How to visit the Messel Pit Fossil Site
This German site has the world’s best collection of fossils from 50 million years ago – a fascinating period when mammals were just emerging on the planet.
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The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
Spread over an enormous area, this Garden Kingdom in Germany brings together a string of landscaped parks with magnificent palaces and public buildings.
Visit Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is the world’s second-largest hillside park. It’s an incredible achievement of sloping landscapes mixed with classic architecture.
Things to do in Cusco
The city of Cusco, high in Peru’s Andes, was once the heart of the Incan culture. That was until the Europeans arrived and changed it forever.
Hildesheim’s church and cathedral
It was the dream of a German bishop at the start of the 11th century that set Hildesheim on its course to be an inspiration for religious architecture and art.
Germany’s Bauhaus movement
The Bauhaus style has influenced architecture and design for almost a century… but it was in these German cities that the movement found its feet.