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Johannesburg offers visitors the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of history-makers like Nelson Mandela, Gandhi and Archbishop Desmond Tutu and to visit landmarks important in South Africa's road to social reform. The South African people refer to Johannesburg as Egoli, the City of Gold, given...

It won’t take you very long in Frankfurt-am-Main (pronounced mine) to see why Germans refer to their financial capital as “Mainhattan”. Its landscape of towering skyscrapers is unlike any other city in Germany. Frankfurt continues to parallel New York when you add to this the fact that the population...

Tucson is the second-largest city in the southwestern state of Arizona. The city has pleasantly cooler temperature than Phoenix and is located in the Sonoran Desert. Tucson is one of the “forty fastest growing metropolitan areas” of the United States.  With a population of one million in...

Located in the Aegean Sea, the Greek island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Islands.  This open-air museum benefits from over 3000 years of history and attracts over one million visitors yearly. With lots of sunshine, sandy beaches, medieval castles, a party-till-you-drop nightlife,...

  Enjoy your trip to Italy with the Emilia-Romagna Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.   The Quick Trips to Italy Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting destination...

  Enjoy your trip to France with the Alsace Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.   The Quick Trips to France Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting destination...

The historic French province of Champagne is located 160 kilometers east of Paris and has a long-standing tradition of viticulture dating from the first century. Indeed, there is no other place in the world to legally name a drink “champagne.” Cavernous chalk tunnels stretch for kilometers under...

Burgundy is the hilly area of eastern France and is known worldwide for its fine wines. One-third of the region’s wine is red (“rouge”) and two-thirds white (“blanc”). The Burgundy region has five villages distinguished as “the prettiest villages of France” as well as three World Heritage...

The French Riviera (Côte d’Azur) is stunningly located on the beautiful coast of southeastern France.  Adjacent to Monaco and bordering the Mediterranean, the French Riviera delights vacationers of all ages. Tourists visit the upscale resort towns as well as special events like the Nice...

A visit to Brittany will leave you feeling like you’re in a Celtic fairytale with many towns retaining their medieval architecture.  Its dramatic windswept coastline changes with the weather from hauntingly, beautiful to utterly sublime – made all the more mysterious when you learn about...

Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, is located on seven hills near the Tejo River. In spite of the hilly terrain, the city can be easily explored on foot. Lisbon has a good transportation system, which includes hill elevators known as “funiculars”. The longest bridge in Europe and some of the...

The Northern Territories are known as the 'real outback' of Australia and it depicts nature on a large, impressive scale.  The state contains some of the most famous natural attractions in Australia and is bounded by Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia.  The major city is Darwin,...

The Caribbean island of Jamaica offers visitors beautiful landscapes, tropical beaches, lots of sunshine and some of the world’s best rum. The main towns include Kingston, the capital city, Spanish Town, Mandeville, Portmore, Ocho Rios, Negril, Port Antonio and Montego Bay. Kingston Harbor is the...

Located 2,400 kilometres from the southeastern coast of Africa, Mauritius is an island nation and tourist paradise in the Indian Ocean. The island is part of the Mascarenhas Archipelago along with Rodrigues Island and French Réunion, sharing with them a common geologic origin. The official...