To immerse yourself in Ireland’s diverse history, a visit to Bunratty castle and folkpark north of Limerick is recommended.
The Dingle peninsula shows a irish landscape with lots of tombs, megaliths and ancient remains. Dingle town is a lovely place with irish flair and offers a lot of maritim adventures.
Anyone traveling along the Flemish coast in Belgium almost automatically comes to Knokke. There, the modern moneyed aristocracy meets for dinner in expensive posh restaurants.
The „Plain of Jars“ in northeastern Laos remains shrouded in mysteries of the past. Were the stone pots urns or storage jars for rice wine, flour and more? What period do they really date from? A world heritage site in a very rural region of Southeast Asia.
4000 islands are said to be Si Phan Don in southern Laos. The Mekong divides here over a width of 14km and falls over a rocky band into the depth. In between islands, rainforest and an opportunity to experience the river landscape up close.
If you are traveling in the south of Brandenburg or along the Saxon-Brandenburg Elbe, then visit the Saxdorf parish garden. Next to the small village church, an oasis with 3000 plant species, colorful blossoms and cultural offerings in the warm season has developed in over 50 years.
The Meissen Elbe Valley begins at Diesbar Seusslitz with a baroque castle complete with garden and wineries in the Seusslitzgrund – a quasi mandatory stop on the Elbe Cycle Way
The spa town of Bad Düben on the Mulde River is also the southern gateway to the Düben Heath. Especially the castle Düben was always camp of warlords. At the upper mill there are both water and wind millers.
A trip to Brittany is not only exciting for nature lovers. Several cities like Brest or Quimper offer urban life. In the north of Brittany, Roscoff is an attractive small town with charm and historical seafaring anecdotes.
Sometimes places along the way turn out to be a surprise. I felt this way on a bicycle tour in Pierrefonds and Saint-Jean-aux-Bois in the forest of Compiégne. Castle and abbey impress in the idyll of the forest.