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Grand Train Tour Of Switzerland. Touring Switzerland has never been as easy as this.

28/10/2024 by .
Grand Train Tour Of Switzerland

Michael Cranmer Travels First Class on the Grand Train Tour Of Switzerland Sampling The Mountains, Lakes And Vineyards And Encounters A Few Ghosts Along The Way.

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Terry Marsh braves a visit to the famous Rosslyn Chapel and finds there's more to it than cracking codes.

Rosslyn Chapel. Experience a piece of history without code cracking

Long before Dan Brown and the Da Vinci Code heaped attention on this extravagantly ornate chapel set on a low hill above Roslin Glen in the Midlothian countryside south of Edinburgh it had been a popular destination for generations of curious travellers.

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A Photo Safari in Botswana

A Photo Safari in Botswana. Unforgettable safari experiences.

If you’ve never imagined yourself as a wildlife photographer, then think again. Pangolin Photo Safaris in Botswana not only takes you into the bush to see the animals but also supplies camera and zoom lens

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Hidden wonders in southern New Zealand

Carved by glaciers over hundreds of thousands of years, and further shaped by some of the highest rainfall in the world – around 6.5 metres or 252 inches a year – this scenery is raw and majestic.

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Autumn in Valais, Switzerland

Switzerland’s attraction in winter and summer needs no introduction, but during autumn, from October to mid-November, it’s a pretty special place to be too.

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Moulin Rouge, Paris

Moulin Rouge. Cliché or not, this sumptuous cabaret approaching its 130th birthday continues to be the greatest show in town.  

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Atelier Des Lumieres. Paris 

Can viewing art digitally ever be as good as poring over the brush-strokes of the real thing?  The thrilling close-ups of Chagall’s Paris Opera ceiling recently projected onto a screen at the city’s Philharmonie convinced this art lover it really could, and now the Atelier des Lumieres, the city’s latest and greatest attraction, proves that looking at highly-detailed images through a magnifying lens and state of the art projectors is the way to go.

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