A Day in Luxembourg The Last Remaining Grand Duchy

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One of the greatest disappointments in my life if losing the hard drive that stored all my photos from my 2013 Europe trip. Well, that's not bad in and by itself but I also broke the back up drive! All I can recover was shots from my phone and digicam. Here are some of the photos I recovered from a day trip to Luxembourg in a car.

Just a day trip to Luxembourg? What would you do if you had a day in Luxembourg? A country so small you would believe it just a mere city. It's the world's only remaining grand duchy and boasts one of the world's highest GDP.

While it's mostly rural, with the dense Ardennes forest and nature parks in the north, and the Moselle river valley in the southeast, something always drew me into it, perhaps it's my fascination with medieval castles and history. It also helps that wine is cheap there. The beautiful sights I've seen in just one day spent in the tiny country was staggering.

From the quaint medieval village of Vianden to the gorgeous town of Houffalize, you'll have plenty of fun and lots of photographic opportunities. You can do Luxembourg CITY in one day, but I didn't find it all that interesting. I did explore it the night before but went on to drive around the country the next day. You can certainly spend a weekend here, there's enough to see and do. But if you only had a day, here are my tips for maximizing your visit.

  • A car will maximize your visit to Luxembourg.
  • There's not much to do at night in Luxembourg, City. Skip town and go somewhere else instead.
  • Divide your time between Clairvaux Castle, Chateau Vianden, and Houffalize city.
That's it! If I had several days I'd probably check out the Ardennes forest and looking back, I probably should have stayed and explored more. That means one thing. I have to go back!

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Nice capture friend

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You are really lucky that you visited Luxembourg. It is such a beautiful country. Sad is that your hard drive is broken .which other countries in the Europe you have visited ? @adonisabril

I haven't visited Belarus, otherwise pretty much all of them.

so pretty, i love hilly cities..

Such a beautiful place...hope to visit one day!

One word: gorgeous.

Very unique angle and perspective. Great job!!!Interesting shots

thanks

most welcome :))

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Nice places, i hope one day be there

wow these photos are absolutely amazing. Luxembourg is such a beautiful country.

Thank you for sharing the information. I really love traveling, but now I'm on parental leave. It is interesting to learn new places. Have a nice day!)

Luxembourg is such a beautiful country. Amazing photos too. I like the one with the tank the most.

hallo, friend images is very very beautiful . I have love this image .I love nature always. thanks to you for sharing this image.

Super cool pics. I'm about to go on a trip to Europe myself. Any idea where you lost your hard drive? I'll keep an eye out for it. :-D

Very nice fotos. Many years ago I spent 2 days there - but for work. You saw more than I did. I have driven through a few times thereafter but it went by very quickly. haha

A beautiful and comfortable place to be occupied. Of course it will be everyone's hope.

Awesome Article on Luxembourg.. Informative too..
Lovely photos... Cheers!!

Next would be 'night at luxembourg'?

Thanks for post all these pictures, you make my day, those are beautiful places <3 You are a lucky guy :D

Obviously, Luxembourg is awesome place to visit and spend vacation. Thanks @adonisabril for your nice informative post.

Who does not like to see the natural scene. Everyone wants to visit the beautiful places of the world. We have become mechanical to see ourselves the buildings of the brick-cement-stone buildings around us. Difficulty in nesting the house. So maybe our mechanical city, where there is a lot of opportunities, as well as our sightseeing. Because we are naturally comfortable. Now we do not go to enjoy the wonderful landscapes at any place of trouble, where we have to face many problems. And that is why we go beyond our sights, some of the wonderful places in the world.

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The city looks very beautyful

awesome, buitiful, so nice class

very nice photo of luxembourg city wow you are there?

Nice shots doesn't look like it has changed in a few hundred years

oh what is place so cool and nice

I have been wanting to revisit the home of my ancestors, thank you for this information on Luxemburg. It makes me happy to see other people take an interest 😄

Whao que gran aventura @adonisabril saludos, agradecería que pases por mi blog :D

Excellent photography i really like your work. thanks for sharing.

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nice picture, i believe good photo will send a lot of message

It is just wao.I love nature and its beauty and your pics shows its color in such a beautiful way.

Sir you post is very nice heart taching i like your pos

Fantastic work with this one, kudos

i like it

Luxembourg really a small and great place to visit.. there are many small countries in Europe but Luxembourg has it's own beauty.. that attract us.. thanks

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Such a beautiful place to visit, you must had great fun out there.

Beautiful photos, beautiful place, just a question, where are the people of that place I did not see any

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it's mostly rural

Nice blog!

Wow, it awesome photos, I have no word to see OMG dude great and its a very good article..!! upvote for this effort..!!

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a mix between French and German architecture - like the language

Beautiful pictures of an amazing country. Hope I could visit in the future.

beautiful sights like a dream

U nice photogrphy

nice photography real natural

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