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FOLLOW THE RHINE RIVER BY RAIL
In 1814, Mary and Percy Shelley floated down the Rhine River from their scandalous European elopement. Take your own Rhine rail tour from Switzerland to Germany. Rhine By Rail Pass

NESTLE-CAILLER CHOCOLATE FACTORY - SWITZERLAND
The Nestle-Cailler Chocolate Factory Tour in Broc Gruyeres Switzerland opens its brand new visitor center for Chocolate Train tours. Cailler Chocolate Factory Tour

FAMOUS VIENNA CAFÉS
Visiting the Imperial City would be incomplete without lingering at a Viennese Cafe. Sit at Beethoven's or Lenin's favorite table while waiting for your concert - or revolution to begin. Cafes

TOURS & PACKAGES

BRENDAN VACATIONS GERMANY PACKAGES 2010
Self-Drive and Escorted Germany Tours
Brendan Vacations is featuring Germany Self-Drive and Best of Germany Tours through November to explore from Munich to Cologne and Berlin and beer halls in between. Germany Tours

TRAFALGAR TOURS
Escorted Tour Travel to Europe Save on Companion Fares
Voted "Best International Tour Operator" by the readers of Travel Weekly, Trafalgar Tours is a pioneer of the escorted motor coach tour offering 300 intineraries. Trafalgar Tours

FAMILY TOURS
Italy, Switzerland and Prague - Take the Kids Too
More than merely “child friendly”, Intrepid Travel’s family adventure tours give children a chance to discover the world while providing parents as much activity as the kids. Family Tours

Easy Escapes to Europe: Hotels from $99

ENGLAND

ROBIN HOOD'S MAJOR OAK
A new movie about England's most famous outlaw comes out in 2010 to take a little change from your pocket. Why not visit his original hideout in Nottingham's Sherwood Forest. Robin Hood

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GERMANY

PORSCHE MUSEUM
Stuttgart's Newest Shrine to Speed
With a futuristic exterior of angular lines in contrast to the sleek curves for which the world’s most famous sports car maker is known, the New Porsche Museum opens. Porsche Museum

HOTEL RITTER ST GEORG HEIDELBERG
Renaissance Era Hotel at the Famous Castle
The 4 Centuries old Ritter St Georg Hotel on the Heidelberg town square makes the perfect romantic stay to catch the Heidelberg Castle Illumations. Ritter St Georg

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SWITZERLAND

TOURING LAVAUX WINE TERRACES
The world heriutage terraced vineyards of the Lavaux in Switzerland above Lake Geneva have been producing wine since the days of medieval monasteries. Lavaux Wine Touring

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FRANCE

TOURNUS ABBEY - BURGUNDY
Romanesque Monument among the Vineyards
The Abbey at Tournus on the Burgundy wine route is the oldest and one of most beautiful of the magnificent churches along the romantic River Saone flowing through wine country. Tournus

CHÂTEAU DE CORMATIN
Grand Manor Spoils of Nobility
Grand manor, the moated Chateau of Marquis de Huxelles in the heart of the Southern Burgundy wine region near Tournus and the town that made Chardonnay famous. Chateau Cormatin

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IRELAND

DUBLIN’S GUINNESS® STOREHOUSE
250 Years of the Perfect Pint
Ireland's famous brewery celebrates 250 years since Arthur Guinness signed his 9000 year lease and thirsty tourists to Dublin can search for the perfect pint. Guinness Dublin

PLAY GOLF IN IRELAND
Links Courses in the Emerald Isle
Though born in Scotland, Ireland discovered golf in 1881 and today has fully a third of the world's links style courses spread over lakes, hills and seaside cliffs. Ireland Golf

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AUSTRIA

MOZART IN SALZURG
Birthplace and Residence Museums in Mozart Town
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is associated with many places, but Salzburg where the prodigy composer was born can be called Mozart town as much as any. Mozart Museum Salzburg

VIENNA’S HOUSE OF MUSIC
Conduct the Philharmonic at Haus der Musik
At Vienna's Haus Der Musik, the clever museum in the former palace of an Archduke where the Vienna Philharmonic was founded, music is meant to be played with. Vienna Music Haus

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ITALY

TRENTINO WINE
Tasting and Touring the Northern Wine Roads
For wine touring, other parts of Italy are more well known, but the north where Alps waters flow to the plains of the Po offer vineyards below magnificent mountain cliffs. Wine Touring Trentino

COOKING CLASSES IN UMBRIA
Olive Harvest and Italian Country Cooking
The La Volpe e L'Uva Agritourismo near Perugia, offers Italian home cooking class holidays to go with the autumn Olive Harvest and touring historic towns of Umbria and Tuscany. Umbria Cooking

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BELGIUM

FLANDERS FIELDS IN "THE GREAT WAR"
WWI Monuments and Museums of Belgium
The "Flanders Fields" of northwest Belgium are now forever associated with WWI. Follow the trail of monument and trenches through the bloody battlefields of Westhoek. WWI Flanders Field

"BATTLE OF THE BULGE" WAR SITES
Tour of WWII Belgium Ardennes Museums
Monuments and armored vehicles at nearly any crossroads mark the trail of the last gasp of the German War machine through the Ardennes forest of eastern Belgium. WWII Battle of The Bulge

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WALES

PORTHMADOG STEAM RAILWAYS – WALES
Rheilfford Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways
Ride the steam railways for North Wales where the mining of slate created towns and industry, then fell again to a quite fernal beauty of the Welsh Coast. Steam Railways Porthmadog

RUTHIN CASTLE HOTEL
Ghosts, Greys & Medieval Banquets
Ruthin Castle Hotel has a history of famous guests from the Prince of Wales to Winston Churchill's mother, as well as a few ethereal guests who refuse to check out. Ruthin Castle Hotel

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CROATIA

ZRINSKI CASTLE CAKOVEC
Museum and Zrinski History in Medimurje
The Castle of the Zrinksi Clan holds the history secrets of Medimurje, northernmost region of modern Croatia which has traded hands with Hungary for centuries. Zrinski Castle Museum

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