Saint-Malo is a small walled coastal city in Brittany, France. Once the feared base of pirates (corsairs), heavily fortified against Norman (or English) attack, today’s Saint-Malo is one of the top tourist draws in Brittany. The star of the show is the atmospheric walled city (intramuros), largely destroyed in the second world war but painstakingly reconstructed. The modern…
Monschau, sometimes called the “Pearl of the Eifel”, is a small, historic town in the German Eifel. Largely unchanged for over 300 years, the narrow, cobblestoned streets and traditional half-timbered houses have made this charming place one of the main tourist attractions of the region. Set in the beautiful landscapes of the Eifel region, at a…
This large district occupies most of the West of Paris, extending east-west between the bends of the Seine from the Jardins of Trocadero immediately facing the Eiffel Tower to the expansive Bois du Boulogne (which occupies a larger part of the 16th’s territory), and north-south from the Etoile to the southern border of Paris. It is known to…
Sisteron is an attractive town (‘commune’) in France, in the département of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Its population in (1999) was 6,964 and in the région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. The inhabitants are called the ‘Sisteronnais’. It is situated on the banks of the River Durance just after the confluences of the rivers Buech and Sasse. It is sometimes called the ‘Porte de la Provence’ (The Gateway…
Foggia Province or Daunia is in Apulia, Italy. Cities Foggia Lucera Manfredonia Mattinata Monte Sant’Angelo San Giovanni Rotondo San Marco in Lamis Troia Other destinations Isole Tremiti Faeto
Naples in Italy, an ancient port on the Mediterranean sea. With just short of a million citizens, is the third most populous municipality. Metropolitan Naples is Italy’s second most populous metropolitan area. Naples represents one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage site with an unmatched heritage as a place of exchange between…
Jökulsárlón literally means glacier lagoon. At the time when first settlers arrived in Iceland, the edge of Breiðamerkurjökull, an outlet glacier of the great glacier Vatnajökull, is thought to have been 20km further north than it is now. The climate began to cool in about the year 1200, the cold spell reaching a peak in…
Upper Normandy comprises the eastern half of Normandy in northern France. The lower valley of the River Seine runs through this region, which combines the administrative départments of Eure and Seine-Maritime. Rouen — the historical capital of the region Les Andelys — an historic medieval town, the site of a remarkable castle and churches Clères — a small village, with a zoological park,…
The popular tourist region of Lake Constance (German: Bodensee) spans three countries. It is the third biggest lake in Central Europe and is on the path of the Rhine River. The lake shore is shared between the German federal-states Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, the Austrian federal-state Vorarlberg and Eastern Switzerland. Germany Most of the German part…
Ohrid is a town in southwestern North Macedonia on the shore of Lake Ohrid. A town of vast history and heritage, it was made a UNESCO heritage site in 1980. Nestled between high mountains up to 2,800 m and Lake Ohrid, it is not only a place of historic significance but also of outstanding natural beauty. Ohrid is the…
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