Most beautiful palaces around the world

Forbidden City

Located in the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City is the world’s largest palace complex covering 72 hectares which was built in 1406.The culmination of over two thousand years of Chinese and East Asian art and architecture, the Forbidden City is one of the most important and impressive sights in not only Beijing but China.

Alhambra

Wandering around its beautiful gardens, sturdy fortifications, and colonnade-lined courtyards is a delight. Part fortress, part palace and part garden, the Alhambra is situated on a plateau overlooking the city of Granada in southern Spain.

Mysore Palace

Mysore in India has a number of historic palaces of which Mysore Palace is the most famous one. With its ornate facades, elegant arches, and magnificent marble domes.

Potala Palace

Potala Palace has long been one of the most important and impressive monuments in the whole of Tibet with 130 meters above the Lhasa valley.

Palace of Versailles

Chateau de Chambord is undoubtedly one of the pinnacles of French Renaissance architecture which features 440 rooms, 365 fireplaces, and 84 staircases.

Topkapi Palace

From Topkapi Palace from where the sultans used to rule over the Ottoman Empire which was established in beautiful spot on the banks of the Bosphorus. Over the years the palace complex underwent constant modifications. Today the complex is made up of four main courtyards of increasing grandeur and many smaller buildings.

Summer Palace

The Summer Palace is located in the Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake which is 15km away from central Beijing.

Lake Palace

With its elegant domes, lavishly decorated suits, fantastic pavilions, lush gardens, merrily twinkling fountains and country yards for guests to explore Lake Palace is really a joy to gaze upon.

Grand Palace

Lying at the heart of Bangkok along the banks of Chao Phraya River, with beautiful buildings, regal courtyards, pretty pavilions, and with a wealth of lovely Thai traditional architecture the Grand Palace was built.

Pena National Palace

The Pena National Palace in Portugal is the oldest European castle in the Romanticism style and is one of the Portugal’s most visited monuments.