Royal Chambord Castle is the largest and one of the most popular Renaissance chateaux to see on day trips in the Loire Valley in France. Originally intended as a hunting lodge for the royal court, Chateau de Chambord ballooned into the largest chateau in the Loire Valley. This Renaissance chateau is instantly recognizable by its … Read more
The Renaissance Château de Villandry is mostly visited for its magnificent ornamental gardens – famously using vegetables for colorful formal displays. Renaissance Château de Villandry near Tours in the Loire Valley is famous for its exceptional formal gardens. The ornamental kitchen garden of Villandry, where vegetables are planted to form a magnificently colorful ornamental garden, … Read more
Getting to Flughafen Dortmund 21 in the German Ruhr area is fast, easy, and cheap by airport express shuttle bus, train, or minibus van transfer services. Public transportation is the cheapest way to get to Dortmund Airport (DTM) in Germany. The Airport Express bus provides a direct service to downtown Dortmund Hauptbahnhof main train station. … Read more
Getting to Château de Chambord is easiest by car but buses and especially day-trip excursions to various chateaux in the Loire valley are also available. Château de Chambord is the largest castle in the Loire region of France. As a hunting lodge, Chambord was in a forest and as this forest mostly survived as a … Read more
The Arromanches 360° cinema is a popular introduction to touring the D-Day landing beaches. The belvedere gives excellent free views of the Mulberries. The Arromanches 360° Cinéma Circulaire is a circular cinema showing archive footage from the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy that followed. It is not a museum and visitors will learn … Read more
Buses and trains are the cheapest public transportation to Flughafen Allgäu / Memmingen (FMM), a small airport to the west of Munich (München) in Germany. Driving is easy too and a faster option to many rural destinations and ski resorts. The easiest public transportation to Memmingen Airport (also known as Munich West or Flughafen Allgäu … Read more
Getting to Salzburg W A Mozart Airport (SZG) in Austria is easy by car or bus. Buses run frequently in a few minutes to downtown and the train station, as wel as Bad Reichenhall and Berchtesgaden in Germany. Salzburg WA Mozart Airport (SZG) is very conveniently located just behind a hill from the center of … Read more
The Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof at La Cambe is the largest Second World War military cemetery in Normandy. The Cimetière Militaire Allemand / Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof at La Cambe is the final resting place of over 21,000 German soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy in 1944. The German military cemetery has by far the largest number … Read more
Lake boats cruise on the Brienzersee between Interlaken Ost and Brienz with wonderful views of the Alps and easy access to many sights. The Brienzersee is a fairly small lake but with marvelous views of the mountains of the Bernese Oberland. Cruises go mostly from Interlaken Ost to Iseltwald (hiking), Giesbach (mountain railway to the … Read more
Cruise boats on the Thunersee call at stops such as Thun, Oberhofen, Spiez, and Interlaken West while passing Alpine landscapes of central Switzerland near Bern. Lake Thun near Interlaken and Bern is one of the best lakes for enjoying cruise boat excursions in Switzerland. The Thunersee is smaller than other major lakes but still offers … Read more