Buying a Czech Castle

It's impossible for me to really believe you can buy a castle, but in the Czech Republic it's definitely possible.

I first heard of castle-buying when I lived in Slovakia, and my friends explained to me that castles were cheap: the problem was that the conditions of sale meant you had to then spend millions to renovate them to the original condition.

This week as I wrote about the Czech Republic's Vranov Chateau, one of my favorite castles, I remembered the concept. Ten seconds of web research quickly found numerous websites for those looking to buy a castle in the Czech Republic, too. Perhaps it's because I'm from Australia - we're really short on for castles there - or perhaps many people share my dream of some fairytale princess life in a mansion full of treasures, preferably on a hill or cliff top with a perfect panorama from the bedroom window.

Unfortunately most castles (or their renovations, at least) are out of my price range, so I'll have to stick to visiting them. You too?