Amsterdam Destination Guide

Major Cities Destination Guide

Amsterdam - Museums

Amsterdam - Museums Amsterdam has several excellent museums and two of the best are next to each other. The Van Gogh Museum is a must for anyone interested in the artists work. It houses some of his most famous masterpieces beginning with his time in Holland to the period of his

Pere Lachaise

Pere Lachaise Quite a strange sight: a graveyard. Full of tourists on their way to the tomb of their favourite writer, singer, rockstar. Jim Morisson is the number one now. His fans outnumber those of Moliere, Balzac, Proust, Edith Piaf, Chopin, Oscar Wilde and Isadora Duncan. Pere Lachaise, named after Louis XIV's

Sorbonne

Sorbonne The Sorbonne is the most famous university of Paris. This is not a museum, allthough it is a very beautiful building, but the atmosphere with all the students is nice, especially on a summer day.

Paris - Getting Around

Paris - Getting Around There are dozens of ways to get to and from Paris' airports from rapidfire shuttle trains to the standard assortment of pokey public buses private shuttles and taxis. There's even a bus that runs solely between the two airports. Say what you will about driving around Paris

Octagonal Hall

Octagonal Hall The Octagonal Hall stands at the southwest corner of the central complex of the Baths of Diocletian, in which it may have served as a passage area. The most important of the works on exhibit are the Lyceum Apollo and the Aphrodite of Cyrene. The first, and IInd century

Westminster Cathedral : London

Westminster Cathedral in London Westminster Cathedral is the Roman Catholic seat of the Archbishop of Westminster. It was constructed in the Early Byzantine style at the end of the 19th century. The Byzantine architecture of Westminster Cathedral marks it in stark contrast to the more conventionally British architecture of England's

Gellert Hill

Gellert Hill Approached from beside the Hotel Gellert on the Buda side of Szabadság Bridge (Map Ref. B6), the Gellert hill, named after Hungary’s first Christian martyr who was rolled down it in a barrel lined with spikes, is crisscrossed by secluded paths with turret-like lookout posts which provide dramatic views

Government Museum

Government Museum Government Museum of Bangalore is one of the oldest museums of India established in 1866 AD. Government Museum keeps ancient art, such as sculpture coins and inscriptions found in different parts of Karnataka have been kept for display. Water colour paintings, Plaster of Paris works and other works of

Fisherman’s Wharf

Fisherman’s Wharf Fisherman’s Wharf, the district that stretches from Telegraph Hill to Fort Mason, was originally San Francisco’s busy industrial area and fishing port. The wharf has Aquatic Park on one end and Pier 39 on the other, and views of scenic San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz in between. A slow

London - Getting There

London - Getting There By Bus or Train: Travelling from abroad, visitors will arrive at Victoria's train station, which serves the English channel ports, or its coach station, some hundred yards south down Buckingham Place Road or at Waterloo, whose international rail terminal serves Eurostar trains using the Channel Tunnel. If you