Château Arabia is a beautiful abandoned castle in Luxembourg. The castle was formerly built by a wealthy lord, who had 13 children with two different women. The man died very young at the age of 60. After his death, the castle was sold to a wealthy Arab sheik who used it as a vacation residence.
El Caminito del Rey – Exploring The King’s Little Path (ES)
El Caminito del Rey (The King’s Little Path) is a walkway, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Ardales in the province of Málaga, Spain. The name derives from the original name of Camino del Rey (King’s Pathway), abbreviated locally to el caminito. The walkway had fallen into disrepair and was partially closed for over a decade. After four years of extensive repairs and renovations, the walkway re-opened in 2015. It has been known in the past as the “world’s most dangerous walkway” following five deaths in 1999 and 2000.
Finca Chaparro De La Corregidora (ES) – An old decayed farm in Andalusië
A few weeks ago we spent a week in Andalusia with the family. The first days we spent on the finca between the olive groves together with Eduardo and Adéle.
Garage Kees en Annie (NL) – Old abandoned sheds with faded glory, full of oldtimers
Zo’n vijf jaar geleden werd ik getipt over deze plek door een aardige explorer uit Veendam en het duurde niet lang dat ik weer een trip maakte naar het Groninger platteland. Stil en verlaten, een langgerekte weg met hier en daar boerderijen, maar pal er tegenover een woonhuis met vrij uitzicht. Parkeren zou opvallen, ook al staat de auto verderop. Brutalen hebben de halve wereld, maar ik ben soms wat te bescheiden; de eerste keer bleef het bij verkennen.
Farm Wooden Shoes (NL)
This abandoned farm is at a beautiful location in the north of the Netherlands, and once a rich farmer must have lived here with his happy family.
Now there is not much left – we skipped the leftovers in the kitchen – but the authentic Frisian wooden shoes at this place were special.
Gasthaus Eden (DE) – Abandoned hotel in the Harz, back to the 70’s
To get in, fellow explorer Twan and I had to quickly climb in through a window at the back, because the hotel next door was being renovated. So construction workers were busy a few meters away, but because of our experience they obviously did not see us.
Erholungsheim Hermann Duncker (DE) – an abandoned retirement home in the Harz mountains
During the return trip from a short holiday in the Harz Mountains last summer, we took a short break for this beautiful location. We were dropped by our fellow explorer Lia, who then looked for a strategic place to keep an eye on things. Twan and I were able to stretch our legs for a while in this large building, where the great decline started a long time ago. With some crumbled ceilings and stairs that are not completely reliable, a great challenge!
Gasthaus Whisky (DE) – Holiday in the Harz mountains
During our short summer holiday in the Harz we visited some abandoned gasthauser. A gasthaus is a German-style inn or tavern, with a bar, a restaurant, banquet facilities and hotel rooms for rent.
Factory O. – A former mechanical brick factory
The factory is a former mechanical brick factory, which has been manufacturing bricks for almost a hundred years.
Sanatorium Hohentanneck (DE) – An abandoned lung hospital in the green surroundings of the Harz.
The Hohentanneck sanatorium was built in 1905 and was one of the many sanatoria in Sülzhayn. It was used as a private lung sanatorium for man en women in the region. In 1907 the hospital had 35 beds, after they built a new section to the sanatorium in 1950 it could house 50 patients.