International Touring Areas

Crete, Greece

Did You Know...? Crete is Greece’s largest island (3,189 square miles) and Europe’s southernmost point. The palace of Knossos includes an example of the first flushing toilet system. Domenicos Theotokopoulos — the artist, El Greco — was born on Crete. The first known cultivation of olive trees occurred on Crete

2012-01-17T11:10:29-05:00January 17th, 2012|International Destinations, International Touring Areas|

Cotswolds, England

Did You Know ... ? The Royalist Hotel in Stow-on-the-Wold is Britain’s oldest inn, founded in 947 as a hospice for lepers. Cirencester was a Roman city called Corinium. Several villages include chipping in their names; the word refers to a market. The area has more than 3,700 miles of

2012-01-17T11:09:42-05:00January 17th, 2012|International Destinations, International Touring Areas|

Cornwall, England

Did You Know...? Guglielmo Marconi sent his first transatlantic radio message from Cornwall’s Lizard Peninsula to Newfoundland (1901). The largest Cornish pasty, made in 2010, weighed just over 1,600 pounds and took 11 hours to bake. The show title “Pirates of Penzance” recalls Penzance’s history of smuggling and piracy. There

2012-01-17T11:05:37-05:00January 17th, 2012|International Destinations, International Touring Areas|
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