Category: Vacations
CAUSEWAY COAST Past Cushendun, the northern coast becomes even more dramatic. Sea-battered cliffs tower 185m over white beaches before giving way to the spectacular geology of Giant’s Causeway, for …
Province: Kalmar Ian. Region: Smciland. Altitude: sea level. Population: 54,000. Postal code: S-39 … Telephone code: 0480. T Kalmar Lans Turisttrafikforbund, w Box 86, S-39121 Kalmar; tel. 2 82 …
Altitude 5m/16ft. Area: 1345sq.km/519sq. miles Population: 3,220,000 (conurbation 5,870,000) Canton lies in a fertile plain in the centre of the south Chinese province of Guangdong, in the delta of …
VALENCIA Stylish and cosmopolitan, Valencia (pop. 750,000) presents a striking contrast to the surrounding orchards and mountain range. Valencia seems to possess all the best of its sister cities: …
County: Troms fylke. The Lyngenfjord is perhaps the most magnificent fjord in the IMord-land. It runs S for about 80 km (50 miles) from the Lyngstuva promontory (alt. 395 …
County: Roskilde amt. Altitude: sea level. Population: 50,000. Postal code: DK-4000. Telephone code: 03. CAMP SITE. Vigen Strandpark Camping, 4 km (2 miles) N of Roskilde on A6. RESTAURANTS. …
ROSSLARE HARBOUR Rosslare Harbour is a useful departure point for Wales or France. Trains run from the ferry port to Dublin (3hr. 3 per day, ‚19) and Limerick (2V6hr. …
Taipa These two islands lying just offshore from the Macau peninsula are a little world on their own. The southern end ofthe high curved bridge, known as the Ponte …
Capital of the Province of Hebei Area: 284sq.km/110sq. miles Population: 1,300,000 (conurbation 1,710,000) Shijiazhuang lies at 114°29’E and 38°N in the south-west of the Hebei province, 280km/174 miles to …
The name Scandinavia” embraces the countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (also, strictly speaking, Iceland). It only came into general use in the 1 8th c. In practice, Finland …