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Vienna’s Imperial Palaces, Schönbrunn, Hofburg and Belvedere: Live the Royal Life!

January 31, 2020 By Susmita Sengupta

Vienna's famous royal palaces have to be high on any visitor's bucket list Vienna, the capital city of Austria is the quintessential European city of art and culture. The awe-inspiring sights of Vienna's imperial palaces, majestic parks, grand concert halls, mighty cathedrals, elegant streets and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: art museums, Austria, baroque, Belvedere, gardens, habsburg, hofburg, Imperial Palaces, Klimt, rococo, schonbrunn, Sisi, Vienna

Metz Cathedral Lightshow – 800th Anniversary 2020

January 8, 2020 By Helen Page

Metz Cathedral Lightshow

Metz Cathedral's Spectacular 800th Anniversary Lightshow: 2020 marks the 800th anniversary of Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Metz, the city's main cathedral. There are many events throughout the year to celebrate its anniversary and one of these is the spectacular videomapping of the cathedral's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Metz, Metz Cathedral, Metz Cathedral 800th Anniversary

Famous Vienna Classical Concerts to Usher in the New Year

December 31, 2019 By Helen Page

Vienna New Year Concerts

Vienna Classical Concerts - A Classical Way to Usher in the New Year: For classical music lovers, a dream Christmas present would be some tickets to one of the many famous New Year's Day Concerts in Vienna.  The Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Day Concert at the Wiener Musikverein is one of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: classical concerts, classical vienna, concert vienna, konzerte wien, mozart vienna, music vienna, vienna festival, vienna new year concert, vienna philharmonic, vienna strauss, vienna symphony

Trouble at the Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market

December 23, 2019 By Helen Page

City Weihnachtsmarkt

No Feuerzangenbowle at the Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market Tonight: Tony's favourite feuerzangenbowle is at the Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market on Berlin's Breitscheidplatz and so that's where we headed for on Saturday night. As we were walking towards Breitscheidplatz, we saw streams of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: berlin christmas market, city weihnachtsmarkt, gedächtniskirche weihnachtsmarkt

Chinese Tower Christmas Market

December 20, 2019 By Helen Page

Chinesischer Turm Weihnachtsmarkt

A Chinese Tower Christmas Market Set in a Beautiful English Garden: https://youtu.be/xTKTTY8ufXM The last time we were at the Chinesischer Turm Weihnachtsmarkt (Chinese Tower Christmas Market) in Munich we came across a stall full of Räuchermännchen (German incense smokers). The owner of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: Chinese Tower Christmas Market, chinesischer turm weihnachtsmarkt, englischer garten, munich christmas market

Augsburger Christkindlesmarkt

December 20, 2019 By Helen Page

Augsburg Christkindlmarkt (Christmas Market)

The Augsburger Christkindlesmarkt Claims to be the Most Beautiful: https://youtu.be/8kwaRd3dQnY We first visited Augsburg a couple of years ago at the end of our Romantic Road trip. The lady in the tourist office said that we should visit their Christmas market. According to her, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: augsburg chriskindlmarkt, augsburg christmas market, augsburger christkindlesmarkt, german christmas markets

Giant Street Art adds spice to Rome’s Creative Scene

December 18, 2019 By Fabio Barilari

A Local Perspective to Rome’s Creative Scene In 2015 I went to live in a neighbourhood in south Rome called Tor Marancia. Up until a few years earlier, this area had been considered “one to avoid”: a zone of public housing notorious for deprivation and high crime rates. But one morning, passing Tor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: Rome, Street art, Tor Marancia, tourist attraction

A Shivering Start to our Munich Christmas Market Visit

December 10, 2019 By Helen Page

Munich Christmas Market

Munich Christmas Market is the Start of our German Christmas Market Tour: Munich is the start of our eight city German Christmas market tour and this year the Bavarian capital failed to put on a warm welcome for us - in fact it was freezing! A Freezing start to our Munich Visit A cold snap … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: german christmas markets, munich christkindlmarkt, munich christmas market, munich marienplatz

The Magic of the Vienna Christmas Markets

November 25, 2019 By Helen Page

Vienna Christmas Markets

Vienna Christmas Markets to get you in the Yuletide Spirit: The first Christmas markets in Vienna were held more than seven centuries ago when in 1296 Emperor Albrecht I granted Viennese traders and shopkeepers the privilege of holding a December market for the city's population.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: christmas travel, vienna christmas, vienna christmas markets, weihnachtsmarkt, wien christkindlmarkt

Christmas in Salzburg

November 25, 2019 By Helen Page

Christmas in Salzburg

Christmas in Salzburg: Advent Music, Christmas Markets and Other Christmas Things to Do: Winter in Salzburg has its very special charm especially at Christmas. The hectic summer festivals are replaced with Advent music, Christmas markets and other traditional Christmas celebrations. Advent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: christmas in salzburg, christmas things to do, salzburg adventsingen, salzburg christmas markets, salzburg tours

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