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A historic town with a well-preserved half-timbered centre and a castle on the mountain above the town read more...

We hadn't heard of Bernburg and came here by chance, saw an advertisement on the autobahn. The town turned out to be very nice, it has an old town, a huge castle-palace and a river with an embankment read more...

Rating: 7.60

A picturesque fishing village, not far from Amsterdam. Located on an island on IJsselmeer Lake, you can get here by a long and narrow dike. It is known for its colorful and well-preserved wooden houses read more...

A historical town on the island of Crete. It is interesting for tourists primarily because of the huge fortress, originally built by the Venetians in 1540 - 1569. However, this first fortress was captured and destroyed just two years after construction and it became clear that more powerful defences were needed. Between 1573 and 1590, the fortress was rebuilt and became one of the largest in Crete. The second fortress was not captured, however, in 1646 the defenders had to surrender to the Turks, who besieged it from the land read more...

Before going to Tuscany, we had to choose a place to live. And Pienza turned out to be the perfect place. Almost all the most beautiful Tuscan photos were taken not far from Pienza read more...

Rating: 7.60

Marburg is a picturesque university city. It is famous for its ancient Philipps University, founded in 1527, one of the oldest Protestant universities in the world. The historic center of Marburg preserves the atmosphere of the Middle Ages: narrow streets, half-timbered houses and cobbled squares. The city is also associated with the Grimm brothers, who studied here and collected fairy tales. The city attracts tourists with its cultural heritage, cozy atmosphere and picturesque views read more...

Rating: 7.60

A small picturesque village in the central part of the Harz Mountains, at an altitude of 500 meters. We didn't go here on purpose, found it by chance and stopped along the way as the weather was nice. Our attention was attracted by the beautiful half-timbered houses on the shore of an artificial lake read more...

We hadn't planned to walk around Arezzo, but decided to stop here for dinner. The town turned out to be very similar to Siena, the same narrow, cobblestone streets with stores and no vegetation, and the same central square, the main tourist magnet read more...

Alfeld is a small historic town located near Hildesheim and Hanover read more...

Rating: 7.20

A small historical village founded in 1414. It was the capital of the island from 1425 to 1847. Among tourists it is known as the place of the Sunday market read more...

Rating: 7.00

Alghero is a beautiful historical town, we used it as a base for a vacation in the north-west of the island of Sardinia. The island is quite large and it's difficult to visit it all even in two weeks. So we decided to visit only the north read more...

The town was founded in 1404 by the Frenchman Jean Betancourt and served as the island's capital until 1834. It's tiny, you can walk around the centre in 20 minutes and return to the car park. It has less than 1000 inhabitants and is the smallest municipality not only in Fuerteventura but also in all the Canary Islands read more...

A small town near Hanover. Here you can find the castle, the park near it, and a small old town read more...

Rating: 7.00

A small historic town, which was the capital of the eponymous bishopric and the principality of Halberstadt from the 9th century to 1807. In 1815 the town was annexed by Prussia, and in 1871 passed to Germany read more...

Levoca is a small town in the vicinity of the Tatras, known since 1249. The town has an interesting central square with a number of historical buildings, which is included in the list of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. We stopped here at sunset and were the only tourists, the walk was very nice read more...

Rating: 6.80

An ancient town, one of the elements of the defensive system of the Republic of Siena. It got its present appearance after the XIII century, when the city wall, the donjon and the church appeared read more...

We saw this little town while travelling around the island of Fuerteventura. It has a large convenient car park with toilets, a modern playground and a tiny historical centre. It is literally 50 metres from the car park and there is an interesting church called Nuestra Señora de Regla read more...

Rating: 6.60

Herford is one of the most important and most fortified trading towns in Westphalia, was a member of the Hanseatic League from 1342 and is one of the founding members of the Westphalian Hanseatic cities. It was a free imperial city until its annexation by Prussia in 1652 read more...

Rating: 6.20

Montepulciano is the main town in the vicinity of the most beautiful part of the province of Tuscany, the Val d'Orcia Valley. Almost every beautiful picture of Tuscany you have seen is within 15-20 kilometers read more...

Rating: 5.40

A small historical village in Tuscany. It seems to be a touristy place, but the parking lot is quite small, and we didn't see any other tourists. Though there is only one street here, we were satisfied with the walk read more...