Ris­ing from amidst a tan­gled mess of lov­ing­ly land­scaped rose gar­dens, the ele­gant tur­rets and tow­ers of De Haar Cas­tle appear all the more mag­i­cal. Neo-Goth­ic in design, the beau­ti­ful cas­tle is set just out­side of Utrecht in the Nether­lands, with mag­nif­i­cent moats, lakes, and gar­dens all around it.

Its inte­ri­or is no less impres­sive, as its two hun­dred rooms are all lav­ish­ly dec­o­rat­ed with price­less paint­ings and fab­u­lous fur­nish­ings. While the ear­li­est men­tion of the cas­tle is in 1391, the cur­rent roman­ti­cized ver­sion dates to 1892, when it was restored and refur­bished from its ruinous state.