BRAC ISLAND: BOL
BRAC ISLAND: BOL Central Dalmatia’s largest island, Brae is an ocean-lover’s paradise. Most visitors come here for Zlatni rat, a peninsula of white pebble beach and emerald waters, just …
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Dublin Guide for Tourist
Dublin Guide for Tourist REPUBLIC OF IRELAND Queen of Tarts, 3 Cork Hill (670 7119). This little red gem offers homemade pastries, scones, cakes, and coffee. Continental breakfast ‚4-6. …
LOCARNO
LOCARNO A Swiss vacation spot, Locarno (pop. 48,000) gets over 2200 hours of sunlight per year more than anywhere else in Switzerland. For centuries, visitors have journeyed here solely …
Italy Map Tourist Attractions
Italy Map Tourist Attractions COMMUNICATION Country code: 39. International dialing prefix: 00. The city code must always be dialed, even when calling from within the city. From outside Italy, …
DAYTRIPS FROM BARCELONA
DAYTRIPS FROM BARCELONA MONTSERRAT. An hour northwest of Barcelona, the mountain of Montserrat is where a wandering 9th-century mountaineer had a blinding vision of the Virgin Mary. In the …
Galway Map
Galway Map SIGHTS NORA BARNACLE HOUSE. The little home of James Joyce’s life-long companion has hardly changed since its famous-by-association inhabitant left. Today, a friendly staff happily discusses their …
PROTESTANT REFORMATION 1517-1555
PROTESTANT REFORMATION (1517-1555) In 1517, Martin Luther’s 95 Theses sparked the Protestant Reformation in Germany. The shocking treatise resulted in Luther’s 1521 excommunication, but the Church’s condemnation of his …
ITALY
ITALY One of the few countries whose very geography seems active it resembles a boot poised to kick Sicily clear across the Mediterranean Italy has never been inclined to …
Amsterdam Travel Destinations
Amsterdam Travel Destinations CANAL RING WEST AND THE JORDAAN WESTERKERK. This stunning Protestant church was designed by Roman Catholic architect Hendrick de Keyser and completed in 1631. It stands …
Travel to Spain
Travel to Spain ARCHITECTURE Scattered Roman ruins testify to six centuries of colonization. The aqueduct in Segovia (879) is one of the finest examples of remaining ruins. After the …