The tomb of Ostrogoth King Theodoric in Ravenna is a unique construction in a town famous for its early Christian monuments and Byzantine mosaics. The Mausoleum of Theodoric is one of eight sites in Ravenna inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list. In contrast to the other early Christian monuments, which are rightly famous … Read more
Visit the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare (St Apollinaris) in Classe, a large, UNESCO-listed Byzantine church near Ravenna, to see the 6th-century apse mosaics and splendid architecture. The Basilica di Sant’Apollinare in Classe is one of the best-preserved churches from antiquity. The architecture is beautiful, but the magnificent Byzantine mosaics in the apse make this church near … Read more
Follow the Romantic Road (Romantische Straße) map in Germany to medieval towns Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Dinkelsbühl, Nördlingen, and Würzburg.
Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) offer cheap day trip cruises on riverboats on Rhine River (Rhein) from Cologne, Bonn, and Düsseldorf to Remagen, Linz, and Koblenz.
Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) is the best Rhine River day trip cruise line with excursions from Cologne (Köln), Koblenz, Rüdesheim, and the Loreley Valley.
Day trips and boat pleasure cruises on the Rhine River (Rhein) and Loreley Valley are easy from Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof and Airport (FRA) in Germany — use the train to Rüdesheim or Koblenz. Regular day pleasure boat cruises on the Rhine River (Rhein) rarely depart from Frankfurt am Main itself but are easily arranged. … Read more
The Rhine River, Europe’s premier waterway, flows from the Swiss Alps to the North Sea through Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Traveling along and on the Rhine River has long been popular. Europe’s premier waterway has been very important for commerce in the pre-industrial era, and although the Rhine is now less … Read more
Cruising on riverboat on the Rhine, especially the Mittelrhein with the famous Lorelei Rock, is a popular day-trip excursion from Frankfurt am Main, Airport or Cologne (Köln).
Transportation to UNESCO World Heritage listed Hallstatt on the Hallstätter See Lake in Austria is easy by train or bus from Vienna or a day trip from Mozart-town Salzburg.
The luxury Glacier Express trains with panoramic windows connect Zermatt and St Moritz via some of the most spectacular Alpine scenery in Switzerland — ticket prices are the same as for regular trains on the route but obligatory seat reservations are extra. The Glacier Express trains from Zermatt in the Valais Alps travel up the … Read more