Tour Manager Notes: The Olive

Overview The edible olive, probably first collected wild in the eastern Mediterranean or south-central Asia region, is undoubtedly one of the world's oldest cultivated crops. ...

Tour Manager Notes: Bordeaux

Overview The origins of Bordeaux date back to the 3rd century BC, when Celtic tribes established a settlement on the left bank of the Garonne...

Tour Manager Notes: Fontainebleau

Overview Your group should have walking tours for their inside visit which will have been distributed by their teachers. Their walking tour is not exactly...

Tour Manager Notes: Lucerne Walking Tour

Overview A legendary tradition going back to the time of St Benedict claims that a mysterious light was seen at night on the shores of...

Tour Manager Notes: Salisbury

Overview Sorbidiodonum was an important crossroad in Roman Britain, which became a prosperous market town in Saxon England. The Saxons called it Saeres Byrig, meaning...

Tour Manager Notes: The Loire Valley

Key Dates 1483–1498 Reign of Charles VIII 1492 Amboise château started 1513 Chenonceau started 1516 Da Vinci comes to Amboise 1519 Chambord started 1525 Battle...

Tour Manager Notes: Brighton

Overview Brighton, together with its neighbour Hove, is the largest town in Sussex, with a population of around 250,000. Before 1783 and the decisive arrival...

Tour Manager Notes: France

Key facts Size: 552 000km². Biggest country in Europe (excluding Russia). Almost twice the size of Nevada. 5500 km of frontiers. Population: 60.7 million (2001)....

Tour Manager Notes: Mantua

Overview Mantua, dominated by a ducal palace of immense size and splendor for the scale of the city, feels remote and slightly melancholy, isolated in...

Tour Manager Notes: Salzburg

Key Dates c. 1000 BC — Celtic settlements centred around Hallein (10 miles south of Salzburg) 696 AD — St. Rupert builds the abbey church...