28 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Savoy Prealps (
French : Préalpes de Savoie) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the
Alps . They are located in
Rhône-Alpes (south-eastern
France ) and, marginally, in
Valais (western
Switzerland ). Savoy Prealps encompass northernmost area of the
French Prealps .
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27 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Dauphiné Alps (
French : Alpes du Dauphiné) are a group of mountain ranges in Southeastern
France , west of the main chain of the Alps. Mountain ranges within the Dauphiné Alps include the
Massif des Écrins in
Écrins National Park ,
Belledonne ,
Le Taillefer range and the mountains of
Matheysine .
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26 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Cottian Alps (
French : Alpes Cottiennes;
Italian : Alpi Cozie) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the
Alps . They form the border between
France (
Hautes-Alpes and
Savoie ) and
Italy (
Piedmont ). The
Fréjus Road Tunnel and
Fréjus Rail Tunnel between
Modane and
Susa are important transportation arteries between France (
Lyon ,
Grenoble ) and Italy (
Turin ).
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25 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Graian Alps (
Latin : Alpes Graiæ;
French : Alpes grées;
Italian : Alpi Graie) are a mountain range in the western part of the
Alps , and the name of an
Ancient Roman province .
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24 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Maritime Alps (
French : Alpes Maritimes;
Italian : Alpi Marittime) are a
mountain range in the southwestern part of the
Alps . They form the border between the
French region of
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and the
Italian regions of
Piedmont and
Liguria . They are the southernmost part of the
Alps .
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23 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Bon voyage , Theme Weeks
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The French Alps are the portions of the
Alps mountain range that stand within
France , located in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as the
Mont Blanc massif , are shared with
Switzerland and
Italy . At 4,808 metres (15,774 ft),
Mont Blanc , on the
France–Italy border , is the highest mountain in the Alps, and the
highest Western European mountain .
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28 February 2026 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Category: General
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Sheffield is a
city in
South Yorkshire , England, situated 29 miles (47 km) south of
Leeds and 32 miles (51 km) east of
Manchester . The city is the administrative centre of the
City of Sheffield . It is
historically part of the
West Riding of Yorkshire . It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire, and the third largest in
Northern England .
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27 February 2026 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Category: General
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Huddersfield is a
town in the
Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees ,
West Yorkshire , England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district, in the foothills of the
Pennines . The
River Holme ‘s confluence into the similar-sized
Colne is to the south of the town centre, which then flows into the
Calder in the north-eastern outskirts of the town.
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26 February 2026 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Category: General
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Northallerton is a
market town and
civil parish in
North Yorkshire , England. It is near the
River Wiske in the
Vale of Mowbray and had a population of 16,832 in 2011. Northallerton is an administrative centre for
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and
North Yorkshire Council . Northallerton was an important stopping point for
coaches on the road between
Edinburgh and
London until the arrival of the railway.
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