Tour Manager Notes: Windsor

Key dates 1066 – William the Conqueror crowned King of England 1080s – Building of Windsor begins 1215 – Magna Carta 1475 – St George’s...

Tour Manager Notes: Andalucia

Overview Andalucia is the generic term given to the southern region of Spain, spanning the peninsula from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and comprising the...

Tour Manager Notes: Chartres

Overview On a clear day, Chartres Cathedral is visible from 20 km away, rising out of the wheatfields of the flat Beauce region. Its sudden...

Tour Manager Notes: Giverny

Overview In 1883 Monet arrived in Giverny, a small village about 50 miles northwest of Paris. He had spent decades moving around, chasing light, landscapes...

Tour Manager Notes: Padua

Overview Padua is known as “La Dotta” (The Learned) — its university, founded in 1221, is the second oldest in Italy after Bologna, and still...

Tour Manager Notes: Spanish Customs

The Bullfight Although the English translation of the Spanish term corrida de toros, is bullfight, the ritual is not really a fight.  Correr in Spanish...

Tour Manager Notes: York

Overview The city of York considered as the second city of England has probably the richest heritage of any, and is certainly among the best...

Tour Manager Notes: Assisi

Key Dates 1182 Francis born. 1209 Pope authorizes Francis’s religious community. 1221 Franciscan Rules sanctioned by Pope. 1226 Francis dies. 1228 St Francis canonized. c.1296–1304...

Tour Manager Notes: Chiemsee

Overview The “Bavarian Ocean” — Chiemsee — is the largest lake in Bavaria, covering roughly 9¼ square miles. Its shores and islands form one of...

Tour Manager Notes: Gothic Cathedral

How to Build a Gothic Cathedral With 10 People Persons 1 to 6 stand in pairs facing each other. They raise their hands in front...