Tsarevets Fortress

This Train Trip From Istanbul to Budapest Will Take You Past Turkish Mosques and Romanian Castles

"A medieval stronghold overlooking a steeply stacked hill town that once stood as a bulwark against Ottoman incursions until it was burned in 1393; visiting conveys both the site's defensive significance and the vertical, up-and-down logic of the surrounding urban fabric." - Maggie Shipstead Maggie Shipstead Maggie Shipstead is a New York Times best-selling and prize-winning novelist, essayist, and travel writer. She has covered destinations and topics ranging from cities to wilderness, tropics to polar regions, and luxury hotels to tents. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines