Cities such as Lucca, Perugia and Ravenna can offer culture but smaller crowds and lower prices than the better-known city break destinations. For many years people travelling to Italy for a cultural break needed look no further than the big cities of Florence, Rome, Verona and perhaps Venice. Now travellers are looking to...
Read more →On this special night lots of museums in Budapest stayed open until very late at night to enable people to see their collections in darkness. Visitors to museums were invited to “have a sleepover with history” find out if museums really do come to life after hours. Museums opened their doors to visitors until...
Read more →Whatever your taste in art or music, there’s sure to be something to suit you in Madrid. A number of special exhibitions will be taking place in the city throughout the year. Auschwitz This travelling exhibition about the Nazi extermination camp in Poland makes its first stop at the Canal Art Centre in Madrid....
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There’s an extensive programme of cultural events taking place in Salzburg all year Salzburg is a beautiful city, famous for so many things including the Mirabell Palace and Gardens, the Hohensalzburg Fortress, the Hellbrunn Palace with its trick fountains and the Getreidegasse. Salzburg is also well known for being the birthplace of the composer...
Read more →Lucca, Ravenna and Bologna are all historic cities waiting to be discovered. Many British travellers are now very familiar with the most popular Italian city break destinations of Venice, Florence and Rome. These are certainly wonderful cities and I would be happy to re-visit them time and time again as each city has...
Read more →Most visitors to Florence fly into Pisa Airport and have to transfer to Florence by train or coach. The Pisa Mover transport system was launched in late March and connects Pisa’s Gallileo Gallilei Airport with Pisa Centrale railway station. Running 365 days a year and departing every five minutes from 6am to midnight, the...
Read more →Always a lively city, Bordeaux has plenty of cultural events to interest visitors this year. Bordeaux has always been a dynamic, cosmopolitan city and this year there are a large number of special events taking place. These include exhibitions, concerts, festivals and fairs. Lying on the River Garonne, this elegant city is also an...
Read more →Valencia is an excellent city-break destination but it lies under the radar for most tourists. Valencia might not spring to mind when you’re thinking of heading to Spain for a short break, particularly a foodie break. However for a number of reasons Spain’s third largest city can justifiably be termed one of the top...
Read more →Marseille will enjoy being in the limelight as the Tour de France 2017 nears its end Cycling fans will have been glued to their television screens for the best part of the last three weeks, watching the dramatic events of this year’s Tour de France unfold. It has been the tightest race for...
Read more →There are a number of special events taking place in the city this year which will interest many visitors. If you’re visiting Belfast in June don’t miss the Belfast Titanic Maritime Festival which takes place from 16th to 18th June at Queen’s Quay and the Titanic Quarter. Over the three days visitors can enjoy visiting...
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