The ancient walled city of GIRONA - an hour and twenty minutes by bus or train from Barcelona - stands on a fortress-like hill, high above the River Onyar. It's been fought over in almost every century since it was the Roman fortress of...
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COLMAR , a fifty-minute train ride south of Strasbourg, has sprawled unattractively on both sides of the train tracks, but the old centre remains typically and whimsically Alsatian, with crooked houses, half-timbered and painted, on crooked lanes -...
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LAHINCH , eight miles north of Spanish Point, is a busy family holiday resort with a fabulous broad sandy beach. Families aside, Lahinch attracts golfers and surfers, a weird hybrid well served by the town. To get a round at Lahinch golf ...
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