KOBLENZ
KOBLENZ Koblenz (pop. 108,000) has long been a strategic hotspot; in the 2000 years since its birth, the city has hosted every empire seeking to conquer Europe. The city …
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DOM ST. JAKOB AUSTRIA
DOM ST. JAKOB AUSTRIA The unassuming gray facade of the Dom St. Jakob conceals a riot of pink-and-white High Baroque ornamentation within. Trompe I’oeil ceiling murals depict the life …
MARSEILLES MARSEILLE MAP
MARSEILLES (MARSEILLE) MAP France’s second-largest city, Marseilles (pop. 800,000), is a jumble of color and commotion. The city that Alexandre Dumas once called “the meeting place of the entire …
Hamburg Vacations
Hamburg Vacations MUSEUMS The Hamburg Card provides access to most of these museums, with the exception of the Deichtorhallen, the Hafen Basar, and the Erotic Art Museum. The free …
Wurzburg
Wurzburg ROMANTIC ROAD Groomed fields of sunflowers and wheat, vineyards, rolling hills, and dense forests checker the landscape between Wurzburg and Fttssen. It’s beauty was not lost on the …
TRAVEL TO ENGLAND
TRAVEL TO ENGLAND PRACTICAL INFORMATION TOURIST, FINANCIAL, AND LOCAL SERVICES Tourist Offices: Britain Visitor Centre, 1 Regent St. (www.visitbritain.com). Tube: Oxford Circus. Open M 9:30am-6:30pm, Tu-F 9am-6:30pm, Sa-Su 10am-4pm. …
OTHER SIGHTS
OTHER SIGHTS The enormous Musees Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire showcases arti facts from a wide variety of eras Roman torsos without heads, Syrian heads without torsos, and Egyptian caskets …
COLOGNE KOLN
COLOGNE (KOLN) Although most of inner Cologne (pop. 968,000) was destroyed in WWII, the magnificent Gothic Dom survived 14 bombings and remains Cologne’s main attraction. Today, the city is …