Topic: Europe

Italian shoe tycoon bids to restore Colosseum

An Italian luxury shoe tycoon on Thursday offered 25 million euros (33 million dollars) to restore the Colosseum and urged other businesses to do the same "quickly" to avoid the collapse of Italy's cultural heritage."We want to do something good for a ...

Cultural institutions

Among the most prominent museums in Belarus are the Great Patriotic War Museum, the National Museum of the History and Culture of Belarus, the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, the Yakub Kolas State Memorial and Literary Museum, and the ...
London is a city with a wealth of options for romance. Whether it is the architecture of some of London's old streets or the Thames river winding its way through the city, there are a multitude of romantic activities to do in ...

Geography

Mecklenburg-West Pomerania extends along the Baltic Sea coastal plain, from the Bay of Lubeck in the west, past the Darss Peninsula, to the Szczecinski Lagoon (Stettiner Haff) in the east. The central part of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania is traversed from west to east ...

Olissippo Lapa Palace

Guests rising from a night's sleep at Lapa Palace should expect a certain amount of disorientation. The hotel, set high on one of Lisbon's seven hills, is within walking distance of the Portuguese capital's lively Barrio Alto, Baixa, and Chiado neighborhoods. But ...
Germany offers a good deal of diversity for visitors in terms of weather, landscape, history, and culture. Despite all the historical turmoil, today Berlin is a vibrant city to visit with plenty of museums, arts, and historical structures to partake.. The end ...

EVENTS

The article offers information on various events in London, England in May to June 2010 including the Falmouth Convention on May 20-23, the second Concrete Glass festival of art and music on May 13-28, and the Salisbury International Arts Festival on May ...
Greece plans overhaul of visitor services at ancient sites, museums, to boost tourismCrisis-stricken Greece plans to spend more than (EURO)20 million ($26.7 million) over the next three years on improving visitor services at historic sites and museums to boost tourism.Culture and Tourism ...

Advice from a Londoner

If you are the sort of person that likes to order oysters and champagne at 3.00 am and can afford them then try any of London's top West End hotels.. The City is the oldest part of London and contains St Paul's ...

A Tourist's Guide to Paris

So much of the attractions in Paris are centrally located along the Seine River, so walking is the best way to really get to know the city. Everybody who goes to Paris has to visit the Louvre, if only to see the ...