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Eiffel Tower Paris
1075 Reviews The Eiffel Tower (French: la Tour Eiffel) is a monument in Paris and one of the most visited attractions in France. He stands on the left bank of the Seine in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The...
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Buckingham Palace. London
490 Reviews I've been there so many years ago, when everything was "great", "beautiful", "amazing"... and this was all I could say unfortunately :( I remember that I've been spending long minutes in front of that...
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Colosseum Rome
630 Reviews When visiting Rome its a must to go to the Colosseum. I can recall many times seeing it on tv and always saying it would be so cool to go and actually be there and touch it. Im somewhat of a history...
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Parc Guell Barcelona
429 Reviews Gaudi was employed by Guell, a wealthy businessman to design this park as part of a new garden suburb on the hill described as 'the treeless mountain.' And what a stunning creation. The park has...
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Churches Venice
403 Reviews This lovely little church filled with the heavy smell of incense is to be found just a few steps from the San Polo end of the famous Ponte Rialto. Allegedly, the first church to stand on this site...
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Schönbrunn Vienna
355 Reviews Take the whole day to visit this palace. It is big and has lots of things to explore. The Habsburgs really knew how to leave with style. A magnificent and imponent summer residence. Diferent kind of...
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Checkpoint Charlie Berlin
187 Reviews BERLIN ..I , like most who visit Berlin took a visit to Check point Charlie!!. I know it's the real touristy thing to do but I was very interested to see this site from the military point of view.....
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Kilmainham Jail Dublin
70 Reviews The tour of this gaol and its museum was the highlight of our trip to Dublin. Fascinating insight to the more recent Irish history and the struggles for independence. Our tour guide was fantastic -...
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Charles Bridge Prague
548 Reviews Probably Prague's most famous landmark, its construction started in 1357. It has several statues along its sides. None are original but they are still interesting. There are numerous artists and...
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Buda Castle (Budavar) Budapest
329 Reviews The Buda Castle in Budapest I. one part of town known as the Castle district. Since 1987, the UNESCO World Heritage List under the name Castle Hill is included. With a number of medieval monuments,...
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Plaza Mayor Madrid
173 Reviews we were in Plaza Mayor just at around 10 am when we noticed a small group milling around 2 young men and a woman. we found out that they were volunteer guides who do not charge a rate, but you may...
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Grand' Place & guild houses Brussels
427 Reviews Grote-Markt as this square is called in flamandian, is the greatest square of Bruxelles. At the origin of the city there was a bottom market which was the center of activity of a developing small...
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Tivoli Copenhagen
175 Reviews I didn't enter the Tivoli gardens. After reading review after review saying that it wasn't worth the money, I turned back after seeing the prices. Because not only do you have to pay almost 13 euros...
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Il Duomo - Santa Maria del Fiore Florence
331 Reviews The Florence Cathedral is the centerpiece of the city and has been for centuries. Built with grand ideas, it sat dome-less for nearly 100 years. The builders were sure that someone in the future...
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Dachau (Concentration Camp) Munich
80 Reviews "... so ich nicht nach Dachau komm." (Dear God, make me mute, so I don't get sent to Dachau). So went a common child's prayer during Nazi times. You dared not say anything remotely controversial,...
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Belém Lisbon
326 Reviews This building has become the symbol of Lisbon. It was built in 1515 as a fortress to guard the entrance to Lisbon's harbour. Many of the voyage of discoveries journeys left from here. The tower is...
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Gamla Stan (The Old Town) Stockholm
251 Reviews Sjöguden good time's sculpture is located on the wharf next to Räntmästartrappan in Old Town in Stockholm. A really unusual type of sculpture, not my style, but still interesting! The Sculptor, Carl...
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Duomo Milan
259 Reviews If you're going to Milan right now just to see the facade of the Duomo, you are going to be disappointed as its currently being renovated. (Note - renovations now complete) Don't be discouraged...
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Athens Acropolis Athens
437 Reviews The Temple of Erechtheum, built between 421 and 406 BC and possibly dedicated to the Greek hero, is not just another temple on the Acropolis; it is, in my opinion, the most beautiful of them all. The...
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Red Square Moscow
293 Reviews 16th century Place of execution (Lobnoe mesto). Any gude will tell you that but do not trust this information, please, because it's a prevailing MISTAKE... No one person was executed on this...
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Wawel Castle Krakow
362 Reviews Most likely the best know feature of Wawel Castle is its fire breathing dragon which sits below the castle walls along the edge of the Visla River and in front of its dragon CAVE. If you want to know...
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Kauppatori (Market Square & Market Hall) Helsinki
82 Reviews There was a Market on, great, I couldn't wait to have a look! I liked lots here, plenty of different things for sale, so different to "home!' Lots of very warm looking Furs, beautiful Capes, lots of...
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Vigelandsparken Oslo
152 Reviews The Vigeland Park is Oslo's largest park and it is home to more than 200 scuptures of the artist Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943). The sculptures illustrate all aspects of human life and emotions and...
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Arthur's Seat Edinburgh
48 Reviews If it's a nice day you might want to walk up to the top of Arthur's Seat (which I did on a previous visit two and a half years ago) to get some nice views of the city and the surrounding...
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Museum: Steen, Het/National Maritime Museum Antwerp
77 Reviews I must say Steen castle as it's known looks like a castle right out of a storybook... it now houses the Maritime Naval museum, unfortantely the day we were there it was closed.... but we were able to...
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skiing packages are all over the place here now, so need to book fast to have best choices of availability.you can look at this site, the official one I and my family use in English.http://www.skiinfo.co.uk/hope it helps
As Plantxty somehow mentioned above Central-Eastern Europe is far more cheaper than rotted (hahaha-just a joke) Western.I include also Turkey as a part of cheaper (maybe not Istanbul and travel offices resorts)- so better for travellers- Europe for my money. To simplify I count costs here 20-50% cheaper (depends on the country and a comodity.Bulgaria is probably far more cheaper than mentioned above Croatia or Slovenia.And looking in the neighbourhood- Albania may be quite fascinating (I'd like to go there)- but transport ease maybe an issue there. I prefer discover hidden gems instaed of iconic, usually owerpriced and crowded places. So,rather Kutna Hora than Praha(Czechia), Bursa than Istanbul (but it can't be ommited), Bergamo than Milano (Italy). But, this is my strange personal opinion. I can give you more (my personal choice) tips about Eastern-Central Europe if you ask more...
If you think the sites in the previous tips are already a lot, look at the Tentative List, a list of locations that are candidate to become World Heritage sites. That is really huge! Many of them will hopefully be included into the World Heritage List in the future.This is the number of Tentative locations in the European countries as of November 2011:Andorra: 2 sites;Azärbaycan (Azerbaijan): 10 sites;Bălgarija (Bulgaria): 13 sites;Belarus' (Belarus): 11 sites;België-Belgique-Belgien (Belgium): 17 sites;Bosna i Hercegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina): 9 sites;Česko (Czechia): 15 sites;Crna Gora (Montenegro): 5 sites;Danmark (Denmark): 11 sites;Deutschland (Germany): 11 sites;Eesti (Estonia): 4 sites;Elláda (Greece): 8 sites;España (Spain): 23 sites;France: 33 sites;Hayastan (Armenia): 4 sites;Hrvatska (Croatia): 16 sites;Ireland-Éire: 7 sites;Ísland (Iceland): 6 sites;Italia...
Zermatt has quite a number of lovely simple statues that tell it like it is. The Steinbock has got to be my favourite. He's such a handsome chap and stands in pride of place in front of the Matterhorn Museum.Update: Thank you Michael (globetrott) for putting me straight about my "mountain goat" which he has kindly pointed out is in actual fact a "Steinbock/an Ibex". There are quite a few facts I would like to know that are connected to tips of mine. Please people, feel free to supply them at any time. I'd be most grateful. Thanks again Michael.
The city of Lucerne is perhaps one of the instantly recognizable and well photographed cities in Switzerland and much of its initial appeal can be attributed to the famous Kappelbruecke which spand the beautiful River Reuss right in the heart of town. It passes through Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstattersee) before continuing through the town of Lucerne, where its level is kept pretty well constant by an innovative needle dam which can be found not far from Speuersbruecke (the bridge of the Death Dance) in the main part of Lucerne. It is 158 kilometers long and eventually becomes the River Aar which empties into the mighty rhine and ultimately into the North Sea.It is one of the truly beautiful rivers and is made even more beautiful by hundreds of magnificent swans which call it home.
I had a few days on the Amalfi coast after a few days with a friend and her family just inland from there and loved it - have a few travel pages on Amalfi, Ravello and Positano - but yes if you are in go slowish mode then there is a lot you can enjoy yourself slowly visitingAlso Im pretty sure July is when the Internationally famed music festival is on for a month up at Ravello - which is one of the most beautiful spots in the whole area! theres a couple of lovely must see old villas up there to visit, roman ruins etc as well.Plus there are grottoes out from Amalfi that are on a par with Capri but not as commmercial.You can go down to Salerno which has an interesting old town and also on down to Paestum.Then of course there is Capri...and then the historic sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum - the famed museum in Naples that has many antiquities from the sites excavated after the...
Slovensko has seven sites in the World Heritage List:- Banská Štiavnica (1993);- Levoèa, Spišský and the Associated Cultural Monument (1993, 2009);- Vlkolínec (1993);- Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (1995, 2000) *;- Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve (2000);- Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany (2007, 2011) *;- Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area (2008).
Italia has forty-seven sites in the World Heritage List:- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (1979);- Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci in Milano (1980);- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980, 1990) *;- Historic Centre of Firenza (1982);- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987);- Venezia and its Lagoon (1987);- Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990);- I Sassi di Matera (1993);- City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994, 1996);- Crespi d'Adda (1995);- Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta (1995, 1999);- Historic Centre of Napoli (1995);- Historic Centre of Siena (1995);- Castel del Monte (1996);- Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996);- Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996);- The Trulli of...
Türkiye has ten sites in the World Heritage List:- Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (1985);- Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriði (1985);- Historic Areas of Istanbul (1985);- Hattusha (1986);- Nemrut Dað (1987);- Hierapolis-Pamukkale (1988);- Xanthos-Letoon (1988);- City of Safranbolu (1994);- Archaeological Site of Troy (1998);- Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex (2011).
Ukraïna has five sites in the World Heritage List:- Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (1990) - L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre (1998);- Struve Geodetic Arc (2005) *;- Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany (2007, 2011) *;- Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans (2011).
Four Seasons George V Paris Paris
5 Reviews and 556 Opinions The Four Seasons George V is truly one of the world's great hotels. I really, really love to stay...
The Montague On The Gardens London
5 Reviews and 1067 Opinions The concierge was fabulous, the hotel very grand, and despite the rooms being small they were...
Albergo Del Senato Rome
5 Reviews and 1085 Opinions The Pantheon is my favorite building in Rome and might be my favorite building in the world. The...
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A: If you're a student and live in the UK the option you want to look at is a thing called "interrail". Just google it. Be mindfull however of the following caveats: - In...
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