RSSEurail Blog Category: sightseeing
Read travel stories about sightseeing.
In Prague
The former Communist countries love their public swimming complexes. Each major city has at least one, if not several, of these complexes. Often open year- round, housing popular saunas and steam rooms during winter weather, the complexes open their outdoor lawns at the first rays of summer. In Prague, I visited the Plavecky complex, [...] Read more
In Zurich
I hadn’t realized how beautiful Zurich is along the lake. Even in the overcast weather of the weekend, people spent the daylight hours outside along the water. Both the lakefront and Hauptbahnhof are the nerve center of Zurich, revealing two things: the people of Zurich appreciate nature, and appreciate their rail system. [...] Read more
In Gödöllő, Hungary
Gödöllő is a charming Hungarian town and the most popular destination for Austrians visiting Hungary, because of the large baroque palace where Austrian royalty once lived. Built in 1740, the castle was originally the home of a Hungarian Count, but was given to the Habsburgs as a gift after the creation of the [...] Read more
In Visegrad, Hungary
Train Tip: There may be no more beautiful view in Hungary than the Danube bend at Visegrad. The curve in the bend can be best seen from the castle remains atop the hill. To get there, take one of the taxis at the ferry station that make the trek up the hill. There’s not much [...] Read more
In La Louviere, Belgium
La Louviere is not a place of castles or riches. It’s a former industrial town, thirty-one miles south of Brussels. Once burgeoning, now trying to find it’s way into this new century, like so many former industrial towns. No one would say that this town of 80,000 is beautiful, but the spirit [...] Read more
In Innsbruck
There’s an Austrian New Year’s tradition that I’m introduced to this night: Bleigiessen. Each person burns a spoonful of special metal on a candle flame. Read more
In Copenhagen
Politics may have derailed the grandest ambitions of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, which arrives in Copenhagen December 7-18, but the city is still rolling-out the welcome mat to political leaders and the public alike. There is a free outdoor exhibit of some of the world’s most beautiful nature photographs in the Kongens Nytorv public [...] Read more
In Split
Downtown Split is sprawling. It’s a tourist-jumping off point, where cruise ships and smaller ferry boats dock, taking travelers on day-trips and longer excursions to the many islands of the Dalmatian Coast. Read more
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