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Bicycle Tours: Olive Oil Tasting In Istria, Croatia
Follow travel vlogger Eva zu Beck to the beautiful region of Istria in Croatia. Join her as she strolls around the medieval village of Motovun, takes you on an e-bike trip through the green mountains of the Istrian peninsula and learns about the olive oil tradition in the region.
Village Walks: Ragusa – Southeastern Sicily (4K)
Ragusa is a hilltop city in southeast Sicily, Italy. Ragusa Ibla, the old town, is home to many baroque buildings, like the Duomo di San Giorgio, a grand church with paintings and stained-glass windows.
Video timeline: 0:00 Drone intro and Map 1:06 Percoso delle Scale 2:47 Santa Maria delle Scale 7:25 Palazzo dell’ex Cancelleria 8:57 Chiesa anime del Purgatorio 13:27 Via del Mercato 16:13 Via XI Febbraio 19:00 Via Tenente di Stefano 21:16 Salita de Gaspano 22:31 Via Dottor Solarino 24:25 Stairs down to the Cathedral 27:42 Piazza Duomo 28:28 Duomo di San Giorgio 35:57 Piazza Duomo 38:13 Palazzo Battaglia 43:14 Piazza Duomo 44:14 Circolo di Conversazione 44:26 Corso XXV Aprile 45:28 Church of Saint Joseph 49:17 Giardino Ibleo 56:39 Chiesa di San Vincenzo Ferreri 57:41 Portale di San Giorgio
There are sweeping views from the Giardino Ibleo, a public park with churches and fountains. In Ragusa Superiore, the city’s more modern part, is ornate Ragusa Cathedral, with a museum of religious art and relics.
Walking Tour: Caux Palace – Switzerland (4K Video)
The Caux Palace Hotel is a former palace hotel located in Caux, above Montreux in the Vaud canton, in Switzerland. Built on the Caux Mount by the Swiss architect Eugène Jost, it was inaugurated on 7 July 1902. The building rests on a 400-meter long terrace and is decorated with an abundance of towers and turrets with coloured tiles, which make it a remarkable feature of the Montreux landscape, visible from the whole Montreux Riviera region. It soon became an international venue first in the early 20th century as a luxury hotel, then from 1946 on as an international conference centre dedicated to the rebuilding of Europe under the leadership of the Swiss Initiatives of Change team. It is now also the seat of the Swiss Hotel Management School (SHMS) which uses the premises during the school semesters while Initiatives of Change keeps organising summer conferences there each year. The Caux-Palace Hotel is listed as a cultural property of national significance in Switzerland.
Walking Tour: Vrsar – Republic Of Croatia (4K)
Vrsar is a small seaside town and a municipality in Istria, Croatia located 9 kilometers south of Poreč. The historical center is located on top of a hill, including the St. Martin parish church and the 40-meter high bell tower. In the 20th century, the town expanded down the hill, into the surrounding area.
Political Analysis: Brooks & Capehart On Covid-19 & New York Gov. Cuomo
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including what the results of two Ohio special congressional elections say about Republicans and Democrats, accusations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and the ongoing politics of COVID-19.
Village Walks: Frigiliana – Andalusia, Spain (4K)
Frigiliana is a town in southern Spain. It’s known for its Moorish old quarter and narrow streets decorated with ceramic mosaics. El Ingenio is a 16th-century Renaissance palace now housing a sugar cane factory. Exhibits at the Archaeological Museum include Neolithic bones, Phoenician pottery and a 16th-century dagger. Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama Natural Park shelters Spanish ibex and peregrine falcons.
Aerial Views: Island Of Ibiza, Spain (4K Video)
Ibiza is one of the Balearic islands, an archipelago of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea. It’s well known for the lively nightlife in Ibiza Town and Sant Antoni, where major European nightclubs have summer outposts. It’s also home to quiet villages, yoga retreats and beaches, from Platja d’en Bossa, lined with hotels, bars and shops, to quieter sandy coves backed by pine-clad hills found all around the coast.
Village Walks: Polperro – Cornwall, England (4K)
Polperro is a large village, civil parish, and fishing harbour within the Polperro Heritage Coastline in south Cornwall, England. Its population is around 1,554.
Walking Tour: Nice – On The French Riviera (4K)
Nice, capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department on the French Riviera, sits on the pebbly shores of the Baie des Anges. Founded by the Greeks and later a retreat for 19th-century European elite, the city has also long attracted artists. Former resident Henri Matisse is honored with a career-spanning collection of paintings at Musée Matisse. Musée Marc Chagall features some of its namesake’s major religious works.
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