Travel tips

Jan 31, 2012, 3:06 GMT

Night watchman tour of medieval Radstadt

Radstadt, Austria (dpa) - Visitors to the Austrian town of Radstadt can trace the town's medieval past in a night-time tour led by a night watchman. Tours are scheduled for February 6 and 27 at 6 pm and on March 29 at 8.30 pm. During the Middle Ages, Radstadt was a city of commerce. The nightwatchmen guides, dressed up in historical costumes and carrying lanterns, will take tourists around to see the old sites such as the town walls and the Capuchin steeple, the region's local tourism authority said. The tour, lasting about an hour, winds up in the city's parish church, where visitors can then listen to organ music. (www.radstadt.com)

Paul Klee and the 'Cobra' artists in Amstelveen

Amstelveen, Netherlands (dpa) - Paul Klee in The Netherlands: The Cobra Museum in Amstelveen will be staging the 'Klee and Cobra: A Child's Play' exhibition from January 28 to April 22. It focuses on the influence that the artist had on the so-called 'Cobra' movement in which Klee shares the wondrous world of children's fantasies. Some 120 works by Klee and around 100 Cobra artists such as Karel Appel, Eugen Brands and Asger Jorn will be shown, the Dutch Tourism Office says. Cobra was a group of young artists and writers whose name was derived from the initials of home cities of the founding members - Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam. (www.cobra-museum.nl)

Vienna's city parks celebrates 150th anniversary

Vienna (dpa) - Vienna's city gardens will be marking their 150th anniversary this year in a special exhibition of the Gardening Museum. The park situated on the inner city's ring boulevard, the Ringstrasse, is considered to be the oldest public park in the Austrian capital, founded by Kaiser Franz Joseph in 1862. The special exhibition opens on April 5, with a two-day festival scheduled June 16-17.

A Cote d'Azur winter festival to usher in the spring

Nice, France (dpa) - While the skiing season is still in full swing in the Alps, several major festivals will be starting up in the Cote d'Azur region to usher in the sring season. On February 17, three events will get under way. The shrinking violet festival in Mandelieu-La Napoule, running through February 26, will be inviting visitors to, among other attractions, a parade of violets. Meanwhile, carnival in Nice will be staged this year under the slogan 'King of Sport' and runs through March 4. In Menton, the annual Lemon Festival will be held, running until March 7. (www.ot-mandelieu.fr; www.nicecarnaval.com; www.feteducitron.com)