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Montmartre & Sacré Coeur   Paris

Montmartre & Sacré Coeur, Paris

 73 Reviews  After our ceremonies we were given a private tour of the Sacre Couer, Place du Tertre, and private places by Mayor Yatt. It was such a lovely and memorable morning. If anyone is interested in doing... 

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Daytrip outside Amsterdam: Volendam / Edam / Marken / Monnickendam   Amsterdam

Daytrip outside Amsterdam: Volendam / Edam / Marken / Monnickendam, Amsterdam

 31 Reviews  If you are looking to spend a day outside Amsterdam to see Dutch landscape and traditional villages, probably the best choice is to take a trip to villages Edam, Volendam and Marken. All of them are... 

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Outside Rome   Rome

Outside Rome, Rome

 130 Reviews  Regional trains are actually pretty affordable in Italy. If you're planning to make a one-day trip outside of Rome, go to the Trenitalia site and see for yourself! You can go to Florence from 14.31... 

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Day Trip: Montserrat   Barcelona

Day Trip: Montserrat, Barcelona

 52 Reviews  An hour by train from Barcelona is the impressive Montserrat. From the train station at Espana, you can buy the round trip tickets that include both the train and the cable car for around 18E. The... 

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Back Street Canals   Venice

Back Street Canals, Venice

 123 Reviews  People are always saying "part of the charm of Venice is just wandering and getting lost." Well...I do agree with the wandering part but have a solution for the "getting lost" part. I found a... 

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excursions from Vienna   Vienna

excursions from Vienna, Vienna

 71 Reviews  Taking a boat from Vienna to Budapest is by far and away the best way of making the trip. The hydrofoil is quiet, smooth, uncrowded and has a top speed of 100 km/h. The route on Danube offers you to... 

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Outside Berlin   Berlin

Outside Berlin, Berlin

 32 Reviews  I'ts a trip to dispair. You can see the quiet within the madness that a concentration camp used to be. The place around looks so peaceful it's hard to believe the horrors that went on in there. Take a... 

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Howth   Dublin

Howth, Dublin

 35 Reviews  I saw this place at all possible weather conditions. My favourite thing about it - well, there is a hill there which you have to climb. Once on top of it you can see the sea on one side, Dublin on... 

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Vysehrad   Prague

Vysehrad, Prague

 52 Reviews  Within the northern Cihelna Gate (Brick) gate is a discreet sign pointing to a doorway at the side, very easy to miss unless you are looking for it! Inside you are greeted by a small exposition and... 

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Daytrips   Madrid

Daytrips, Madrid

 73 Reviews  About one hour north of Madrid a high cross in the mountains of Guadarrama signs the location of this fascist monument to the death of civil war, in a place called Valle de los Caidos. Why not? We... 

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Tours & Walks   Brussels

Tours & Walks, Brussels

 71 Reviews  A meeting with a Brussels Greeter is a free of charge opportunity to get a unique and personal insight into the city. Your Greeter will take you to unusual and often hidden places that are off the... 

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Christiania   Copenhagen

Christiania, Copenhagen

 14 Reviews  Years ago when WWII soldiers abandoned there "houses" near the river some hippies went to live there. And other hippies came and it is now a big hippy comuna just in the city. I have never seen... 

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Dachau and Dachau Concentration camp   Munich

Dachau and Dachau Concentration camp, Munich

 22 Reviews  Being a history major, I had been interested in seeing things from the other side. I met up on the bus to the site with a tour guide who was in training and they were trying to gather people for a... 

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Day trips: Sintra, Cascais, Alcochete...   Lisbon

Day trips: Sintra, Cascais, Alcochete..., Lisbon

 55 Reviews  If you ever come to Lisbon you must go to Sintra. It's an amazing place, far from all the city problems, where you can relax in its marvelous nature, stroll around the beautiful and historic city... 

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Skärgården (Stockholm Archipelago)   Stockholm

Skärgården (Stockholm Archipelago), Stockholm

 21 Reviews  Sometimes I just crave for instant nature. One of my favorite bus-trips goes from Slussen to Björkviks brygga. The bus takes you there in about an hour. At Björkvik there are nice bare cliffs or... 

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The Lake District: Como, Maggiore, Iseo, Lugano ...   Milan

The Lake District: Como, Maggiore, Iseo, Lugano ..., Milan

 21 Reviews  The city of Como on the shores of Lake Como is an easy day trip from Milan - a 45 minute train journey from Milano Cadorna station, with trains running regularly throughout the day and late into the... 

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Gazi Factory   Athens

Gazi Factory, Athens

 6 Reviews  An old gas factory made by some industrial buildings, is now a live industrial museum. This factory, once closed was gradually transformed into a versatile cultural centre and now it hosts several... 

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Monuments & Landmarks   Moscow

Monuments & Landmarks, Moscow

 49 Reviews  Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery was founded in 1380 in the village of Vysokoye by Prince Dmitry Donskoi after his return from the Battle of Kulikovo. This site was once occupied by the ancient... 

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The Sibelius Monument   Helsinki

The Sibelius Monument, Helsinki

 12 Reviews  This monument was created to honour the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). The designer of the monument was Eila Hiltunen. This monument (called 'Passio Musicae') was one of the first... 

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Many Miles From Edinburgh...   Edinburgh

Many Miles From Edinburgh..., Edinburgh

 58 Reviews  There were several bonny sections of gorse, as pictured, near where we started, at Flotterstone. This is about 7 miles/11km south from the centre of Edinburgh. There is a small visitor centre here,... 

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Pedestrian tunnel   Antwerp

Pedestrian tunnel, Antwerp

 13 Reviews  This is worth mentioning as well. There are two flights of escalators to reach the tunnel. Though they are still steep and very long. No wonder the escalator system were built to descent the height... 

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Nearby Towns or Villages.   Brugge

Nearby Towns or Villages., Brugge

 22 Reviews  In Brugge, I rented a bike and followed an easy route to the Netherlands. The path was next to the tree-lined Damme canal with the occasional windmill and small town on the side - there was even a pub... 

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Buildings, streets...   Warsaw

Buildings, streets..., Warsaw

 32 Reviews  This kiosk with newspapers adjacent to Church of the Holy Spirit (Paulite Church) in the New City is the smallest house in Warsaw. Local law says that only seperate houses have own numbers and this... 

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Parks, Statues & Memorials   Tallinn

Parks, Statues & Memorials, Tallinn

 9 Reviews  My granddaughter went up into this park which was near the Viru Gate and took some photos of some of the statues there. It is a park in Tallinn City Center which has a statue dedicated to a famous... 

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Salford Quays/Lowry/War Museum   Manchester

Salford Quays/Lowry/War Museum, Manchester

 6 Reviews  The Lowry is a brand new arts complex with galleries, a huge theatre and eateries. the visual look of the building is stunning as well. Unfortunately the day i saw it, the sky was gun metal gray and... 

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GERMANY >Sinsheim - a great technical museum

by globetrott

Sinsheim is a small town, close to Heidelberg.A small town with one of the most interesting technical museums in the world !You will see there :The CONCORDE and her russian "sister" TUPOLEV TU-144The Blue Flame with a top-speed of 1001 km/hthousands of great vintage cars, trains and motorbikesa wide collection of war-planes, tanks, cars & weapons of WW II etcYou may get to Sinsheim by car on the highway A6 or you take the train and leave at the station "Sinsheim Museum"The Technical Museum in Sinsheim is openMo-Fr. 09.00 a.m. - 06.00 p.m.Sat./Sun/Holiday : 09.00 a.m. - 07.00 p.m.The IMAX - theatre is open :Mo-Fr. 10.00 a.m.-07.00 p.m. *Sat/Sun/Holiday: 10.00 a.m. - 08.00 p.m. **)Last film will start at that time !!On my Sinsheim-page you may see more than 80 pics about this museum

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GERMANY - Bernkastel-Kues

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Bernkastel-Kues is one of the most important and most beautiful places along the valley of the river Mosel / Moselle.Bernkastel is in fact just about 30 km off Frankfurt/Hahn, the airport of Ryanair, that might have given you the feeling to fly to Frankfurt am Main (but THAT is about 150km away...)Walk up the castle or hike through the vinyards, drink some wine and explore the village with great and lovely half-timbered houses.For more infos and more than 50 pics, simply click on the link below !!

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Austria > Haag Open Air Museum

by globetrott

This open air museum shows plenty of old farmhouses, watermills, sheds, agricultural machines and a lot more.Stadt Haag is just 5 km off the highway A1 from Salzburg - Linz - Vienna.Take the exit "Stadt Haag" bewteen Amstetten and Enns, it is at highway-km 140.There is NO entrance fee and you can enter the museum any time you want - only if you want to go into any of the buildings and see the great interior of the old farmhouses, you have to stick to certain times, when a guard is around - and it is still free of charge !.

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THE HIDDEN STATUE IN VENICE

by DAO

La Donna Partigiana. That’s her official name. She is one of the most intriguing statues in the world, and one of the best hidden. In high tide this forlorn statue is submerged under the dark green waters of the lagoon. In low tide and sunlight she looks like a large piece of metal seaweed lying on stone steps. Look closer. You will see the shape of a body of a woman. This is a monument to the women killed fighting in WWII. Very few statues were ever erected to women who died during the world wide conflict of WWII. And no statue tells this story of secrecy and sadness better than this.You will find her at the Riva Dei Sette Martiri (Castello area, at the water’s edge).

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MoterHome travel

by Thairhio

You never get bored in a motorhome! You can now buy or hire some really luxurios ones. I once did 13 country's in six weeks, but it's nice to take your time and explore. You can always stay in a hotel if you want some static luxury. With time on your hands I can't think of anything better!

Madurodam, Netherlands

by darkjedi

Madurodam is a miniature city located in Scheveningen, The Hague, in the Netherlands. It is a model of a Dutch town on a 1:25 scale, composed of well known and famous Dutch buildings that are found at various locations in the country. Just 15 minutes by tram from Den Haag central station means this site is easy to get to and has many other things to see nearby ensuring its popularity. This major Dutch tourist attraction was built in 1952 and has been visited by tens of millions of visitors since then. The miniature city was named after George Maduro, a law student from Curaçao who fought the Nazi occupation forces as a member of the Dutch resistance and died at Dachau concentration camp in 1945. . His parents donated the money to start the Madurodam project.

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Catch the Northern Lights in Iceland

by Odinnthor

You would want to enjoy other things as well as trying to catch the Northern Lights. May I recommend my country, - Iceland. If you do not see the Lights, at least you are in a great place to visit with endless things to do. Great places to visit and great nightlife. As a kid growing up there, I used to lay on my back and watch and wonder at the magificent lightshow. To attempt to describe them is futile. They have to be seen. Check out the following:http://www.icelandtotal.com/home/faq/detail/store65/item2374/

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Arnstadt

by margaretvn

This is a lovely little city with a beautifully (partially) restored historic centre. There is the church where J.S.Bach had his first employment. Near the square is a square with a lovely halftimbered apotheke and a Baroque palace which is now a museum. On the square is this statue on Bach as a young man. There is also an early Gothic church and a Baroque - today this houses the wax museum. We thought it worth a short visit - and listened to the organist playing in the church Bach once played in.

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Orvieto

by margaretvn

Really this is perhaps a "must see" but we passed it unplanned and are so glad we had time to stop for a night.Orvieto is on the top of an isolated rock at a height of 195 metres above the junction of the rivers Paglia and Chiana in Umbria. The city origins date back to the Etruscan civilisation. Indications of the settlement going back to the 9th century BC were found in the caves under the city. In the 3rd century BC the city was annexed to the territories of Rome and it stayed under Roman domination until the decline of the Roman Empire. It then became a free city and remained faithful to the pope. During medieval times many of the cities lovely buildings were made. The cathedral is probably the most important and is Gothic, with work begun on it in 1290. It was built to commemorate “the miracle of Bolsena”. Bolsena is a town to the southwest of Orvieto. It was there in 1263 that a...

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Skerries town

by chatskerries

As you enter Skerries by road from Dublin the first sight you meet is the famous round about. There is an old path next to the bridge that runs along the rail tracks. You start out a steep walk up a hill where you get real close up and personal with trains passing right next to you. Soon you'll come to a road I believe called tuckers hill not sure but there are primroses on each side of the road framing the banks. The road frames Skerries Golf course. Enjoy the view of the green as you head around back into Skerries running into fields of trees and farms.

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