Le Puy feels like the French answer to the Tuscan hilltown, with winding alleys that work their way towards the Romanesque cathedral, which is the starting point of one of the most important

Kotor is a fortified town spectacularly located on the Fjord of Kotor on the Adriatic. It is full of narrow streets, small plazas, homes and shops. You can climb the ramparts behind the town for a

Nimes is a regional destination, but not yet one of the big names. It is a Roman town, well worth a visit for its amazingly preserved roman stadium (which still is used to stage gladiator

We rolled into Ohrid on a Friday night, when the lakeshore was hopping, and enjoyed strolling the marble-paved pedestrian streets with the locals who were out in force. Ohrid has the energy of a

Bamberg is one of the stops on central Germany's "Romantic Road", but we had never heard of it! It is full of old half-timber buildings, including the town hall, which is built on an island in the