and truly memorable experience. Castle Bed & Breakfasts are the epitomity of luxury accommodations where guests are not only treated like kings and queens but live like them.

Ballynahinch Castle - Connemara, County Galway, Ireland
This 4-star getaway sits on 450 acres nestled between woodlands, rivers and walks in the breathtaking Irish countryside. Ballynahinch overlooks the famous Ballynahinch Salmon River known as one of the finest salmon and sea trout rivers in the World. Featuring 40 rooms with private baths, guests are surrounded by luxury accommodations designed to reflect "casual country elegance". Ballynahinch Castle offers a Winter Package that includes 2 nights stay and an exquisite dinner in the Owenmore Restaurant on the castle grounds.
To witness this historic gem and learn more about their Winter Package, please visit: www.ballynahinch-castle.com

Thornbury Castle - Thornbury, South Gloucester, U.K.
Rest your head in the Duke's Bedchamber, the same room where Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn slept, walk the halls that were once home to Princess Mary, who went on to become Queen Mary I. Bring your parasol along for a stroll through the Privy and Goodly Gardens, the oldest Tudor gardens in England. The Thornbury Castle is host to 26 opulent and well-appointed bedchambers most of which feature working fireplaces to add that flame to chilly winter nights. For those looking to live like true royalty, the Thornbury Castle offers a Luxury Breakaway. Stay two nights (or more) in the comfort of a deluxe room or deluxe suite and enjoy champagne in your room upon arrival and a full English breakfast each morning. Give yourself to the "royal" treatment with a trip to the Thornbury Castle. www.thornburycastle.co.uk/default.asp

Thornewood Castle - Lakewood, Washington
This castle may be situated on American Lake in Washington but the entire structure originated in England. Chester Thorne shipped the structure brick by brick to the U.S. as a gift for his bride. Built on 4 acres in 1908, it's English heritage is present everywhere; in the hand hewn English Oak doors and staircase to the ½ acre sunken perennial gardens originally designed by the Olmsted Brothers, to the stained glass windows dating between 1300 and 1750 and special events including Shakespeare plays and masquerade balls. (CONTINUE...)