Places of Interest
Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence, Italy, situated opposite, and lending its name to, the city's main railway station. Chronologically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and is the city's principal Dominican church. »
Santa Sofia in Padua is the oldest church structure in the city. It was built in the 10th century on the site of a presumed Mithraeum. »
Sarriod de la Tour Castle is a castle in the town of Saint-Pierre by the Dora Baltea River, in Northwestern Italy's Aosta Valley. »
Schallaburg Castle is a castle in the village of Schallaburg in the municipality of Schollach, near the Wachau valley, Lower Austria, north of the Alps. »
The Schlossberg is a tree-clad hill, and the site of a fortress, in the centre of the city of Graz, Austria. »
The Scrovegni Chapel (Cappella degli Scrovegni), also known as the Arena Chapel, is a small church, adjacent to the Augustinian monastery, the Monastero degli Eremitani in Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. »
The Scuola Grande di San Marco is a building in Venice, Italy. »
Sforza Castle (Castello Sforzesco) is in Milan, northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification. »
St. James' Church (Sint-Jacobskerk) is a former Collegiate church in Antwerp, Belgium. The church is built on the site of a hostel for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela. »
The St. Paul's Church or Sint-Pauluskerk is a Roman Catholic church located at the Veemarkt in Antwerp. Its exterior is mainly Gothic with a Baroque tower while the interior is characterised by its rich Baroque decoration. »
Naumburg Cathedral is the former cathedral of the Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz. The church building, most of which dates back to the 13th century, is a renowned landmark of the German late Romanesque and has been recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018. »
Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most important castles in Scotland, both historically and architecturally. »
Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monument located in a UNESCO World Heritage site on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. »
Su Nuraxi is a nuragic archaeological site in Barumini, Sardinia, Italy. »
Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa. It is a significant tourist attraction, with many visitors using the cableway or hiking to the top. »
The Tempio Malatestiano (Malatesta Temple) is the unfinished cathedral church of Rimini, Italy. »
The Temple of Apollo is one of the most important ancient Greek monuments on Ortygia, in front of the Piazza Pancali in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. »
The Temple of Monte Grisa (Santuario Nazionale a Maria Madre e Regina) is a Roman-Catholic church north of the city of Trieste. »
The Choijin Lama Temple (Чойжин ламын сүм) is a Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. »
In 1814 Napoléon Bonaparte was exiled to the island of Elba, not far from Corsica, his birthplace. Less than a year later, with the intention of dethroning Louis XVIII, he landed near Cannes, beginning the 100-day adventure that was to end at Waterloo. »
The Musée du Louvre contains more than 380,000 objects and displays 35,000 works of art in eight curatorial departments. The painting collection has more than 7,500 works from the 13th century to 1848 and is managed by 12 curators who oversee the collection's display. »
The Eiffel Tower is a symbol of Paris and one of the most famous landmarks in the world. Built by Gustave Eiffel in 1887-1889, the tower was almost torn down in 1909 and only saved due to its use as a telegraphy antenna. »
The Museum of Saint Helena is a museum on the island of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the south Atlantic Ocean. »
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, generally known as The Round Church, is an Anglican church in the city of Cambridge, England. »
The Three Towers of San Marino are a group of towers located in San Marino. Located on the three peaks of Monte Titano in the capital, also called San Marino, they are depicted on both the national flag and coat of arms. »
Thun Castle (Schloss Thun) is a castle in the city of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It was built in the 12th century, today houses the Thun Castle museum, and is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. »
Tongariro National Park, in the central North Island of New Zealand, contains the three active volcanoes of Mount Ruapehu, Mount Tongariro and Mount Ngauruhoe. It is one of the North Island's most popular areas for day tramping, multi-day tramping and snow sports. »
Torres del Paine is a national park in Chilean Patagonia. It is in the southern tiers of the Andes and features mountains, lakes, and glaciers. »
A Coruña is a busy port located on a promontory in the Golfo Ártabro, a large gulf on the Atlantic Ocean. It provides a distribution point for agricultural goods from the region. »
Aachen is a historically important city, spa and university centre in North Rhine-Westphalia, situated at the "three lands corner" where the borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet. »
Alcalá de Henares is a city 30 km northeast of Madrid. It's a university and religious centre, and famous people born here include Miguel Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, and Katherine of Aragon, first wife of England's King Henry VIII. »
Aranjuez is an historic municipality at the confluence of the Tajo and Jarama rivers, about 50 km south of Madrid. »
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, commonly referred to as Bad Homburg, is a spa town just outside Frankfurt in Hesse, Germany. With a sizeable castle and old town, the thermal springs and a casino frequented by kings, as well as its present highest per capita wealth in all of Germany, the city adopted an apt motto Champagnerluft und Tradition. »
Baeza is an Andalusian town in the province of Jaén in southern Spain. Baeza lies perched on a cliff in the Loma de Úbeda, the range separating the Guadalquivir River to its south from the Guadalimar to its north. »
Situated on the banks of the Nervión, Bilbao is the largest city in Spain's Basque Country. »
Blanes on the Costa Brava and the province of Girona is an old fishing town that has become an important beach destination. »
Brühl is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, almost a suburb of Cologne. »
Elche is in the Valencia region, southeastern Spain. Elche is the Spanish name of the city, and it is also known by its Valencian name Elx. »
Granada is a city in Granada Province in the Andalucia region of Spain. Rich in history and culture, Granada is a very worthwhile city in Spain for a tourist. »
Hildesheim is a city in the north German region of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). »