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CastleTip: Seven Castles
Travelling means travelling on a budget for many. Getting to royal sights isn't always easy so saving a bit of money here and there probably is useful to many. So here is a travel tip of mine: Save money by visiting more than one of the following seven castles:
Schloss Marienburg
Schloss Bevern
Schloss Corvey
Schloss Hämelschenburg
Schloss Pyrmont
Schloss Fürstenberg
Schloss Bückeburg
All of these seven castles are located in a triangle between the towns of Bückeburg, Hildesheim and Höxter in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Take a "Seven Castles"-brochure with you at the first castle you visit and then get 20 percent off at all the other places!
CastleTip Germany Hameln-Pyrmont Hanover Höxter Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Schaumburg
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