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: Black Forest

Overview The Black Forest is a landscape of hills, dark woods, deep valleys and waterfalls stretching roughly 100 miles parallel to the Vosges Mountains. Known...

Tour Manager Notes: Fontainebleau

Overview Your group should have walking tours distributed by their teachers. Their tour may differ from these notes, which are intended to help you introduce...

Tour Manager Notes: Lichtenstein

Key Facts Population: 25,220 total Liechtensteiners: 15,974 Foreigners: 9,246 Surface Area: 160 sq km / 62 sq miles Length (N–S): 25 km / 15.5 miles...

Tour Manager Notes: Salamanca

Overview The capital of the Old Castile Province of Salamanca, this city has a population of approximately 140,000 inhabitants. Founded by the Iberians and given...

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: 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...