15 Best Things to Do in Hildesheim (Germany)
Up to 1945 the city of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony was feted for its 1,900 half-timbered houses. Many of these were wiped out towards the end of the Second World …
15 Best Things to Do in Meissen (Germany)
Approaching the city of Meissen in Saxony the first thing that comes into view is the Burgberg rising over the Elbe. Translating to castle hill, Burgberg is where the city’s …
15 Best Things to Do in Witten (Germany)
On the Ruhr between Bochum and Dortmund, Witten is a city with mining in its blood. The collieries came early to Witten, and were given a boost when Frederick the …
15 Best Things to Do in Trier (Germany)
Born by the Moselle River as Augustus Treverorum back in 16 BC, Germany’s oldest city has managed to keep hold of its Roman past. Trier has a city-wide UNESCO World …
15 Best Things to Do in Erlangen (Germany)
Just 15 kilometres north of Nuremberg in Middle Franconian you’ll find the city of Erlangen. This city’s story really begins in the 1680s when the Edict of Nantes was evoked, …
15 Best Things to Do in Saarbrücken (Germany)
A hair’s breadth from the French border in Southwestern Germany, Saarbrücken mixes industrial history with the splendour of the Counts and Princes of Nassau-Saarbrücken who ruled the region for centuries. …
15 Best Things to Do in Mönchengladbach (Germany)
In North Rhine Westphalia, Mönchengladbach is a city made up of a group of boroughs around the historic towns of Gladbach and Rheydt. The thing that unites these settlements is …
15 Best Things to Do in Zwickau (Germany)
The Saxon city of Zwickau sometimes goes by the moniker “Automobil- und Robert-Schumann-Stadt” (City of Cars and Robert Schumann). And while not exactly concise, the name sums up two of …
15 Best Things to Do in Santiago do Cacém (Portugal)
Not far from the coast, this Alentejo town is marshalled by the walls of its medieval castle. The castle was first built by the Moors and is one of a …
15 Best Things to Do in Peso da Régua (Portugal)
If you have a taste for port wine Peso da Régua in the UNESCO -listed Douro Valley is a somewhere you’ll love. The town is on the river in that …