The Bukhansanseong was used as a royal retreat in emergencies, and contains 120 rooms.

The Bagatelle, once a royal retreat, has a very lovely English garden, bursting with flowers during spring and early summer.

It serves as a royal retreat for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

This was helped by the Queen's declared affection for Scotland, signified by her adoption of Balmoral as a royal retreat.

What stands today is a small country cabin, meant as a royal retreat, without any military function.

The rebuilding of Balmoral Castle as a baronial palace and its adoption as a royal retreat from 1855-8 confirmed the popularity of the style.

The forest was named after the village of Rockingham, where the castle was a royal retreat.

She cut her arm in a fall this week but insisted on being flown in by helicopter from Sandringham, a royal retreat in eastern England.

Most visitors to Sir Bani Yas are Emiratis taking the children to see the animals and for a snoop around what was once a royal retreat.

Scholars now believe that Pachacuti, the Inca emperor, built the compound in the mid-15th century as a royal retreat with a strong emphasis on ceremonial and ritual activities.