Off the beaten track:
Bruges/Belgium also known as the ‘the Venice of the North’ is a splendid medieval city, the capital of the Belgian province of West-Flanders. The Bruges Diamond House offers a large choice of diamonds and quality diamond jewelry in classical as well as modern designs. The Groeninge Museum focuses primarily on works by painters who lived and worked in Bruges and has a collection from the 14th to the 20th century. The mediaeval Belfry tower is 88 metres in height and houses the former city treasury, offering a breathtaking panoramic view of the city and its surroundings. Our Lady’s Church built in different styles from late Romanesque style over Scheldt-Gothic to French Gothic.
Strasbourg/France is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in north-eastern France. The Cathedral of Strasbourg is an absolute masterpiece of Gothic art built between 1015 and 1439 and its 142 feet high spire is an example of elegance. La Maison Kammerzell dates back to 1589 and is a house with generations of traders and shops. La Petite France district on the water is the city’s most picturesque old city with beautiful half-timbered houses dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Church of St. Thomas is a fine example of Gothic architecture and houses the impressive mausoleum of MarĂ©chal de Saxe, a masterpiece of baroque funerary art of the eighteenth century.
Konstanz/Germany is situated at the western end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany. Lake Constance is the largest lake in Germany. Mainau the largest island in the lake is one enormous park, in which a beautiful palace church, magnificent rose gardens, tropical greenhouses and an old Baroque palace can be found. It also has the butterfly museum.
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