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 textiles, lingerie and shoes. Next comes Pistoia, the ancient city with along...

Tour Manager Notes: Switzerland

Key facts Population 6.6 million including 1 million foreigners 23 cantons including 3 cantons divided in half (Basel, Appenzell and Unterwalden) Major Cities Zurich –...

Tour Manager Notes: Valladolid 

Overview  Valladolid is an important Castilian city with associations with some of the most notable figures in Spanish history.  Situated in the northwestern Meseta, a...

Tour Manager Notes: Balearic Islands

Overview The Balearics provided Hannibal — reputedly born on the small island of Conejera, northwest of Ibiza — with his only regiment, which won fame...

Tour Manager Notes: Danube Cruise

Overview This cruise usually takes place between the town of Krems and the Abbey at Melk, passing through the most scenic area of the Danube...

Tour Manager Notes: Heidelberg

Overview There has been a settlement of some sort on this spot since prehistoric times, as attested by the discovery of the jawbone of «...

Tour Manager Notes: Portugal

Key Dates: c. 5500 BC – Earliest settlements 210 – Romans arrive in Western Iberia 5th C AD – Barbaric tribes invade 711 – Moorish...

Tour Manager Notes: The Basque Country

Further information http://www.buber.net (information on all aspects of the Basque country) The Basque History of the World, Mark Kurlansky Obabakoak, Bernardo Atzaga The Sun Also...