Whole Earth Guide
Our selection in Yorkshire : The Historic Market Town at the heart of North Yorkshire - Richmond
Richmond, North Yorkshire, is sometimes referred to as ‘the mother’ of all Richmonds worldwide. The town, on the banks of the River Swale, grew around its impressive castle, which dates from around 1071. Richmond is an historic Yorkshire market town, with Norman castle, Georgian architecture, cobble...more
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Granada is most famous for the Alhambra, the palace built during the period when Spain was occupied by the Moors and still towers above the city today.
The Alhambra itself dates from 1228, not long before the Spainish recaptured the area in 1238. Granada remained a state of the Christian kingdom ...more
You've probably heard of Chantilly from the song Chantilly Lace and they've been producing the lace since the 17th century although the silk laces weren't introduced until the 18th and the colours until the 19th century.
Today though, most people go to Chantilly to see the chateau which is one of...more
Bruges (Flemish Brugge), the old capital of Flanders and an arch bishopric since 1559, is located on the little river Reie. Despite the addition of new buildings and the loss of its old town walls (all but four towers having been demolished since the mid 19th C. to make way for traffic), Bruges with...more
Avignon is perhaps most famous for its bridge, the Pont d'Avignon but there's a lot more than that to see in the large walled city than that.
The city was used as the base for the Pope from 1309 to 1377 and courtesy of that there's effectively a mini version of the Vatican right in the centre of ...more
The Tuscan city of Pisa is most famous for it's leaning tower. It's the tower where, thanks to the lean, Galileo was able to perform his famous experiments which demonstrated that all weights fall at the same speed. Odd as it may seem to us today Aristotle had declared that a ten kilo weight would f...more
Richmond, North Yorkshire, is sometimes referred to as ‘the mother’ of all Richmonds worldwide. The town, on the banks of the River Swale, grew around its impressive castle, which dates from around 1071. Richmond is an historic Yorkshire market town, with Norman castle, Georgian architecture, cobble...more
When Salvador Dali arrived in the railway station he announced that it was the "Centre of the World". There used to be a statue to commemorate this in the station but it was removed some years ago.
Most of the town centre is a pedestrian area where you'll find the usual mix of international store...more
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