Travel GuideThe city of Montpellier is located in the south of France a short distance from the Mediterranean coast, the city rises in a hilly area along the river Lez. The center of the city is the place de la Comédie, the place where the Christmas market usually takes place. Montpellier originated in the Middle Ages […]
Grenoble, the ancient capital of the Dauphiné, a city with over two thousand years of history, is the second most important city in the Rhône-Alpes region, located between Lyon and Turin, not far from the border with Italy and the Alps. The city is located in a valley along the Isère and Drac rivers at […]
Steyr, in Upper Austria, a few kilometers south of Linz, is the city of Advent or of the Child Jesus, in fact tradition has handed down the appearance of the Child Jesus in the Christkindl Sanctuary built in 1708. The town houses the largest nativity scene in the world and the mechanical crib. Worth noting is […]
Bad Wimpfen is a small spa town in Baden-Württemberg, located about 60 km north of Stuttgart and a few kilometers north of Heilbronn. The city has its origins in a Roman camp and then as a provincial city of the empire. During the Middle Ages Bad Wimpfen developed as an important market place, this led […]
Klagenfurt, the capital of the Austrian region of Carinthia, lies on the banks of the Wörthersee at about 450 meters above sea level, less than 60 km from the Italian border. The city became important in medieval times and developed further in the 16th century around the Neuer Platz, making Klagenfurt one of the most […]
Verona, a beautiful city located along the Adige river, a short distance from Lake Garda. Thanks to its fortunate position along important commercial communication routes, the city was very important since the Roman Empire period, as evidenced by the many valuable buildings of that era that still survive after two thousand years, such as the […]
Lyon, capital of the Rhône-Alpes province, is the second largest metropolitan area in France after Paris. City of Roman foundation, it was, during the empire, the main city of Gaul. Lyon has always been one of the most important cities in France, located at the crossroads of major communication routes, in particular with Italy, it […]
Charleroi, the largest city in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium, nestles along the banks of the River Sambre, between the cities of Namur and Mons. Charleroi is an industrial city, at the center of an important mining area. The city has an interesting past, it was in fact founded as a fortress in the […]
Dinant is located in Wallonia a few tens of kilometers south-east of the city of Charleroi, the city is located along the course of the river Meuse in a flat area and is characterized not only by a beautiful historic center but also by the presence of a suggestive rocky outcrop , the Rocher Bayard which […]
Annecy is a beautiful town in the Upper Savoy, which overlooks the shores of the lake of the same name. Located between Geneva and Chambery, the history of Annecy has been profoundly influenced by the two neighboring cities, until the fifteenth century it was part of the County of Geneva, before moving on to the […]
The Graz Christmas Market (Adventmärkte) is held in the largest pedestrianized historic center of Austria, not one but five are the markets located in the most beautiful squares of the historic center of this Austrian city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also worth seeing is the ice nativity scene and the largest advent calendar in […]
Bilbao, the largest and most important city in the Basque Country, an important industrial and commercial city. The city is famous for the presence of the futuristic Guggenheim Museum, a museum of contemporary art, designed by Canadian architect Frank Gehry and inaugurated in 1997. But Bilbao also has an interesting historic center (Casco Viejo) that […]
Ghent (Gent) is a beautiful historic city in Belgium that lies between Bruges, Antwerp and Brussels. Ghent was the ancient capital of the County of Flanders, and, in the Middle Ages, between the 11th and 13th centuries, it was one of the largest and richest cities in northern Europe, Ghent’s fortune was the processing of […]
Nantes is an important French city located near the sea along the Loire valley. Nantes is the capital of the Loire region. In the Middle Ages the city was part of the Duchy of Britain, before passing under the kingdom of France in the 16th century. In the 18th century, Nantes became the most important […]
Rouen, the historic capital of Normandy, is a city with a rich and long history, in Roman times it was known under the name of Rotomagus, and became the second city of Gaul. Even in the Middle Ages, Rouen was one of the most important cities of France, becoming the capital of the Duchy of […]