Nice is a large city in France on the French Riviera. It’s a popular destination for vacationers young and old, with something to offer nearly everyone. It is well known for the beautiful view on the Promenade des Anglais, its famous waterfront, and is an ethnically diverse port city. Nice’s origins can be found among the Gallo-Roman ruins of Cimiez,…
Lecce is the southernmost province in Apulia, the easternmost one in Italy. It is called “the Heel of Italy” due to its location on the Salento peninsula, of which it represents the southern half. The territory is bathed by the Ionian Sea to the west and the Adriatic on the east. Santa Maria di Leuca — Southern extremity of the region,…
The ‘Forest’ of Dartmoor refers to a hunting area rather than an area of woodland. This is one of the best areas in the UK for Bronze Age remains and much of the moor seems almost littered with stone circles, stone rows and burial stones. Dartmoor forest; Conan Doyle’s book, The Hound of the Baskervilles featuring Sherlock…
The Ardnamurchan Peninsula (Scottish Gaelic: Àird nam Murchan: headland of the great seas) is in the Scottish Highlands. It’s the most westerly and remote part of mainland Britain, accessed only by a long, winding single-track lane. For visitor purposes the name generally applies to the entire triangle of land west of Loch Linnhe, north of the Sound of Mull,…
Swanage is a coastal town of 9,600 people (2011) in Dorset. It is at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and one of its two towns. Town is a popular tourist resort, with many thousands of visitors coming to the town during the peak summer season, drawn by the bay’s sandy beaches and other attractions.…
Örebro is a modern city located in the small province of Närke in Svealand in south central Sweden. It’s on the flat Närke plains, surrounded by vast forest areas. It’s Sweden’s 7th largest municipality with a population of about 143,000 (2015). Örebro is located along Svartån (Black river), which runs in a west-east direction before flowing into lake Hjälmaren in the eastern part of Örebro.…
Postojna is a town in the Coast and Karst region of Slovenia, pronounced in Slovenian as ‘Post-oy-nah’. By car, Postojna is less than one hour west of Ljubljana on the A1 highway. There are also train and bus connections with Ljubljana. The train station is about 2km (20min walk) from the caves, while the bus station is even closer. A free shuttle bus used…
Florence is the capital of the region of Tuscany in Italy, with a population of about 366,500. The city is a cultural, artistic and architectural gem, and is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. The birthplace of the Italian Renaissance, Florence was the home to powerful families, creative geniuses and scientific masterminds who left their legacies in the…
Versailles is a city on the western edge of the French capital city Paris, now part of the sprawling metropolis within the Ile de France region. Versailles is best known for being the site of the vast royal palace and gardens built by King Louis XIV on what had been the grounds of a royal hunting lodge. It is also one…
Lleida is a province in Catalonia, Spain. Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí — nine world heritage listed churches in the Boí Valley. Go to Les Alexandrias, a rugged western hamlet near the Aragonese mountain range. Famous for its bull-fighting festivals in which the bull holds a red cape and bullfighters run after it.
