Tournon, France
Tournon-sur-Rhône is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.…
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Viviers, France
Viviers is a commune in the department of Ardèche in southern France. The administrative and religious capital of Vivarais, the town of Viviers, on the…
Avignon, France
Avignon, a city in southeastern France’s Provence region, is set on the Rhône River. From 1309 to 1377, it was the seat of the Catholic popes. It remained…
Old Montmartre, France
Montmartre is a large hill in Paris’s 18th arrondissement. It is 130 m high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank…
La Defense, France
La Défense is a major business district located three kilometres west of the city limits of Paris. It is part of the Paris metropolitan area in the Île-de-France…
Nuremberg, Germany
Nuremberg, a city in northern Bavaria, is distinguished by medieval architecture such as the fortifications and stone towers of its Altstadt (Old Town).…
Bamberg, Germany
Bamberg’s incredible history dates back to Roman times. Once the jewel in the Roman Empire’s crown, the town became its own diocese after the Holy…
Cruising by the Hassberge Mountains
As you sail by Germany’s beautiful Haßberge Mountains you might be surprised to learn that their name roughly translates to ‘Hate Mountains’ in…
Würzburg, Germany
Although Würzburg’s extensive history, in fact, stretches back over several centuries, very little here pre-dates the Second World War. In 1945 Würzburg…
Cruising Middle Main Quadrangle
The Middle Main Quadrangle is a picturesque stretch of the Main River, extending downstream from Gmünd all the way to Aschaffenburg. Along the way the…