Tour Manager Notes: Vaux le Vicomte

Overview  A little removed from the traditional tourist circuit, Vaux le Vicomte is a welcome change for a relaxed visit.  Standing all alone surrounded by...

Tour Manager Notes: Balearic Islands

Overview The Balearics provided Hannibal — reputedly born on the small island of Conejera, northwest of Ibiza — with his only regiment, which won fame...

Tour Manager Notes: Danube Cruise

Overview This cruise usually takes place between the town of Krems and the Abbey at Melk, passing through the most scenic area of the Danube...

Tour Manager Notes: Heidelberg

Overview There has been a settlement of some sort on this spot since prehistoric times, as attested by the discovery of the jawbone of «...

Tour Manager Notes: Portugal

Key Dates: c. 5500 BC – Earliest settlements 210 – Romans arrive in Western Iberia 5th C AD – Barbaric tribes invade 711 – Moorish...

Tour Manager Notes: The Basque Country

Further information http://www.buber.net (information on all aspects of the Basque country) The Basque History of the World, Mark Kurlansky Obabakoak, Bernardo Atzaga The Sun Also...

Tour Manager Notes: Valladolid 

Overview  Valladolid is an important Castilian city with associations with some of the most notable figures in Spanish history.  Situated in the northwestern Meseta, a...

Tour Manager Notes: Barcelona

Key Dates 15 BC – Barcino recognised as an Augustan colony 415 AD – Arrival of Visigoths 476 – End of Roman Empire in West...

Tour Manager Notes: Denmark

Key Dates Overview Denmark is made up of the peninsula of Jutland and over 400 islands, only 100 of which are inhabited. It also owns...

Tour Manager Notes: Ireland

Overview The island of Ireland clings to the western-most reaches of Europe, and is one of the last refuges of the creative Celtic community, which,...