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GERMaNY 7 Explore its cities & towns
INDEpENDENT TRaVEl 11 From a emale perspective
ROuND THE WORlD TRaVEl
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HaNDS ON 14 Make-A-Wish Foundation
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Ways to see Europe t his summer
BackpackING Backpa ckING EuROpE 19 The ultimate travel experience
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A guide to Europe’s amazing train system and most popular rail passes
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EuROpEaN cRuISING 30 High class or less
pHOTO cONTEST 32 Top 10 photos rom our winter photo contest
BRITaIN 34 15 things you may not know Bernina Express (Switzerland to Italy)
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Germn Ger mny’ y’ss ities & to towns wns It’s Strdy ternoon in sm town in Germny. Yo Yo re rexing re xing t n otdoor o tdoor é over ot o oee oee nd resetby r esetby omited wedge o torte, whied rem on the side goes withot sying. In the rey mintined mediev town sqre yo ongrtte yorse or thining to bring, nd wer, those omortbe omortbe wers. cobbestones re rt o the itre when yo go exoring the origin ores o Germny’s sm towns nd rger ities. How on erth, yo wonder, n the o women not get those stietto hees get ght between the obbes?
whie or ris missing some o Germny’s tresres. a ew yers b , some 4,300 sm town msems monted more thn 8, 000 sei exhibitions, not to mention the 10,000 nd more o estivs nd simir events. Mny towns re tresres their own, Bmberg, or exme, uNEScO Word Heritge Site or its origin, ovingy et townse. Or lndsberg, on the Romnti Rod trve rote, 65 iometres west o Mnih, on the leh r iver, iver, n aine tribtr y to the Dnbe nd home to three noted Germn hoey yers.
Inresingy, visitors re disovering these nd simir towns, sh s the pied pier’s Hmein, in northern Germny, or Germn oet Goethe’s sirit hometown o Weimr in the est, or histori cohem on the Mosee river, in western Germny’s Then omes sond rom ross the sqre, Riesing ontry. a eret vorite mong where mret vendors hve jst nished ting niversity stdents, the town o Tübingen, on the DIDYOUKNOW? down their sts. chrh bes! Time or vesers Ner river, ttrts stedy strem o visitors to Germany is home to mybe, or evening mss, bt ert iny time to its mediev ore o nrrow nes nd stee, several major European str t the weeend. Time to simy simy be. h-timbered gbes, s does Heideberg, so on airport hubs and is a the Ner, 3.5 miion o them, in t. Soon the sqres wi ome ive gin with os great place to plan or nd visitors dressed or the night ot, nie dinner In northern Germny, the ities o the ormer a stopover stop over.. in restrnt or wine br, or jst good time with Hnseti lege – Bremen nd Hmbrg on the riends over int or two o the o brew. North Se, or exme, lübe, Rosto nd Strsnd on the Bti ost – oer their own distintive fir. No other Western ontry is s deentrized s Germny; towns nd Bit mosty in stye ed Bri Gothi, they evoe n er o bsting ities everywhere yied srrises. The most stwr t big ity trveers trde nd wethy sering merhnts. might wnt to reonsider nd do sm town side tor every one in
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. . . the cultural wealth normally associated with the capital in other countries is here spread among a score o cities. Church St. Coloman, Füssen © GNTB / Hans Peter Merten
BMW Museum, Munich © GNTB / Andrew Cowin
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aong with its thosnds o msems, Germny oers word-mos shoing boevrds, boevrds, oer hoses nd onert hs, more stes thn msems, more thn 300 modern ss nd heth resorts , exeent go orses nd tens o thosnds o we sign-osted hiing nd biing tris. aso worth noting, over 300 Michelin strs or gstronomi exeene. exeene. Thns mosty to history nd the Hoy Romn Emire o Germn Ntions, the tr weth normy ssoited with the it in other ontries is here sred mong sore o ities. coogne, or exme, oers r more thn it s Gothi thedr (Germny’s most visited torist ttrtion) nd is nown mong ontemorry ontemorry r t roession roession s on r with Berin. Stttgr t nd Mnih re the es to visit or msems o r s nd other things tehnoogi. Dresden hs n stonding rry o rre, ntiqe r t tresres, inding ity norm omosed entirey o setr Broqe bidings. Whie gests in Germny’s rgest ities – B erin, Hmbrg nd Mnih – n sho to their her ts’ ontent, s one might exet, mh smer Düssedor is eqy we nown or se shion, nd coogne nd rnr t hve edestrin-zone shoing streets where, t times, the rowds re so dense yo better be there the minte the dertment s tores oen their doors in the morning. city-hoing rhitetre bs n get their esiy, esiy, eseiy sine Germny’s renition hs sent restortion nd redeveoment nds to the ormer Est Germn ities. In Berin, no visitor shod miss potsdmer ptz, beore WWII one o Eroe’s bsiest sqres, then brren no-mn’s nd or the cod Wr yers nd then, Eroe’s rgest onstrtion site or the dede ter renition. Tody it is gin n rbn entre hmming with ie, with new tower omexes designed by some o the word’s eding rhitets, hosing shos, restrnts, bs nd brs, rtments nd stnning oes.
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coogne, next door to tht trdemr thedr, bosts n ndergrond ontemorry onert h with wood-need interiors nd ostis tht the word’s msiins rve bot. Düssedor ’s new k21 modern rt gery hoses exeriment rt rom the 1970s 1970s to tody in biding tht is in itse wor o rt. a gss dome overs the roos o this ormer rovini government omex, reting hge msem ’izz’ tht n ommodte mtitde o rts events nd henings. and on it goes t every trn. and remember, when it’s time or smer trets, the otdoor é, the town sqre nd the Strdy evening be is never r wy in ny town in Germny, rge or sm. Se with yor ight centre trve onstnt bot nning yor next visit to Germny’s ities nd towns.
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I rey wnted to go to New Zend nd strted nning tri to see both the North nd Soth Isnd. I hd the time o bt none o my riends od go with me. I ny determined tht not hving trve omnions ws not going to hod me b nd deided to do it on my own. Someone reommended I go to ight centre to get some ssistne bese the onstnts were we trveed nd od he me n my ‘ide hoidy’. I went in bit nervos nd with some treidtion tht trveing on my own might not be wise, bt I me wy ressred by my onstnt tht it ws se nd n wesome ide. My onstnt sggested tht I get on n orgnized tor so tht my ommodtion, ommodtion, trnsort nd some mes were sorted giving me indeendene bt with bit o str tre. She so gve me oe o tis or trveing esiy s womn in oreign ontry. My eow trveers on this tri so gve me some dvie whih rey me in hndy when nning this tri nd my sbseqent tris. • Beaware–noticeyoursurroundingsandthepeoplearoundyou
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My consultant suggested that I get on an organized tour . . . giving me independence but with a bit o structure. My New Zend tri went very we nd when I retrned to cnd, I went b to my onstnt nd tod her the tis were very he nd dded to my ondene in doing it one. Tht tri ws the rs t o mny nd I hve sine trveed to Sothest asi, rts o astri, rts o the uSa nd Eroe on my own. Not the bing rote bt nning tris tht re eonomi nd se or n indeendent womn ment to see the word. Don’t be sred, jst be wise nd se ommon sense so tht yo n enjoy yor tris or yers to ome.
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One iedrem, ‘se’ trve is now reit y nd being oered ner Mosow, Rssi. Wht better w y to view Eroe thn t one rom 60,000 – 70,000 eet bove the Ert h. T bot n exeriene yo wi remember or ietime! BOOK 5-dy Edge o Earth tor rom Rssi or $30,739.
5 Ferry With the vrios isnds tht reside in the Mediterrnen, erry is the best wy to get rom one to nother. a ot smer thn rise shi, erries re qi nd eient wy to get rond. Some erries rond Eroe bost sinos, swimming oos nd restrnts to he ss the time.
6 Car or those brve enogh to e the seed-imitess highwys, driving in Eroe n be rewrding (nd ost-eetive) exeriene nd wi he yo exore o the beten th. Hving the biity to ‘i nd go’ t the dro o ht is xry ny trveer wi ove, eseiy eseiy when visiting this vst nd diverse ontinent. Switzerland by rail
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por with visitors on their rst dy or two in new ity, these tors rovide qi nd onvenient wy to get n overview o ity whie yor tor gide rovides history nd interesting ts o the ity. Gret or visitors who ony hve imited mont o time in n re nd w nt to exeriene most o the mjor ttrtions o destintion. BOOK ho-on ho-o bs tor o Mdrid or $27.
8 Gondola See Venie the wy the trdition Venetins do: vi the 117 ns tht me this rhiego. Yor visit to Eroe’s rgest rbn, r-ree ity isn’t omete nti yo te one o these time-honored wter txis or sin. BOOK gondo serende in Venie or $78.
9 h b The hot ir boon is the odest sess hmnrrying fight tehnoogy on the net. a thogh yo n te boon ride most es rond the word, why not te in the setr views rom bove in the birth e o this histori orm o trnsorttion, pris.
There is no better wy to disover the sendors o Eroe thn on Eroen river rise. Its grnd wterwys te yo to the hert o mny o Eroe’s mgnient ities, nd to vineyrd-ined veys nd mediev stes. This most -insive hoidy is sre to deight.
12 Walk Yo get very dierent view o things on wing, hiing or treing tor. Disovering destintion t yor own e, yo’ get to now the e yo’ve hosen intimtey nd bsorb the sights, the sents nd the tmoshere in wy yo never od behind the whee o r or on set in bs. BOOK wing tor o amsterdm or $30.
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13 Sail boat Siing n be rohed s sort or eisre hoidy. Te hrge or simy eve the wor to the exeriened sier whie yo rex nd dmire the wves nd the se. Roming the shores o the Mediterrnen t yor own e n be r ewrding nd nrived exeriene. BOOK 8-dy siing tri o croti rom $965 uSD.
14 hg gg Hng giding is the osest thing yo n get to fying ie bird nd Eroe is one o the best es in the word to do it! Whether yo wnt smooth seni fight or drenin ming thri ride, this ride is try n exeriene yo’ remember. © B / t p
10 Bcc Wht od be more n thn toring throgh beti histori ities o Eroe thn by bie? leisre ying tors te yo to the to ttrtions t yor own e nd give yo hne to get some gret exerise. Not to mention it is one o the greenest wy to get rond this mzing ontinent. BOOK biye tor o orene or $45.
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Bing throgh Eroe is the timte trve exeriene. One ot o the ne, throgh stoms, nd on the grond, the hoies re imitess. It is so esy to get rom ontry to ontry by ne, trin, shi, or bs, et one the thosnds o edgy nd styish hostes vibe to ie down or the night nd meet eow trveers. Hving sent 3 nd h months on the fy throgh Eroe myse, I n ert iny voh tht it’s jorney ie no other. My dventres begn in london, gret str ting o oint or ny Eroen jorney. Wht reie it ws to grb my b, get on the trin, nd reize tht everyone soe Engish Engish nd ws hy to he one trveer nd their wy. another mzing s to nding in london is tht it’s n eeti bend o Indin, Itin, amerin nd trdition British b re, oten in the sme bo! I st yed t one o gro o uk hostes ed the Gobetrotters’ Inns, whih re we nown or their eniness nd vish menities. There is even movie theter in this hoste! The Gobetrotter’s Inn ws gret e to me riends, s ws the ashee Hose hoste where I so styed. I m sti in toh with some o my eow bers rom those hostes who hve beome ieong riends. rom london, I trveed over Eroe. I sed two Eri sses or the 3 nd h months, whih my hve been the best deision I od . . . I used two Eurail passes or the 3 hve mde. My ri ss got me some mzing disonts within Eroe a hal months, which may have been the inding rising rom the white is o Dover t snset to rne, nd so rising rom seni sothern Ity to the bonti shores o Greee. decision I could have made. I so got to enjoy some ntsti senery ssing throgh the montins o Switzernd nd ee ie od word nobiity with ree rst ss grde in Sin. ights within Eroe re he nd heer—Rynir nd Esyjet re two irines tht go wherever one might ee ie heding to t the dro o ht or nherd o ries (one enny rom london to Dbin, nyone?)
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a niqe wor o rt with twenty rotgonists: this is Ity with its twenty Regions, sm nd rge oers hoding dierent bt eqy reios tresres. The aost Vey with its montin mjesty, rom Mont Bn to Mont cervino. piedmont with the intense sme o its renowned wines, sh s Broo, its Oymi montins nd its broqe stye. ligri with its oor se hmets. lombrdy with the enhntments o its rge es, rom le Mggiore to le Grd. Trentino nd ato adige/Sdtiro with the Doomiti/Doomiten goden tis. Veneto with its mgnient vis nd r tisti towns, ie Venie. rii Venezi Gii Gii with its hrm ssended between nd nd se. Emii Romgn with its ‘Rivier romgno’, or everyone eqivent to gret n. Then mos Tsny, nd o wonder ities ie orene nd mgi his ie chinti. aterntivey, Mrhe, with it s ong behes, sm hmets nd bmy high gronds. ltim o E tern Rome nd ith visiting the poe. umbri, green hert o Ity nd rde to the rnisn sirit. abrzzo nd its mjesti Grn Ssso, its eversting gier, gier, Eroe’s sothernmost one. Sm Moise rih in gret ontr y trditions. cmni, with inry deights sh s sghetti nd izz, the bety o cri nd Ishi nd the hrm o pomeii nd pestm. Bsiit is the reios grdin to the cves o Mter, one o the mny uNEScO’s tresres in I ty. ai, with its sendid behes nd rhitetr jewes ie the Tri. Tri. cbri nd its brethting ostine.
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3,000 msems nd rt oetions (both bi nd rivte).
The two rge isnds oow: snny Siiy, nd o imortnt monments o the most imort nt st iviiztions, nd rod Srdini with its enhnted se. Mny iees o one mr veos mosi. Ity, s beti s movie.
The Cities o Art Ity is iving msem. Her bi strtres omrise vivid, visibe rt nd rhitetre tht s tnd s testments to the ontry’s history nd tre. The Romn nd Gr ee emires infened ery Itin design with their mighty temes nd imressive mhithetres, whie Renissne, Broqe nd Gothi design ter yed yed imortnt r ts in insiring both rhitets nd r tists in the entries to ome. Their tngibe, timeess egies n be witnessed in every mjor Itin ity nd town. aording to uNEScO, the united Ntions’ tr brnh, Ity hs more histori nd r tisti tresres thn ny other ontry. It bosts 43 Word Heritge Sites, 42 o them ited or their tr signine. Geogrhiy, the sites rnge rom the te Broqe towns o the V di Noto in sothestern Siiy to the continuation on page 22
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Roy Hose o Svoy residenes in piedmont in Ity’s northwest. So wherever one goes in the ontry, there’s Heritge Site nerby.
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onded in 754 Bc by orhned brothers Roms nd Rems, w throgh Rome is w throgh time. rom the coossem to the pntheon to the immte qedts nd rods, the Romn Emire infened design, engineering nd rhitetre or entries to ome. The Vtin oers the we-insiring St peter’s Bsii, the Vtin Msems, hosing enormos oetions o rt nd the resoed eiings o the Sistine che by Mihengeo. rom Bernini to Brmnte, Rhe nd crvggio, mrve t the msteriees tht embeish DIDYOUKNOW? nd dene the Etern city: Flight Centre oers a intings, stres, es nd variety o activities around ever-fowing ever-fowing ontins. Italy including cooking vc classes, wine tours and sightseeing excursions. Venie is est o mgnient hrhes, vish zzi nd sttey bridges, bit on byrinth o wterwys nd streets tht re wors o r t in themseves. Stro ross the Rito Bridge or n ege-eye view o the Grnd cn nd the gondos. Deight in the Byzntine wonder o St Mr’s B sii, wth St Mr ’s Sqre be tower iere iere the sy nd r eve in the rihes o the ity’s msems. The Gerie de’ademi ademi showses Venetin msters sh s Tintoretto, B eini, Giorgione nd crio, whie the peggy Gggenheim coetion resents modern gints ie pisso, Di, poo nd Mirò.
Florence Bit by the Romns nd immor tized by the Renissne, orene ords n norgettbe voyge throgh timeess rt nd rhite tre. Svor the ontrst between the Boboi Grden’s green, groomed eretion, Br neeshi’s bod, red-tied Domo nd Giotto’s 14th-entry 14th-entry cmnie in red, white nd green mrbe. Gothi nd Romnesqe des jost or ttention on the hrhes o Snt croe nd Snt Mri Nove. prieess wors by Bottiei, Giotto, Mihengeo nd leonrdo d Vini the hs o the uzi Gery. Within the Brni che Msio’s adm nd Eve re exeed rom the Grden o Eden, their shme nd desir be. Menwhie, on the ponte Vehio, the test genertion o rtsmen shion niqe rt one n wer. It’s s i the Renissne never esed: orene’s enightenment ontines to enhnt the word.
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From the Colosseum to the Pantheon . . . the Roman Empire inuenced design, engineering and architecture or centuries to come.
This enhnting mediev ity in the her t o the Emii-Romgn region is eered with red-bri roos nd mies o ortios, rond whih wt intense roms o B oogn’s mos inry deights. Visitors wi be temted by m torteini, srmtios tgitee with rg, rgrnt mortde nd more. These herty, svory dishes itery tre the tre fvor o this wonder od town – s we s giving gests the e to exore it! Stro throgh the pizz Mggiore or se the Torre asinei, one o continuation on page 24
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Boogn’s De Torri (Two Towers), monment reminder o its histori st. The ity is so home to the western word’s odest niversity, whih s the tmoshere with vibrnt nd ssionte sirit. a tri to Boogn is n bsote tret or the senses.
Naples In the 17th entry Nes reigned s the ndisted tr it o Eroe. Within its Ntion Msem o ar heoogy ies bonti oetion o rtits, stres nd mosis reing its st s we s tht o Rome, Greee, Eg yt, pomeii nd Hernem. Msi nd song hs ong dened this snny ity: Nes is home to the Sn cro oer hose, Eroe’s odest woring thetre sine 1737. arhitetry, arhitetry, the jewe jewe in the rown rown is the Geri Geri umberto I ; its eegnt gss dome nd brreed vts now host shos nd rest rnts. Nerby, the vst pizz de pebesito embres the Roy pe nd the hrh o St rnis o po. at dy’s end, the sn gints on the towers o the 13th-entry Mshio angioino ortress.
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This nient phoeniin seside oony etres setrm o rhitetr styes refeting mny iviiztions: Gree, Romn, arbi, Normn, Snish, renh nd Byzntine. Eh bit on nd embeished bidings reted by sessive tres, reting wonder hrmony o designs. rom the stnning Roy pe to the ptine he’s he’s stros Byzntine mosis; rom St John o the Hermit’s origin arb rimson-oored domes nd its serene oisters to the three-tiered Broqe str mgniene t the intersetion o Qttro cnti. permo’s rtistry so nds exression in its thetres: t The Tetro Mssimo nd the Tetro poitem Gribdi, onerts nd bets hve been erormed here or entries.
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Whie there re ontess wys o toring in Eroe, the hoies n be imited i on tighter bdget nd roghing it is not n otion! The sotion? an oen rise! Tht’s right, rise n ty be one o the most ordbe wys to exore some o the most or regions in Eroe, not to mention one o the most rexing nd esrbe wys to trve! How is this ossibe? The biggest misonetion eoe hve is tht rising is more exensive thn most other orms o trve. crising is ty one o the most eonomi wys to trve in Eroe, where ries or ommodtion, ommodtion, trnsorttion nd dining is mongst the highest in the word. Don’t beieve this is tre? let’s te oo t some o the most ommon Eroen rise itinerries on some o the most or rise ines. The oowing ries re er erson in cndin dors, inding txes nd grtities, bsed on n interior stteroom, nd re rte t time o ress (ries re sbjet to hnge, bsed on vibiity). a 7-night Mediterranean cruise derting Otober 3 on the Norwegian Jade rom Breon to the renh Rivier (Monte cro), Ity (orene, Rome nd Nes) nd the beti Beri isnd o Mjor osts ony $122 er dy! a 12-night Mediterranean rise derting Jy 21 on the Celebrity Century rom Breon to the renh Rivier (Nie), Ity (orene, Rome, Nes nd Siiy), Greee (athens nd the isnd o Myonos) nd Trey (ksdsi – gtewy to histori Ehess) osts ony $160 er dy! a 12-night cruise to Scandinavia and Russia derting Jne 12 on Roy cribben’s Radiance o the Seas rom london to Denmr (coenhgen), Sweden (Stohom nd Gothenbrg), innd (Hesini), Rssi (St petersbrg) nd Estoni (Tinn) osts ony $178 er dy! ‘To open up the world for those who want to see’
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Sti not onvined? consider the ost o bdget oriented, 12-night/8 ity Eroen vtion. add the ost o 12 nights’ ommodtion t sever no ris ity entre hotes, 12 bsi dinners onsisting o izz or st nd sd, nd sever ong distne bs or trin tiets to get rom one ity to the next. The ost n rnge nywhere rom bot $110 to $180 er erson er dy, deending on the itinerry. comre tht to the ries o the rises isted bove, nd it’s er how rises n ost the sme s these bdget oriented vtions, vtions, yet inde so mh more, whie oering signinty higher qity.
irst nd oremost, rise shis re ie foting resorts. The onveniene o hving the sme room nd ning ony one mes rising one o the most hsse ree vtions. Not ony tht, most trve between orts tes e omortby overnight, owing more qity time t eh destintion. ps, rise shis etre the menities o dexe resort, roviding greter oortnity or rest nd rextion midst n otherwise tive sightseeing vtion. Seond, nd eqy imortnt, rises inde nimited, 24-hor dining, whih is mjor ost sver sine dining ot in Eroe is onsiderby more exensive thn in cnd, whether t s t ood, te-ot, or s sit-down restrnt. In ddition, the qity nd vriety o ood is word ss, etring vish bets, eegnt high tes, ny 5-orse à r te dinners, rond the o sns, nd even room servie! Whie sot drin s nd ohoi beverges re not inded, they re vibe or rhse, nd re ried more resonby thn most es on nd (exet hose wine, whih in Eroe is oten heer thn sot drin s – or vid wine driners, most rise ines do oer seiy ried wine ges.) Eroen rising is ot more ordbe thn mny eoe thin, nd is one o the ony orms o toring where bdget minded trveers on tighter ‘beer bdget’ n get mered with word ss isine nd servie, rest in omortbe nd onsistent qity ommodtions, ommodtions, nd enjoy dexe resor t iities, whie exoring some o the most soght ter destintions in the word! let one o or seiized trve onstnts he yo n yor next rise dventre nd exeriene or yorse the inomrbe ve rising oers. SPECIAL OFFER
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15 things yo didn’t now bot Britin Most eoe now tht Britin is home to the ‘Mother o priments’, tht Qeen Eizbeth II ives t Binghm pe, nd tht the Sottish Highnds re mt whisy ontry. Bt here we oer seetion o things tht yo might not now. aside rom being interesting ts, they he me visit to these intriging isnds even more exiting!
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t g j xcg l’ t Modern but less well known. In london’s Est End, the entry-od Whitehe Gery hs reoened ter n exnsion whih dobes its size nd showses n intriging mixtre o o nd interntion rt. chihester, on the Soth cost, hs the pnt Hose Gery, its ontemorry rt oetion set in Qeen anne townhose.
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It’s easy to spot residences o (deceased) amous people l – there re 800 dis tintive be qes xed to ws, sotighting oets, ioneers nd oitiins. rom Jimi Hendrix nd Hnde to Sir Stmord Rfes, onder o Singore. u to 15 new ones re dded to the ro- eh yer.
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For a scrumptious aternoon tea, visit a National Trust property. The hrity hs more thn 140 te-rooms, mny in ns bidings inding stes, ighthoses, stbes nd even hot-hoses. Some serve histori mens refeting the heydy o the roerty.
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