Getting to Passau, the top departure port for Danube riverboat cruise vacations in Germany and Austria is easy by car or cheap on public transportation (train or bus) from Frankfurt or Munich Airport. The Bavarian city Passau is right on the German-Austrian border at the confluence of the Danube, Inn, and Ilz Rivers. Passau in … Read more
Tradition-rich cafés such as Hotel Sacher Wien, Café Central, and Demel are top attractions in Vienna. These coffee shops serve strong, fresh coffee with top Austrian cakes, including the ever popular chocolate Sachertorte.
Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG) is very convenient but has very few flights so most passengers to the Baltic Coast need to fly via Berlin or Hamburg. Flughafen Rostock-Laage (RLG) is located between the Hansestadt Rostok on the Baltic Coast and Güstrow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Northern Germany. Currently, only a few weekly flights arrive here from mostly … Read more
Visit the wonderful Bredius Museum in The Hague to see fine art in a typical wealthy art connoisseur’s house near the Mauritshuis in Den Haag. The Museum Bredius in Den Haag displays the private art collection of Abraham Bredius, a very wealthy art historian and director of the Mauritshuis in the early twentieth century. His … Read more
Visit the enormous Monument to the Battle of the Nations memorial (Völkerschlachtdenkmal) and Forum 1813 museum commemorating the centenary of the defeat of Napoleon in Leipzig in 1813. The Battle of the Nations Memorial (Völkerschlachtdenkmal) on the outskirts of Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is the largest monument in Europe. It opened in 1913 on the … Read more
Sherlock Holmes famously fought Professor Moriarty to death at the Reichenbach Waterfalls (Reichenbachfall) near Meiringen in Switzerland — a popular sight now easily reached on a funicular ride. The Reichenbach Waterfalls near Meiringen in the Haslital of the Berner Oberland are among the most famous waterfalls in Switzerland. It is not the highest, strongest, or … Read more
The small Sherlock Holmes Museum in Meiringen near the Reichenbach waterfalls is dedicated to the world’s most famous fictional detective. Meiringen in the Haslital near Interlaken in Switzerland has been a pilgrimage site for Sherlock Holmes fans ever since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle killed off the famous fictional detective at the nearby Reichenbach Waterfalls. A … Read more
Austria has eight cultural, architectural, and natural sites on the UNESCO World Heritage list to confirm the Austrian contribution to world culture. These treasures include architecture, natural beauty, and classical music. Currently listed sites include Salzburg, Schönbrunn, Hallstatt-Dachstein, Semmering, Graz, Wachau, Neusiedler See, Vienna and Alpine dwellings.
The free Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig (MdbK) is a top fine arts gallery with one of Germany’s largest collections of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculptures from the Middle Ages to the present. The Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig (MdbK) / Museum of Fine Arts is one of the largest museums of visual arts … Read more
Visit the wonderful Musée de Cluny French National Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris to see medieval history and art, including The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry series. The Cluny Museum National Museum of the Middle Ages (Musée de Cluny-Musée National du Moyen Âge) is one of the finest museums in Paris and home … Read more