Tour Manager Notes: Brighton

Overview Brighton, together with its neighbour Hove, is the largest town in Sussex, with a population of around 250,000. Before 1783 and the decisive arrival...

Tour Manager Notes: France

Key facts Size: 552 000km². Biggest country in Europe (excluding Russia). Almost twice the size of Nevada. 5500 km of frontiers. Population: 69.1 million (2025)....

Tour Manager Notes: Mantua

Overview Mantua, dominated by a ducal palace of immense size and splendor for the scale of the city, feels remote and slightly melancholy, isolated in...

Tour Manager Notes: Salzburg

Key Dates c. 1000 BC — Celtic settlements centred around Hallein (10 miles south of Salzburg) 696 AD — St. Rupert builds the abbey church...

Tour Manager Notes: Vienna

Overview Population: 1.6 million Formerly Vindobona, one of the most important Roman settlements along the Danube. Grew into a city when the Babenberg family moved...

Tour Manager Notes: Belgium

Overview As a country, Belgium often suffers from prejudice and misconception. Europeans frequently blame their woes on “Brussels,” and many overseas visitors have only the...

Tour Manager Notes: Bristol

Quotes “The Bristol of 2002 is alive and well and kicking like a can-can girl.” — Sunday Telegraph “Bristol is by far and away south...

Tour Manager Notes: French Kings

Key Dates - Dynasties 450 – 754 – MEROVINGIANNB Clovis (481 – 511) 768 – 987 – CAROLINGIANNB Charlemagne (769 – 814) 987 – 1328...

Tour Manager Notes: Munich

Key Dates 1158 – Munich founded by Henry the Lion. 1255 – Munich becomes an Imperial City. 1504 – Munich established as capital of the...

Tour Manager Notes: Santiago & Burgos

Key Dates 1638 — Louis XIV born 1661 — Fouquet’s party; Louis’ personal rule begins; Versailles started 1682 — Court moves to Versailles 1715 —...