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: Barcelona

Key Dates 15 BC – Barcino recognised as an Augustan colony 415 AD – Arrival of Visigoths 476 – End of Roman Empire in West...

Tour Manager Notes: Denmark

Key Dates Overview Denmark is made up of the peninsula of Jutland and over 400 islands, only 100 of which are inhabited. It also owns...

Tour Manager Notes: Ireland

Overview The island of Ireland clings to the western-most reaches of Europe, and is one of the last refuges of the creative Celtic community, which,...

Tour Manager Notes: Reims

Overview Reims is 152 kilometers or 95 miles ENE of Paris by road, in the departement of Marne. It is situated on the right bank...

Tour Manager Notes: The Euro

Euro Statistics The European Central Bank has overseen production of: 10 billion euro notes 52 billion euro coins Total value: 664 billion euros Cost to...

Tour Manager Notes: Toledo

Key Dates 190 BC Romans capture Toledo 409–711 AD Toledo capital of Visigothic Spain 1085 Reconquest of Toledo by Alfonso VI 1227 Cathedral begun under...

Tour Manager Notes: Bath

Key Dates Pre 43 AD – Ancient Briton temple to Sul Pre 74 AD – Romans build baths and temple to Sulis–Minerva 973 – Edgar...

Tour Manager Notes: Dordogne

Where Exactly Are You? France is divided into administrative divisions. There are 22 régions, created in 1972, made up of the 96 départements created in...

Tour Manager Notes: Kings and Queens of England

Overview It was once said that there would soon be only five kings in Europe - the King of England, the king of spades, the...