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…
Warsaw is Poland’s capital and largest city, with 1.7 million inhabitants. It is on the Vistula River in the middle of the country. Warsaw’s history of rapid development after many wars that ravaged and destroyed the city has earned it a reputation as a “phoenix city”, able to recreate itself from the ruins and regain its…
Verona is an historic city with a population of about a quarter of a million in north-eastern Italy’s Veneto region. It’s most famous as the setting for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Though close to the more popular tourist destination of Venice, many people consider Verona a more relaxed and pleasant place to visit.…
Mont Saint-Michel is a small UNESCO World Heritage site on an island just off the coast near Avranches in the region of Lower Normandy in northern France. The island is best known as the site of the spectacular and well-preserved Norman Benedictine Abbey of St Michel at the peak of the rocky island, surrounded by the winding streets and convoluted architecture of the…
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