Burg Nanstein 2015

On February 14th 2015 which is Valentine's Day we decided to go explore a castle. We were in the area of Landstuhl, Germany and they have a castle in town so we stopped to check it out. We got to the area where our GPS told us we had to park our car and walk the rest of the way so we found a parking lot and started our trek. It was a little bit of a hike up to where the castle is but it wasn't to difficult.

 Burg Nanstein is a castle that was built around 1162. It was built to defend the Palatinate which is a historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire.  The castle had many levels and a lot of stairs. You started to the right of the castle and you could go down to the bottom level which was small and then climb to the very top of the castle and essentially be on the roof. Then to the left you crossed a bridge like structure and then went down into the courtyard of the second level of the castle. Then you could go down into a long tunnel that led to a dead end. There were a good amount of rooms to see and it took us about 45 minutes to see the whole castle.

 The carvings into the stone were amazing and very detailed. This is some sort of dragon carved into the wall.

 When at the top of the castle you could see for miles. We were lucky to have such a nice day in February for our visit. It was 48 degrees and mostly sunny. A rare treat for Germany.

 This is the backside of the castle and after we walked around the inside we walked around the grounds.

At the back of the castle there was a path that led down. We hoped it was a short cut back to the car but it ended up being a hiking path. We made our way down the path it wasn't treturous and was a nice walk on a beautiful day.