Tour Manager Notes: Avila

Overview The Castilian city of Avila, situated in the shadow of the Sierra de Gredos, is the finest example in Europe of a medieval walled...

Tour Manager Notes: Czech Republic and Slovakia

Key Dates 796 – Great Moravian Empire established 896 – Magyar invasion ends the Empire and the association of the Czechs and Slovaks 1346–1378 –...

Tour Manager Notes: Hadrian’s Wall

Overview The Roman legions first started to colonise Britain in earnest during the reign of the Emperor Claudius in AD 43.  Nearly 100 years before,...

Tour Manager Notes: Picasso and Dali

Key Dates – Picasso 1881 Picasso is born1900 Moves to Paris with Casagemas1906–7 Beginnings of Cubism (paints Les Demoiselles d’Avignon)1917 Visits Rome with Cocteau1937 Paints Guernica1946 Leaves Paris for the South...

Tour Manager Notes: Stratford-Upon-Avon

Overview The oldest market town in Warwickshire, Stratford was first a Celtic settlement, then a small Roman town. Its name – a mixture of Celtic...

Tour Manager Notes: Venice 

Key dates c. 450 AD – The lagoon is settled as the Roman Empire collapses 697 – Election of first Doge 829 – Relics of...

Tour Manager Notes: Bach

Overview For many, Johann Sebastian Bach is the most important of all classical composers. His laborious work and systematic research make him the pillar of...

Tour Manager Notes: Dachau and Buchenwald

Dachau Overview The name of Dachau has become inseparable from the first concentration camp established by the Nazi regime. Yet the town itself — which...

Tour Manager Notes: Hampton Court Palace

Key dates 1515 Wolsey begins building 1529 Wolsey falls from favour; gives Hampton Court to Henry VIII 1688 The Glorious Revolution. James II is replaced...

Tour Manager Notes: Pisa

Overview You pass close to the industrial centre of Prato noted for its plant nurseries, textiles, lingerie and shoes, as well as its green marble...