Paintings, sculpture, tapestries, engravings, furniture, documents and books — the art collection of the Liria Palace (Calle Princesa 20, Madrid; phone +34 912302200, www.palaciodeliria.com) in Madrid, Spain, opened to the public for the first time on Nov. 1.
The art is the private collection of the dukes of Berwick & Alba and was gathered over 500 years, though the palace itself dates back only to 1785. It is the only palace in Madrid that remains a private residence.
7-day, 6-night “easy” bike tour in SCOTLAND, Sept. 5-11, 2020. Bike 4-6 hours (25-40 miles) a day. Group limit, 8. Highlights: Choose bike in Aviemore/bike along River Spey, tour distillery/coastal town of Findhorn/Culloden battlefield/Loch Ness/Cawdor Castle/transfer to Inverness. £1,995 ($2,460) per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., £390 ($480). Wilderness Scotland (Aviemore, Highland, Scotland, UK; phone, in US/Can., 844/885-3615, www.wildernessscotland.com).
7-day, 6-night rail tour from Istanbul to Budapest, July 1-7, 2020. Highlights: In Istanbul, TURKEY, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, board private train/in BULGARIA, castle ruins at Tsarevets fortress, Veliko Tarnovo/in ROMANIA, Peles¸ and Bran castles, walking tour of Sighis¸oara/in HUNGARY, Puszta horse show in Lajosmizse, Budapest. From $5,995 ppdo or from $8,895, single. Great Dane Journeys (Milton, NY; 855/702-4986, www.greatdanejourneys.com).
Three museums opened under one roof in Paris, France, on Aug. 25. Called Musée de la Libération de Paris - Musée du Général Leclerc - Musée Jean Moulin (4 Avenue du Colonel Henri Roi-Tanguy; phone +33 01 40 64 39 44, www.museeliberation-leclerc-moulin.paris.fr/en), they are located in a subterranean bunker where members of the French Resistance met in 1944 to help organize the city’s liberation from Nazi occupation.
