Tour Manager Notes: Pau

Walking Tour Start your Walking tour at Point A on the map (Place Gramont). Take the street to the right out of the top of...

Tour Manager Notes: Stonehenge

Overview Stonehenge (henge means ‘to hang’) is Europe's most famous prehistoric monument.  Its first recorded history is that of Geoffrey of Monmouth, who was a...

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: 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: Vaux le Vicomte

Overview  A little removed from the traditional tourist circuit, Vaux le Vicomte is a welcome change for a relaxed visit.  Standing all alone surrounded by...

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...