Amsterdam Vacations
Amsterdam Vacations DE PUP, JODENBUURT, AND THE PLANTAGE HEINEKEN EXPERIENCE. Beer is not made in the Heineken Brewery but plenty is served. The factory stopped producing here in 1988 …
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Holiday in Amsterdam
Holiday in Amsterdam CLUBS AND DISCOS IS The iT, Amstelstr. 24. This club is the reason why others in Rembrandtpl. are sometimes empty. Amsterdam’s beauties come here to dance …
SEGOVIA
SEGOVIA Legend has it that the devil built Segovia’s (pop. 56,000) famed aqueduct in one night, in an effort to win the soul of a Segovian water-selier named Juanilla. …
DAVOS
DAVOS Davos (pop. 12,000) sprawls along the valley floor under seven mountains laced with chair-lifts and cable cars. Originally a health resort, the city catered to such fin de …
BERN
BERN The city (pop. 127,000) has been Switzerland’s capital since 1848, but don’t expect fast tracks, power politics, or men in suits the Bernese prefer to focus on the …
Cork Map
Cork Map THE OLD CITY. Looming over Proby’s Quay, St. Finbarr’s Cathedral is a testament to the Victorian obsession with Neo-Gothic bombast. The cathedral was built between 1735 and …
WESTERN EUROPE: A QUICK HISTORY
WESTERN EUROPE: A QUICK HISTORY As you travel through Western Europe, you are bound to encounter the unique political and cultural histories of each country you visit; from architecture …
MADRID
MADRID After Franco’s death in 1975, young madrilenos celebrated their liberation from totalitarian repression with raging, all-night parties in bars and on streets across the city. This reveliy became …
PERUGIA
PERUGIA Perugia (pop. 150,000) may boast the most polite people in Italy. With its gorgeous countryside, big-city vitality, and world-renowned chocolate, this city’s residents have much to smile about. …
FLORENCE
FLORENCE The rays of the setting sun shimmer over a sea of burnt-orange roofs and towering domes to reveal the breathtaking concentration of beauty in Florence (pop. 376,000). Once …