Learn All About Knights' Armour From an Expert

Meet Friedrich Trier from the Wihelmshöhe Castle in Kassel. Friedrich is an expert in medieval armour care and restauration. He holds seminars about how armour is cared for and repaired. But he also demonstrates how it was worn and protected people.

Hands on experience with experts. Real armour that was worn into battle. Come experience Days of Yore Travel.

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Know Your Celts - Mediomatrici

Lands of the ancient Mediomatrici Celts in modern-day Lorraine in France

Clan Name: Mediomatrici, given to them by the Romans, which means “the people between the Matrona (Marne) and the Matra (rivers)”

Belong to: The Gallia Belgica of the Belgae Nation

Geographic Location: Area known today as Lorraine in the region known as Alsace Lorraine located in modern-day France.

Capital City: Divodurum - better known today as Metz in modern-day France.

Language believed to have been spoken: Gallic Celtic, known as Belgae

Closest surviving language: Cornish

Language spoken in the region today: French and German 

Divodurum or Metz in the 2nd Century CE

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The Iron Maiden of the Dark Ages

The Original Iron Maiden of Nuremberg

The Dark Ages. That period in history that sends a tingle of fright down our spines with its tales of horror; of how people were punished and tortured. Paradoxically the more barbaric it was, the more fascinating people find it – particularly when it comes to separating what Hollywood shows us, and what really happened.

The Kriminalmuseum in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a wonderfully preserved medieval town in Bavaria, has a museum with one of the largest collections of punishment and torture devices in Europe. Here you will find, like in the photograph above, the original Iron Maiden.

Days of Yore Travel can take you here to see all of the things that were commonplace in dark medieval dungeons, and give you a more accurate picture what law and order were like in everyday medieval life in the Holy Roman Empire, including a accompanying the Night Watchman on his walk around the tower walls.

If you want the real dark medieval experience, please write to us here at Days of Yore Travel. 

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Magical Danube River

View of the white cliffs on the Danube River from the Weltenburg Monastery

There are still some places you can go in the world that are truly magical. You know you’re living in the 21st century, but for just a moment you feel like you’ve been transported through a time portal, and you’re looking at the world they way it looked 5,000 years ago.

There is place like this on the Danube River, called the “Donaudurchbruch”. You round a bend and see these magnificent white cliffs, the quiet, sparkling blue waters of that eternal European river, and can you feel the spark of magic leap across. A place that will send shivers down your spine when you hear the eerie echoes of from the cliffs.

This section of the Danube River has a lot to offer for the Days of Yore experiential traveler. Whether you’d like to experience it on the comfort of a modern cruise ship, or paddling boats down the Danube like they did 5,000 years ago, or taking a guided hiking tour with Druid teaching you the ancient lore of magical herbs, this place has lots to offer and is a must-see for the experiential time traveler. If you’d like to find out more about this magical place, please write us here at Days of Yore Travel.

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Porta Nigra - The Black Gate

Porta Nigra - The Black Gate at night

It's hard to imagine long ago there once was a large and impressive Roman city in Germany, but that's what Trier or Augustus Trevori was - Emperor Augustus' city in the land of the Celtic clan of the Trevori. This ancient metropole on the Mosel river has an entire program of interactive re-discovery about this magnificent gate along with the other Roman sites to see. It received its name from the locals, because the grey sandstone oxidizes and turns naturally black - hence the name Porta Nigra or the 'Black Gate'

If you are looking for an authentic 'Roman Holiday' - not just seeing this magnificent monument of Roman architecture, but an in-depth experience with living history, please write to us for more information about Days of Yore Travel. 

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Discover Ancient Celtic Gold

Solid gold bead of a 14-year-old Celtic princess

Discover the ancient golden treasure of a fourteen-year-old Celtic princess. Her life was not long, but she left behind some of the most precious finds in Celtic craftsmanship gold ever unearthed. Here in Heuneburg - Heredotus' legendary lost city of Pyrene - you can discover how ancient Celts were anything but "barbarians" as the Romans called them. Here in the oldest kingdom in Europe.

If you're looking to discover the ancient gold of the Celtics, Days of Yore Travel can take you there. 

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The Magic of the Celtic World of Glauberg

Glauberg is a magical place - the site of an ancient Celtic burial ground. Come feel the magic of Glauberg and re-discovered its ancient secrets.



How would you like to experience the magic of ancient Celtic lore? Not just see it, but live it?
Write to us if you want to travel back in time to the Days of Yore.

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How cool would it be to see inside a real Roman fort?

This is the main entry gate to the Saalburg Roman fortress.

This is the main gate of a real ancient Roman fort on the ancient frontier of Germania, from back in the days where only a picket wall separated the Germanic barbarians from Roman civilization; a fort just like you would expect to see in the film “Gladiator”. Except this is no Hollywood backdrop. It’s the real thing and a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, just a few miles outside the City of Frankfurt.

How would you like to see how real Romans lived? Maybe learn how to swing a gladius sword? Or throw a pilum spear? Or how about dining in Roman style? With Days of Yore Travel we can take you back in time to experience what life was like living on the Roman frontier. If you would like to experience the true Roman feeling, send us an email for more information. 

Photo courtesy of Carsten Gurk © 2009. All rights reserved. Used by permission.     

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