Discover and Explore Lanzarote

lanzaroteFollow the coast of Africa down from Morocco towards the equator and the Canary Islands soon become visible. Despite the fact they lie off this huge continent though they are in fact part of the EU – as the seven islands were subdued by Spain in the early 15th century. Providing the nascent empire with a vital springboard to the New World.

Today the Canaries are all about tourism – with ten million visitors a year enjoying holidays all year round in the archipelago. Most of them originating from Northern European countries such as Germany, the UK and Scandinavia.

Each island is different and Lanzarote is regarded as quieter and less touched by tourism than the bigger islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Partly as development here has been carefully controlled – with bans in place on high rise buildings and ad hoardings. Strictures put in place largely thanks to pressure exerted by a local artist called César Manrique. Read more »

Touring Caravan Sites

Caravan interiorWe often need a way to break the monotony of existence. Usually in some form of relaxation. For some reason, I’ve always chosen weekends hotel breaks as my way to get away from everything. Either that, or I have always gone trekking round Europe or Asia on buses and rail. So I’m used to sleeping in last minute dorms and hostels and that’s when I thought, what if I have my own tour bus to hike around in? Better still, what if I have my own caravan?

Firstly, the thought of living permanently in a caravan is gross and actually scares me, but the thought of being able to tour the country of my birth in a fantastic vehicle in which I can sleep actually sounds pretty fantastic. And so… I decided to check it out and apparently, this country is littered with touring caravan sites for the nation’s use. Read more »

Burg Eltz Castle

burg-eltzIsolated in the valley of the Mossel River, near Koblenz, Burg Eltz is an authentic medieval castle, dating back to the mid twelfth century. Unlike other old German castles, it has never seen serious battles, so it maintains its original appearance without the help of modern architecture.

Burg Eltz was built atop a 200 meter rock spire and is surrounded on three sides by the Eltz River and a thick forest. Its picturesque setting and impressive architecture have made Burg Eltz the most popular castle in Germany
Two thirds of Burg Eltz Castle are available to the public, while the other is the residence of the 33rd generation of the Eltz family. Read more »

HOHENZOLLERN CASTLE

hohenzollern-castleStacked atop 855 meters-high Move Hohenzollern, this astounding representative of Germanic architecture stands as deference to the Dynasty royalty, that ruled over Preussen since the Mid Ages, until the end of Humans War I.

During a flub to Italia, Frederick William IV of Preussen, was extremely through gray Frg and change the need to instruct much almost the story of his sept. He climbed to the top of Setting Hohenzollern and decided it was the perfect blob to body a construction for the muscular dynasty.
Intentional in Face Betterment name, Royalty Hall was collective to resemble a medieval knights’ mansion, very often equal Neuschwannstein, only without the fiction elements. Read more »

Lichtenstein Castle

lichtenstein-castleLike numerous of the castles and fortresses in Germany, Painter Manse was stacked on the ruins of a unsuccessful manse dating hinder to the 1200s. It sits on top of a formation in the Swabian Alb Elevation range, and righteous equivalent Neuschwanstein Castle, it looks equivalent it belongs in a narration. Read more »

Löwenburg Mansion

lowenburgTranslated as “Lion’s Manse” is unequaled among all the castles in Frg in that it was planned as a romanticist medieval chessman ruination. The plan of Löwenburg Mansion was based on a fantasy of Landgrave Wilhelm IX, but experts greeting it a real important historical construction, because it was the prototypic neogothic system in the region. Read more »

Neuschwanstein Manse

neuschwannsteinAlso renowned as “the tale hall”, Neuschwannstein is thoughtful the most splendid manse in Deutschland, and one of the most ravishing in the humans.
Located in the posit of Province, this surprising architectural action was authorized by Tycoon Ludwig II of Bavaria, afterwards identified as Ludwig the Mad. In a letter to his muse, the famous German composer, Richard Architect, he said he wished to progress a residence in the call of the old Teutonic Knights, in the most ravishing position one could learn.
Ingenuous to visitors in 1886, after Ludwig’s death, Neuschwannstein Chessman has embellish one of Germany’s most favourite holidaymaker destinations and the most photographed construction in the land. Over 50 cardinal grouping screw visited this fib hall e’er since its option. Read more »

Sanssouci

sanssouciPremeditated as Town the Majuscule’s season castle, Sanssouci is considered by some a Teutonic challenger of Versailles.
The mansion of Sanssouci was improved on a midget terraced comic, at Potsdam, to fulfill Town’s requirement of a relaxing recede. The recite itself agency “offhanded”, “without cares” and the fact that it resembles a one-story revolutionist proves it wasn’t meant to interpret a put of powerfulness.
Sanssouci is famous for its comprehensive gardens, filled with beautifully designed temples and follies and also for its model Frederician Rococo call, named after the large monarch, who’s personal savour influenced the structure and decorations.
Sanssouci has been else to UNESCO’s Earth Acquisition Sites Tilt and has transform one of Deutschland’s top tourist destinations. Read more »

The Eiffel Tower

Eiffel_TowerThe Eiffel Tower (French: Tour Eiffel, [tuʀ ɛfɛl]) is a 19th century iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris that has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower, which is the tallest building in Paris,[1] is the single most visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch for the 1889 World’s Fair.

The tower stands at 324 m (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-story building. It was the tallest structure in the world from its completion until 1930, when it was eclipsed by the Chrysler Building in New York City. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure in France, behind the Millau Viaduct, completed in 2004. And while the Eiffel Tower is a steel structure, and weighs approximately 10,000 tonnes, it actually has a relatively low density, weighing less than a cylinder of air occupying the same dimensions as the tower. Read more »

The Champs-Elysées

champs-elyseesThe Champs Elysees in Paris are known as the world most beautiful avenue. The Champs Elysees stretch from Concorde square to Arc de Triomphe. They are 1910m long and 70m wide. The Champs Elysees have been superbly renovated with very large granite sidewalks and plane trees.

The Champs Elysées (Elysian fields) were originally nothing but fields, until Marie de Medicis decided in 1616 to put up a long tree-lined pathway. In 1667, Le Notre extended the vista of the Tuileries and the Champs-Elysees became a very fashionable place to walk. In 1724, the avenue was extended up to Chaillot hill, now the site of the Arc de Triomphe and the Etoile. Read more »