Quebec City
Quebec City is the most European city on the North American continent, with one of the famous old hotels dating back to 1892 Le Chateau Frontenac. Quebec City is …
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Poland
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE USSR Variously defined, Eastern Europe as the term is used here consists of seven states: Poland, the largest; Czechoslovakia and Hungary, both landlocked; Romania and …
ICELAND
OFFICIAL NAME: REPUBLIC OF ICELAND Iceland suffers from a bad press, a public relations ploy pulled centuries ago when a Viking chieftain who was intent on selling what is …
SPAIN
Spain, a country of 37.5 million people, sees forty million visitors, mostly other Europeans, each year who contribute $6.5 billion to the Spanish economy. There is more than enough …
Madrid Map
SAFETY AND SECURITY PERSONAL SAFETY EXPLORING. Respecting local customs (in many cases, dressing more conserva tively) may placate would-be hecklers. Familiarize yourself with your surround ings before setting out. …
Travel to Scandinavia
Denmark proper and the Faeroe Islands together are slightly smaller than Vermont and New Hampshire combined. Greenland, largest island in the world (857,159 sq. mi.), is part of Denmark …
AVOIDANCE OF POOR COUNTRIES
Ironically some of the countries that desperately need visitor money get little because of their poverty. These include most of the Black African nations and most of Asia. Bangladesh’s …
PLEASURE TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
The world is a supermarket of pleasure travel. Or is it? Subtract the oceans, the seas, and many of the lakes 70 percent of the total. That leaves 30 …
THE BIG INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS
In terms of the numbers involved in international travel Western Europe is the all-out leader. Keeping in mind how easy it is to become an international traveler (crossing a …
Travel to France
More Germans visit France than any other national group and it is little wonder that they are not particulary loved by the French. World War I and II memories …