Of the 700 islands and 2,000 islets, called cays (keys), making up the archipelago, only about 30 are inhabited. Some are little more than boulders that appear and disappear with the rise and fall of the ocean. Some are long and thin and stretch for many miles. Still others are home to thousands of busy people.
Galleria degli Uffizi: This is Florence's largest, most famous gallery. There are works here from not only the Florentine and Tuscan school, but from movements all over Italy and Europe – and that’s not to mention the Roman sculptures in the museum corridors.
Notable among Bilbao’s museums is the Museo Guggenheim, which houses a fabulous collection of 20th-century avant-garde art, including works by Willem de Kooning, Vasily Kandinsky, Mark Rothko and Paul Klee. No less impressive is the representation of Spanish artists like Dalí, Picasso, Eduardo Chillida, Antonio Tàpies and a number of young, up-and-coming Basque artists.
Napa Valley has the greatest concentration of wineries in the U.S., with more than 300 of them packed into an area of just over 100 square miles, including some of California’s oldest and grandest wine estates as well as scores of smaller boutique wineries, regaling connoisseurs from near and far.
The German term Burg can be translated as castle or fortress, while Schloss means castle or palace. There are old, famous castles throughout Germany, notable among them the Wartburg and the Marksburg.
Castilla-La Mancha bears the stamp of its beloved author, Cervantes, on storefronts, mesones, inns and street signs. In almost every town with even a remote connection to the epic adventurer Don Quixote, you will find a statue or plaque paying homage to the work.
The rolling hills of Verõce, Kismaros, Nagymaros, Zebegény and Szob sprouted vineyards, next to chestnut orchards, in the 15th century. In the 20th century writers, poets, musicians and artists made the little towns and villages in this untainted part of Hungary their home.
