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Travel Advice for Seniors: Valencia On the way to Valencia we stopped at Guadix, for a look at the cave houses there. The caves date back to the 16th century. The soil was accommodative...
Travel Advice for Seniors: Grenada Grenada is a must-see stop for nothing other to visit the exquisite Alhambra and gardens. But there is also much to do in the city. We were only visiting...
Travel Advice for Seniors: Gibraltar Heading back to the coast after a tour through central Spain, we landed at Gibraltar for a glimpse of North Africa across the Strait of Gibraltar before the clouds...
Travel advice for Seniors: Seville Our trip to Seville was perfectly timed to see the sunset and evening stars over the incredible Catedral de Sevilla. Seville was originally founded as a Roman city centuries...
Travel Advice For Seniors: Mezquita, Spain Next stop on our small group tour to Spain, was an in-route stop at Cordoba for a visit to the incomparable Mezquita. The Mezquita or the Mosque–Cathedral of...
Travel Advice for Seniors: Nuremberg While a beautiful city with many important historical sites including the Imperial Castle, the Germanic National Museum and important Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer’s house, Nuremberg is mostly remembered for...
Travel Advice for Seniors: German Christmas Markets We love going to open-air markets of all types, however, there is something very special about going to a Christmas market, especially in Germany! The sights, the...
Travel Advice for Seniors: Bamberg Our next stop on our ten-day small group tour through Germany was Bamberg, However, on the way we stopped a Weimar for a bit of culture. Weimar is known...
Travel Advice for Seniors: Dresden Dresden, the capital of Saxony, is known for its cultural heritage and its stunning baroque and rococo architecture, all meticulously rebuilt after WWII. The bombing of Dresden by the...
Travel Advice for Seniors: Potsdam Postdam is well known for two things: It’s magnificent Prussian palaces and gardens and its important role in World War II. We joined a day trip from Berlin to...