KILKENNY
KILKENNY Ireland’s best-preserved medieval town, Kilkenny (pop. 25,000) is also a center of great nightlife; nine churches share the streets with 80 pubs. Tynan Walking Tours provide the down-and-dirty …
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Abisko Sweden Northern Map
Province: Norrbottens Ian. Region: Lapland. Altitude: 395 m (1296 ft). Postal code: S-98024. Telephone code: 0980. Kiruna TuristbyrS, Mangigata 12, S-98131 Kiruna; tel. (09 80) 1 86 60. HOTELS. …
Skyscraper of the Bank of China
Going east from Wan Chai we cross into the district of Causeway Bay, which has developed into a popular shopping and restaurant area since the opening of the road …
China Air travels
Although it covers 54,000km/33,500 miles, the Chinese railway network is barely adequate with significant gaps in the north and southwest. About 16% is electrified. In the 70s and 80s …
LEON
LEON Formerly the center of Christian Spain, today Leon (pop. 145,000) is best known for its 13th-century Gothic licathedral, arguably the most beautiful in Spain. Its spectacular stained-glass windows …
Stockholm Map Tourist Attractions
In the 19th c. many Swedish painters went to Dusseldorf and later to Paris for training. Notable among them were the landscape artist C. J. Fahlcrantz (1774-1861), Peter Krafft …
Chinese travel guide horoscope
I suppressed, boycotted or undermined by regulations. The merchant class occupied a very lowly position in the social hierarchy and were despised for their materialism. The state refused to …
TUSCANY TOSCANA
TUSCANY (TOSCANA) The vision of Tuscany has inspired countless artists, poets, and hordes of tourists. Its rolling hills, prodigious olive groves, and cobblestone streets beg visitors to slow their …
Zhaoqing Map
Province: Guangdong. Area: 197sq.km/76sq. miles Population: 199,000 (conurbation 5,270,000) Zhaoqing is situated on the Xijiang river, in the centre of Guangdong province, at 112°25’E and 23°05’N. From the provincial …
Sweden Travel Destinations
The Neolithic period, during which the transition from a hunting culture to a settled farming culture took place and the pre-lndo-European peoples were steadily thrust back by the advancing …