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From the monthly archives: June 2010

Brand-Name Fashion Shopping at McArthur Glen Outlet Mall in Troyes, France

Posted on June 19, 2010 in Champagne, France
McArthur Glen Outlet Mall in Troyes

Top savings are available on brand-name fashion and sports clothes at the McArthur Glen Outlet shopping mall in Troyes in the Aube en Champagne region in France.

Cheap brand-name fashion and discounted sports and casual clothing is available from the McArthur Glen factory outlet shopping mall outside Troyes in the French Aube en Champagne [...]

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Kinderdijk – the Largest Collection of Working Historical Windmills in Holland

Posted on June 16, 2010 in Holland, Netherlands
kinderdijk

The largest number of historical working windmills in the Netherlands can be seen at Kinderdijk near Rotterdam and Dordrecht in South Holland. Admission is free.

Kinderdijk near Rotterdam and Dordrecht in South Holland has the largest collection of historical working windmills in the Netherlands. The 19 windmills (windmolen) at Kinderdijk are on the UNESCO [...]

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Hotels & Restaurants in Romantische Franken Towns Ansbach, Colmburg, Bad Windsheim

Posted on June 16, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Colmberg Burghof (Photo Die Burgenstraße)

Ansbach, Colmburg (castle hotel), and Bad Windsheim have good hotels and restaurants to compete with more famous Romantic Franken (Romantische Franken) towns in Bavaria.

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Visit Bad Windsheim’s Franconian Open-Air Museum & Spa, Bavaria

Posted on June 16, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany, Uncategorized
Bad Windsheim Fränkisches Freilandmuseum (Photo Janericloebe / Wikimedia Commons) Bad Windsheim in Franken, Bavaria has the interesting Franconian Open-Air Museum, a mostly Baroque old town, and a modern spa with mineral salt baths.
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Colmberg with Staufen Castle Hotel and Restaurant in Bavaria, Germany

Posted on June 16, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Burg Colmberg Castle Hotel in Germany

Colmberg is a romantic town in Franconia, Bavaria with a famous Staufen-era castle – now a hotel and restaurant – and a pleasant old town with half-timbered houses.

Colmberg is a typical romantic Franken town with numerous half-timbered houses. The main reason to visit can be seen from afar – Burg Colmberg that towers over [...]

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Top Sights to See in Heilsbronn in Franken, Bavaria, Germany

Posted on June 16, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Hohenzollern Tombs in Heilsbronn, Germany

Heilsbronn in Franken, Bavaria is mostly visited to see the Romanesque Klosterkirche (Monastery Church) with altars, art, and the tombs of Hohenzollern rulers.

Heilsbronn’s history goes back to 1132 when the bishop of Bamberg founded a monastery here at the conjunction of the territories of the Bishoprics of Bamberg, Würzburg, and Eichstätt. The monastery was [...]

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Culture and Festivals (Rococo, Bach, Kaspar Hauser) in Ansbach, Germany

Posted on June 16, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Young actor in period dress for the Ansbach Rokoko Festspiele

Ansbach in Bavaria has major cultural festivals including the Rokoko (Rococo) and Kaspar Hauser Festspiele (festivals) and the Bachwoche (Bach Week). The strange case of Kaspar Hauser has intrigued Germany for generations.

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Top Sights to See in Ansbach Old Town, Bavaria, Germany

Posted on June 16, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Schloss Lichtenau in Germany

Top sights in Ansbach other than the Baroque Residenz palace include the St Gumbertus church with its Schwanenritterkapelle and the Lichtenau Fortress

The top sight in Ansbach is the Markgräfliches Residenz (Margrave Palace) with the Hofgarten (Court Garden) but it is rewarding to stroll through the romantic old town with its faux-Baroque buildings. A brief [...]

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Visit Romantic Franconian Ansbach with Baroque Hohenzollern Palace

Posted on June 16, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
Orangerie in Ansbach in Franken, Germany

Ansbach is a romantic town in Franken with a Baroque palace (Markgräfliche Residenz) and Hofgarten that remind of the links with the Hohenzollern-Brandenburg dynasty.

Ansbach in Romantic Franconia (Romantische Franken) is typified by Baroque palaces rather than medieval fortifications and half-timbered houses that dominate in other old town in the region.  The main sights in [...]

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Visit Romantische Franken (Romantic Franconia) in Bavaria, Germany

Posted on June 16, 2010 in Bavaria, Franken / Franconia, Germany
franken

Romantic Franconian sights include Baroque Ansbach, Colmberg castle, Klosterkirche Minster in Heilsbronn, and Bad Windsheim with a spa and open-air museum.

Romantische Franken (Romantic Franconia) is in the northwestern parts of Bavaria in Germany. The most popular sights in Romantische Franken are those along the Romantic Road (Romantische Straße) between Rothenburg ob der Tauber [...]

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