MailOnline Travel has selected photos of some of the world's most breathtaking walled cities and towns to inspire you to book your next historic holiday. And there's wall-to-wall beauty to be found.

As you may have noticed, we’re obsessed with the Kowloon Walled City. Prior to the labyrinthine city’s demolition, a Japanese research team drew up this huge cross-section map. It’s in ...

Of all the Tuscan hilltop towns that I visited, I admired San Gimignano the most as it stood tall because of its unique stone towers, which rise above the cobblestone streets of the walled ...