Tour Manager Notes: Edinburgh

Overview Edinburgh has been the historic capital of Scotland since the rise of the Stuart dynasty in 1370. Because of the virtually impregnable strategic position...

Tour Manager Notes: König Schlosser

Overview Neuschwanstein, the most famous of Ludwig II's castles, is built on a spectacular mountaintop site where, legend has it, the castle of the medieval...

Tour Manager Notes: Rothemberg

Overview Rothenburg, situated on the Tauber river at the crossing point of the ‘Romantische Strasse’ and the ‘Burgenstrasse’, is perhaps the finest and best preserved...

Tour Manager Notes: The Tyrol and Innsbruck

Overview  This mountainous province, well known for its folklore, winter sports and beautiful scenery, probably best fits our expectations of Austria.  This tiny region was,...

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...