Tour Manager Notes: Bern

Key Figures Population: 150,000 Overview Bern, the capital of the Swiss Confederation, is one of the best preserved medieval towns in Europe. Thanks to Switzerland’s...

Tour Manager Notes: Florence

Key Dates 59 BC – Julius Caesar founds Florentia 1100–1400 – Florence grows rich and powerful on textiles and banking 1434–1737 – Medici family in...

Tour Manager Notes: Leonardo da Vinci

Overview "Occasionally, in a way that transcends nature, a single person is marvellously endowed by heaven with beauty, grace, and talent in such abundance that...

Tour Manager Notes: Rouen Walking Tour

Overview The city of Rouen occupies a classic situation on a loop in the river Seine, protected by a circle of low hills - not...

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...