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Great Britain France
From cliff-backed shores and France seduces with a somehow
quaint villages, to historic familiar culture woven around
monuments and wild, wild cafe terraces, village-square
moors., Britain boasts everything markets and lace-curtained
from Georgian architecture to bistros where the plat du jour is
21st-century art. chalked up outside. Here too find
world-class art, architecture and
delightfully scenic drives.
Germany
Here the majestic Rhine snakes
through churning whirlpools, vast
vineyards and medieval villages.
And all around storybook castles
crown jagged cliffs.
Switzerland
Switzerland is simply spectacular,
with dazzling scenery at every
turn: pristine lakes, lush
meadows, snow-dusted Alps. Add
cosmopolitan cities and you have
a country making it easy to drive
deep into its heart.
Austria
White-knuckle Alpine passes
usher in a wealth of adrenaline
sports, from year-round skiing
Italy to windsurfing and white-water
rafting, while pretty castles and
Epicentre of the Roman dense forests frame the majestic,
Empire and birthplace of the mighty Danube.
Renaissance, this sun-kissed
virtuoso serves up sublime music,
food and wine.
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