[QUOTE] Thanks for the suggestions. [/QUOTE] For future reference, Trier is nice. Lots of ancient history, a river, nearby mountains and the Bitburg brewery just a few km away. [QUOTE] We've done the usual thing of looking at a large scale map (everything seems closer that way) then ignoring common sense and other peoples suggestions and decided on..... Lake Iseo. Google maps and clicking on the terrain option swung it for me, picturesque town and apparently nice restaurants swung it for Adie.[/QUOTE] Lake Iseo is lovely. I visited it last year when staying on Lake Garda at Limone. We didn't try any restaurants but it looked a lot less commercialised than Garda or Como. The Brenta Dolomites to the north have some nice roads and beautiful scenery.