Like many towns in the Mosel valley, BERNKASTEL-KUES , which is 50km downstream from Trier, was originally two completely separate communities facing each other across the river. It attracts its fair share of coach-tripping tourists and can get...
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Situated on the River Brenta where it widens on its emergence from the hills, BASSANO has expanded rapidly this century, though its historic centre remains largely unspoiled by twentieth-century mistakes. It's better known for its...
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Half-way up a cliff in the deep and abrupt canyon of the Alzou stream, the spectacular setting of ROCAMADOUR is hard to beat; the town itself must have been beautiful once, too, but for centuries now it has been inundated by religious pilgrims...
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