August 26, 2010
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The Blue Grotto – the sea caverns on the southern coast of Malta Updated: May 31, 2020 | By Claire | More The Blue Grotto is the name that has been given to a cave which is part of a series of sea caverns which are located on the southern coast of Malta, close to […]
Tags: blue-grotto, caves, dark-shade, froth, grotto, island-of-malta, malta, maltese-law, mediterranean, nature, out-of-the-blue, rock-face, scenery, sea, sea-caverns, shades, species-of-lizards, target-practice, tourist-destination, troy-starring-brad-pitt, underwater-flora
Categories: Malta, Nature
August 26, 2010
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Modena – the capital of engines, Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Modena can be found in the southern end of the Po River valley. While the history of the town goes back to the prehistoric era, it is mostly known as the home of the finest Italian […]
Tags: 360-modena, accademia-militare, archeological-finds, biblioteca-estense, capital-of-engines, car-makers, city, corporate-headquarters, ducal-palace, duomo-modena, enzo-ferrari, etruscans, exotic-sports-cars, ferrari-360, ferrari-360-modena, ferrari-motor, francesco-ii, gabriele-amorth, invasion-of-italy, italian-service, italian-sports-car, italian-sports-cars, italy, luciano-pavarotti, medicine-and-law, military-academy, military-museum, military-stronghold, modena, modena-italy, nearby-university, operatic-tenor, pagani, palazzo-comunale, piazza-grande, po-river, queen-consort, rock-singer, tenor-luciano, top-sports, town, traditional-strengths, vasco-rossi, villanovans
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 25, 2010
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Slovak Karst National Park protects the largest karst landscape in Central Europe — a UNESCO World Heritage area of limestone plateaus, deep gorges, and over 1,100 documented caves on the Slovak-Hungarian border, including several of Europe’s most extraordinary accessible show caves. This 346 km² park is the Slovak half of the transboundary Aggtelek Karst protected […]
Tags: abysses, biggest-cave-in-slovakia, biosphere-reserves, caves, central-europe, concentration, cultural-heritage, domica, frontier, interesting-places, landscape-area, largest-karstic-area-in-central-europe, map, mountains, national-park, natural-heritage, natural-phenomena, nature, neighbouring-hungary, regime, slovak-karst, slovakia, slovensky-kras, unesco, zadielska-tiesnava
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
August 25, 2010
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Parma – famous ham and cheese, Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More The small town of Parma can be found between Bologna and Milan. Over the past few years, the town of Parma has become a popular tourist destination. Thousands of people make their way to this quaint town that is […]
Tags: 11th-century, architectural-attractions, arturo-toscanini, baptistery, benedictine-monastery, century-church, cheese, cittadella, city, creation-of-the-world, ducal-palace, food-safety, gothic-church, ham, ham-recipes, hams, italian-town, italy, little-stream, local-delicacies, marble-tower, middle-ages, opera-house, orto-botanico, paganini, palazzo-del-governatore, palazzo-della-pilotta, parma, parmesan-cheese, pink-marble, quaint-town, roman-control, romanesque-cathedral, san-francesco-del-prato, san-giovanni-evangelista, san-sepolcro, santa-croce, teatro-farnese, teatro-regio, tourist-destination, town-of-parma, university-of-parma
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 25, 2010
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Lake Fertö / Neusiedler See – Europe’s largest salt-water lake Updated: May 31, 2020 | By Claire | More Lake Fertö which is located partially in Hungary (25% of area) and partially in Austria (75% of area), where it is called Neusiedler See, is the largest saltwater lake in the entire Europe. There are several […]
Tags: butterfly-species, common-spoonbill, europes-largest-salt-water-lake, ferto, ferto-hansag-national-park, hungary, lake, lake-ferto, national-park, nature, rare-birds, rare-plants, reed-beds
Categories: Hungary, Nature
August 24, 2010
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Pieniny National Park in Poland Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Pieniny National Park (Polish: Pieniński Park Narodowy) is a protected area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, in the heart of the Pieniny Mountains. Pieniny National Park is one of the smallest Polish National Parks, lying in the southernmost part of […]
Tags: czorsztyn, dunajec-river, faces, limestone-cliffs, mountains, nad, national-park, nature, niedzica, panoramic-overview, pieninski-park-narodowy, pieniny, pieniny-national-park, poland, polish-national-parks, rocky-gorges, sea-level, slope, slovakia, southern-poland, summit, szczawnica, three-crowns, valleys
Categories: Nature, Poland
August 24, 2010
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Ferrara – the city of the cyclists, Italy Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Ferrara can be found along the banks of the Po River, only 50 kilometers from where the river meets the sea. It is a historical town which today is home to more than 135,000 residents. […]
Tags: 14th-century, 15th-century, castello-estense, certosa, cities-in-italy, city, cyclist, cyclists, draw-bridge, emilia-romagna, emilia-romagna-italy, famous-artists, ferrara, hermitage-museum, initial-goal, italy, jewish-museum, kilometers, local-artists, main-stream, manuscripts, medieval-walls, moat, national-gallery, northern-edges, northern-italy, old-town-center, palaces, palazzo-dei-diamanti, palazzo-schifanoia, po-river, romanesque-cathedral, rusco, russian-museum, synagogue, tapestries, world-heritage, yunker
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 23, 2010
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Jindřichův Hradec is one of the Czech Republic’s most enchanting small towns — a harmonious blend of Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture in southern Bohemia, dominated by one of the largest castle complexes in the country and the world’s first narrow-gauge railway. Located roughly halfway between Prague and Český Krumlov, this often-overlooked town on the […]
Tags: assumption-of-our-lady, bohemian, church-of-the-assumption, city, conservation-area, czech-republic, jesuit-college, jesuit-seminary, jindrichuv-hradec, map, medieval-centre, narrow-gauge-railway, national-museum-of-photography, nativity-scene, prague, renaissance-town, south-bohemian-region, st-john-the-baptist, tourist-destinations, town, vajgar
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
August 23, 2010
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Castell’Arquato – Roman military settlement in Italy Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More In the northern part of Italy, built upon a gentle hill is where you will find the town of Castell’Arquato. In the old town center, the highest point in the town, there is a castle that affords some of […]
Tags: arda, beautiful-countryside, catellarquato, century-tower, charming-street, city, cloister, collegiate-church, del-duca, emilia-romagna-italy, emilia-romagna-region, fortress, free-wine, frescoes, gentle-hill, historic-buildings, italy, military-settlement, music-and-wine, northern-italy, old-town-center, palazzo-pretorio, piazza-municipio, picturesque-hill, play-area, pretty-park, public-restrooms, rocca, romanesque-church, santa-maria, skyline, thursday-nights
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 22, 2010
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Macocha abyss in Czech republic – the deepest abyss in Central Europe Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | More The Macocha Abyss, also known as Macocha Gorge (Czech: Propast Macocha), is a sinkhole in the Moravian Karst cave system of the Czech Republic located north of the city of Brno, near the town […]
Tags: 17th-century, abyss, brno, casual-visitors, cave-system, cavers, caves, central-europe, czech-republic, gorge, kilometers, lower-bridge, macocha, moravian-karst, moravsky-kras, sinkhole, tourist-attraction, underground-passages, underground-river, upper-bridge, upper-platform, water-view
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature
