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EUROPE FOR WINE - FOOD - BEER - ENTERTAINMENT

Wine, beer and food touring in Europe, tastings, tours, vineyards, unique restaurants and gourmet food regions for vacation or romantic getaway or sight-seeing destinations, you'll find something you didn't know here.

FRANCE

Burgundy

DIJON - BURGUNDY WINE, MUSTARD N' GARGOYLES
Historic capital of France's Ducal Bourgogne region for 1000 years, center for wine growing and fertile Cote d'Or


A TASTE OF WINE AND THE DUKES OF BURGUNDY
The Route des Grand Crus - Dijon, France
The wine road through France's Burgundy Cote d'Or from Dijon to Beaune stops first at the caves of The Chateau d'Marsannay

BEAUNE AND OLD VIRGINS OF BURGUNDY
The Hotel-Dieu Hospices de Beaune and the Virgin Viege are centerpieces of this center of Burgundy's wine region.

ROMANCE CASTLES OF BURGUNDY WINE REGION
Château de Châteauneuf-en-Auxois

12th-15th Century Chateau near Beaune in the Cote d'Or.

CHATEAU DE POMMARD
Wine Chateau on the Route des Grand Vins Bourgogne

Largest private label winery near Beaune.

LESLIE CARON'S OWL'S NEST AUBERGE
Michelin Star Dining at Film Star's Hotel Restaurant on River Yonne in Burgundy/Champagne

TOURNUS ABBEY
Wine and Architecture in Southern Burgundy

Tournus makes the perfect stop for South Burgundy Wine Country Touring with elegant hotels and gourmet restaurants

Champagne

FAMILY FUN AND CHAMPAGNE
Nigloland Theme Park, Aube

Spend a week in a log cabin in France's central vineyard region, something for the kids while Champagne tasting.

Alsace

WHITE WINES OF KINGS
Route des Vins Alsace

The Alsace Wine Road has been noted since medieval times for its white wines of royal tables a wine touring delight.

WHITE WINE AND BEER SAUSAGE
The Wine Road of Northern Alsace

Wine, Culture and Romanesque architecture in the beautiful deep forest valleys on France's side of the Rhine

CHATEAU HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG
King’s Fairy Tale Castle in Alsace Wine Region
Nestled on the France Alcace wine road this castle is one of the areas most popular Strasbourg area tourist sights

Rhone - Provence

ROMAN THEATER ANTIQUE ORANGE
Ancient Rome in Provence

The ancient Roman Amphitheater is at the center of the Cotes du Rhone Wine Region

LE MAS DU LUBERON HOTEL PROVENCE
Provence Luberon Wine Region

AIX-EN-PROVENCE-AVIGNON WINE ROAD
France Wine Route through the Coteaux de Aix-en-Provence.

Paris

PARIS PIT STOP ON THE CHAMPS ELYSÉES
L'Atelier Renault

Showplace and restaurant for France's top automaker on the Paris Boulevard

GERMANY

Rhineland - Hesse - Palatine - Baden

WINE ROAD & SAUSAGE FAIR BAD DURKHEIM
The German Wine Road through the Rhineland centers in Bad Durkheim with tasting, tours and B&Bs.

DURKHEIMER FASS - GIANT WINE BARREL RESTAURANT
Wine Barrel Envy of German Rhineland


HEADLESS KNIGHT, SLEEPY NIGHT
Burg Reichenstein - the Castle next door

Castle Hotel with charm and history on Germany's Middle Rhine.

GUTENBERG’S BIBLE AND LITTLE GUT WEIN
The guy who invented the book (or at least printing) from Strasbourg to Heidelburg, with some wine-tasting in between.

STUTTGART - CITY OF FESTIVALS
Beer and Wine Fests

Capital of Baden-Wurttemburg has a Festival for All Seasons

BOPPARD ON THE RHINE
Wine Touring Town on the Middle-Rhine

Weinstubs and Cruises on the Rhine to the Loreley

HOMBERG/EFZE - KRONE GASTEHAUS
The oldest pub restaurant in Hesse built in 1480

CASTLE THURANT
Castle on the Moselle among the Vineyards

GIANT WINE BARREL OF HEIDELBERG CASTLE
Perkeo and the Biggest Tun

RHINE & MOSEL WINE FESTIVALS BY RAIL
August and September in Wine Festival Season

SLEEP IN A BLACK FOREST WINE BARREL
Wine Cask Accomodation in the Vineyards

WINE MUSEUM STUTTGART - UHLBACH
Wine Trails and the Swabian Weinstube

RÜDESHEIMER COFFEE ON THE RHINE
Rhine Cruise Stop, Wine and Rüdesheimer Coffee

SCHWEINE MUSEUM & SCHLACHTOF BEER GARDEN
Restaurant and Pig Collection of Art, Culture and Kitsch

MONASTERY BREWERY & WINE – BERNKASTEL-KUES
Brauerie Restaurant, Wine and Schnapps on the Mosel

RHEINGAU WINE MUSEUM - BROMSERBURG - RÜDESHEIM
Wine & Knights History at Brömserburg Castle

RED OX INN – HEIDELBERG
Historic Student Hangout of Old Heidelberg

BLACK FOREST JUMP DINING - SASBACHWALDEN
Four Courses
- Four Restaurants

LEARNING TO MAKE BLACK FOREST CAKE
Gmeiner Chocolatier Classes Oberkirch-Appenweier

WINE TASTING MIDDLE RHINE - OBERWESEL
Lanius-Knab Winery

MOSELLE VALLEY WINE TOURING
Rieslings and Castles

Bavaria

OKTOBERFEST MUNICH
Famous Carnival and Beer Tents

GETTING INTO OKTOBERFEST BEER FESTIVAL TENT
Seat Reservation Tips


STRONG BEER IN BAVARIA
Munich's Fifth Season

Spring mini-Oktoberfest style celebratation of Munich's dark beer time at traditional brew house restaurants.

MUNICH BEER & OKTOBERFEST MUSEUM
History of Beer Fesival and a Restaurant in One

MUNICH BEER & OKTOBERFEST MUSEUM
History of Beer and a Restaurant in One

ART AND AUGUSTINER
Castle Art Museum in the Bavarian Alps
An art museum in a Bavarian Castle a bar-restaurant which is an art work itself.

A TOUR WALK AROUND MUNICH
From Beer for Breakfast to the Brauhaus After Dark

This Bavarian capital is one of Europe's best large cities for seeing on foot while stopping for a few of those German beers along the way.

POLYNESIAN MUNICH
Munich's Trader Vics restaurant is one of the last with the original tiki style bars made famous with the Mai Tai.

200 YEARS OF THE GERMAN BEER GARDEN
A Bavaria Tradition in Munich

SEEWIRT AT THUMSEE RESTAURANT - BAD REICHENHALL
Alpine Lakeside Retreat in Berchtesgadenerland

Berlin

BERLIN LITERATI HANG WITH EINSTEIN
World class coffee house with a pedigree in Berlin

BERLIN PUB CRAWLING ORANIENBURGER STR
Bars, Restaurants, Dancing and Music

All night party on Berlin's Once Underground Street

TIPI AM KANZLERAMT - TENT THEATER
Cabaret Entertainment in the Tierpark

Cabaret Style Entertainment returns to Berlin

FILOU RESTAURANT & WINE BAR - CHARLOTTENBURG
Neighborhood Atmosphere and Candlelight at Savignyplatz

Dresden

SOPHIENKELLER BAROQUE THEME RESTAURANT
Baroque Theme Dining Entertainment

Leipzig

AUERBACHS KELLER RESTAURANT
Goethe's Inspiration for Dr Faustus

TRADITIONAL COFFEE HOUSES OF LEIPZIG
Schumann, Torts and Art Nouveau

ITALY

Tuscany - Umbria - Marche

UNIQUE ITALIAN FLAVORS - CUISINE & CULTURE
Intrepid Travel Italy Tours

Explore Italy with small group independent travel tours with award winning tour company Intrepid Travel

COOKING CLASS VACATION IN UMBRIA
La Volpe e L’Uva - The Fox and Grapes Agritourismo

Stay for 4 to 7 days on an Umbrian Farm and learn Italian cooking.

BELLA B&B’S OF PIEDMONT
Bed & Breakfasts and Cooking Classes

Bed & Breakfasts north of Torino

LA TAVOLA MARCHE - SANT'ANGELO IN VADO
Cooking School and B&B in the Marches of Central Italy

Trentino

WINE TASTING AND TOURING ALTO-ADIGE
The wine routes of the upper Adige Valley in the Italian Dolomites

STONE AND GRAPES: CASTEL BESENO TRENTINO
The Adige Valley surrounding Trento is rich with wine vineyards and castles long the train route over the Brenner Alps pass from Austria and Germany.

CASTELLO di AVIO
First of the Adige Valley Castles

Hillside castle among the grape vineyards on the Brennaro auto route.

MURDER AND A MEAL IN THE MOUNTAIN MISTS
Romantic Castle Toblino

Four star restaurant in a mountain lake medieval castle close to the Trentino Vineyards in Northern Italy

Franciacorta

LAGO ISEO - HOTEL VILLA KINZICA
Visting the Bresicia - Milan region of Italy this romantic hideway overlooks a mountain lake of the Franciacorta wine region.

Piemonte

CASTLES AND TRUFFLES
Castle Hotels in Piemonte Italy

Fabulous local foods seasoned by its famous white truffles, local herbs, full bodied wines and castle hotels surrounding Torino.

ENGLAND

London

SHERLOCK HOLMES PUB & RESTAURANT - LONDON

Fans of the famous fictional detective can't miss a stop for a bite and a beer at London's best Sherlock Holmes hangout.

LONDON PUB TOUR
Historic Drinking Spots of Ole London Town

Best historic Pubs around London favorites of Dickens, Hogarth, Queen Elizabeth, actors and resistance fighters.

TATTERSHALL CASTLE BAR & NIGHT CLUB
Paddlewheel Steamer Pub on the Thames Embankment.

LONDON'S SECRET GARDEN
Kensington Rooftop Gardens

Preserved historic rooftop gardens on Kensington High Street with popular restaurant and night club.

NORTH BY NORTHWEST PUB
Alfred Hitchcock History Themed Pub near former Islington Studios

Oxfordshire

MUSIC & CHAMPAGNE HENLEY-ON-THAMES
Henley Fesitival is the Height ofthe Social Season

Gloucestershire

NEW INN - LADY JANE GREY & SHAKESPEARE'S GHOST
Medieval Coaching inn of Gloucester

North England

CHRISTAKIS TAVERNA & ST. PETERSBURG RESTAURANTS
Two entertaining restaurants in party town Liverpool, travel to Greece and Russia without ever leaving Britain.

BETTYS CAFE HARROGATE
Yorkshire Sweet Shop secrets since 1919

IRELAND

JAMESON WHISKEY FACTORY TOUR - DUBLIN
Irish Whiskey History and Tasting in Dublin
Learn All About Irish Whiskey at the old Jameson Distillery

DUBLIN’S GUINNESS STOREHOUSE
Beer Brewing Tour
Bbeer Making and Entertainment at teh Famous Brewery

OLD BUSHMILLS DISTILLERY TOUR
Oldest Whiskey Maker on Northern Ireland Coast

COOKING CLASSES IN IRELAND
Irish Cookery Schools Vacation at an Irish Castle
Take a Cooking Holiday Break in Ireland

DUBLIN’S TEMPLE BAR
Traditional Irish Food and Pubs in Dublin's Night District

HOWTH MARITIME VILLAGE
Pubs and Fresh Caught Seafood Restaurants
Coastal Cliffs and Entertainement Near Dublin

TULLAMORE DEW HERITAGE CENTRE TOUR
Irish Mist and Whiskey History

Tour of former Whiskey Distillery in the Midlands

TANNERY COOKERY SCHOOL & TOWNHOUSE
Ireland Cooking and Accommodation in Dungarvan
Take a cooking lesson vacation with Chef Paul Flynn in Country Waterford

MOBY DICK’S PUB - YOUGHAL
Have a pint of stout at movie location in in County Cork

SMITHWICK’S RED IRISH ALE BREWERY TOUR - KILKENNY
St Francis Abbey Brewery


TRUFFLE FAIRY CHOCOLATIER - THOMASTON
Sweet Treats in Kilkenny County

BELGIUM

ORVAL ABBEY MONASTERY
Belgian Trappist Beer of the Semois Valley
Unique Trappist Beer can only be made at monasteries of which Orval in south Belgium is the "Queen" of Trappist Beers.

DURBUY - RESTAURANTS AND MICRO-BREWS
Well known for its gastronomie this 17th Century Ardennes town is rich with breweries and brasseries.

HALVE MANN BREWERY TOUR – BRUGES
Henri Maes' Fool’s Beer in Belgium

CANTILLON BREWERY TOUR
Traditional Gueuze Beer Brewery in Brussels

OLD CHEESEMAKERY - PASSENDALE
Oude Kaasmakerij – Cheese Making Museum

BELGIUM BEER TOURING
Beer Routes, Brewery Tours, Beer Museums and Brasseries
Follow the Trail of the Belgium National Beverage

AUSTRIA

GREICHENBEISL AND THE TWELVE APOSTELKELLER
Quirky Historic Pub Restaurants of Vienna

FAMOUS VIENNA CAFÉS & CONFECTIONARY'S
Café Culture and the Sweets Life of Vienna

ZUM SCHWARZEN KAMEEL
Art Nouveau Vienna Deli and Beethoven's Table

SACHER TORTE AND THE CAFÉ LIFE
Austria’s Most Famous Sweet Treat

CAFE TOMASELLI - SALZBURG
Mozart’s Favorite Coffee Hangout in Festival City

SAUSAGE AND SCHNAPPS - INNSBRUCK
Smallest Shop on the Stiftgasse

WIENER WIESN - VIENNA'S OKTOBERFEST
Beer Tents at the Prater Park Ferris Wheel

BEER & BREWERY TOURING SALZBURG
Austria's Historic Beer City

AUSTRIA WINE TOURING
Vineyards at Harvest Time

DEMEL CAFE CONFECTIONARY VIENNA
Imperial Sweets Maker Since 1786

GEBHARDSBERG CASTLE RESTAURANT
Lake Constance View Dinign and Events

CZECH REPUBLIC

PRAGUE EASTER MARKETS
Whips and Easter Eggs

Czech Pilsner Beer, Spit roasted Pork and Barbeque Sausage - a little something to go with your hand-painted Easter Eggs.

ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK – PRAGUE
600 Years of Strolling Planets and Apostles

CROATIA

WINERY HOTEL VINARIJA ZDJELAREVIC
Wine Touring Hotel in Brodski Stupnik Slavonia

PEJACEVIC CASTLE - NAŠICE WINES
History and Fero Vino Wines

LIECHTENSTEIN

HOFKELLEREI WINE CELLARS OF THE PRINCE OF LIECHTENSTEIN
Princely Wine Tasting and Royal Owned Restaurant in near Switzerland

SWITZERLAND

SWISS CHOCOLATE TRAIN
Shades of Willy Wonka! Ride historic train for cheese tasting in Gruyeres and visit the Nestle Chocolate Factory.

CHATEAU D’AIGLE WINE MUSEUM
15th Century Castle Wine and Label Museum in the Valley of the Vaud

GIGER BAR - CHUR
HR Giger Alien Theme Bar in Graubunden

HR GIGER BAR GRUYERES
HR Giger Bar and Museum in Fribourg Region

TOM'S BEER BOX AND DESIGN BARS OF CHUR
Bars and Clubs of Chur from Beer to Strippers

EDELWEISS RESTAURANT - GENEVA
Swiss Chalet Cuisine and Family Entertainment

LAVAUX WINE TERRACES
Tour Historic Vineyards and Views above Lake Geneva

GRUYÈRE CHEESE FACTORY TOUR
Where Your Favorite Fondue Cheese is Made

CHATEAU DE VILLA WINE MUSEUM & TRAIL -SIERRE
Museum, Tasting Bar, and Valais Wine Trail

KORNHAUSKELLER RESTAURANT & GALLERY BAR
Vaulted Restaurant of the Granary

DEVILS PLACE WHISKY BAR - ST MORITZ
Whisky Tasting at Waldhaus am See

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