World Tourism Day
EUROPE
Continental Flair
Europe
Often called the “Continent”
Most visited by Americans
One of the top ten destinations of the world
Over 40 countries that comprises Europe
Scandinavian Countries -Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Denmark, Finland Baltic Nation
Located on the Baltic Sea and beneath the Scandinavian Peninsula
-Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
British Isles
-Located at the Northwest of Europe Great Britain and Ireland
Western Europe
France and Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg)
Western Europe Iberian Peninsula Portugal and Spain
Mediterranean
Countries that curve along the Mediterranean Sea Italy, Greece
Eastern Europe
Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania
Former nation of Yugoslavia
Broken down into smaller countries
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedona and Original Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Russia
(Soviet Union)
Geographically
Russia covers the half of the Asian continent but it is part of the Europe
Middle Europe Alpine Europe
Germany, Switzerland and Austria
Great Britain and Ireland
Great Britain
Stonehenge
The strange, mystical circle of huge stones, a close drive to Salisbury (with its beautiful cathedral) Stratford-upon-Avon (Ay-ven)
A charming town that’s Shakespeare’s birthplace and home of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Windsor Castle
Home to Britain’s monarchs for nearly 1,000 years. It’s the oldest inhabited castle in the world.
Hampton Court Palace
The expansive estate of Henry VIII, with its famous garden maze.
Greenwich (GRIH – nij)
Just down-river from London, site of the National Maritime Museum, the Old Royal Observatory, and the famed Clipper ship Cutty Sark.
Bath
An elegant city of Georgian architecture and Roman Baths.
York
A walled medieval city that boasts the National Railway Museum (the world’s largest) York minister (a huge Gothic
Continental Flair
Europe
Often called the “Continent”
Most visited by Americans
One of the top ten destinations of the world
Over 40 countries that comprises Europe
Scandinavian Countries -Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Denmark, Finland Baltic Nation
Located on the Baltic Sea and beneath the Scandinavian Peninsula
-Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
British Isles
-Located at the Northwest of Europe Great Britain and Ireland
Western Europe
France and Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg)
Western Europe Iberian Peninsula Portugal and Spain
Mediterranean
Countries that curve along the Mediterranean Sea Italy, Greece
Eastern Europe
Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania
Former nation of Yugoslavia
Broken down into smaller countries
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedona and Original Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Russia
(Soviet Union)
Geographically
Russia covers the half of the Asian continent but it is part of the Europe
Middle Europe Alpine Europe
Germany, Switzerland and Austria
Great Britain and Ireland
Great Britain
Stonehenge
The strange, mystical circle of huge stones, a close drive to Salisbury (with its beautiful cathedral) Stratford-upon-Avon (Ay-ven)
A charming town that’s Shakespeare’s birthplace and home of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Windsor Castle
Home to Britain’s monarchs for nearly 1,000 years. It’s the oldest inhabited castle in the world.
Hampton Court Palace
The expansive estate of Henry VIII, with its famous garden maze.
Greenwich (GRIH – nij)
Just down-river from London, site of the National Maritime Museum, the Old Royal Observatory, and the famed Clipper ship Cutty Sark.
Bath
An elegant city of Georgian architecture and Roman Baths.
York
A walled medieval city that boasts the National Railway Museum (the world’s largest) York minister (a huge Gothic