August 16, 2010
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Vicenza – golden city, Italy Updated: December 22, 2020 | By Claire | More In the northeastern part of Italy, one can find the city of Vicenza. The city of Vicenza has a rich and colorful history and an amazing culture. There are countless museums and art galleries located throughout the city. Situated only 60 […]
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Categories: Italy, Sights
August 16, 2010
by europeexplored
Kraków – the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland Updated: May 31, 2020 | By Claire | More Krakow is the second largest city in Poland, as well as being one of the oldest in this country’s history. This city can be found on the list of World Heritage Sites, mostly […]
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Categories: Poland, Sights
August 15, 2010
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Verona – the city of neverending love and paradise of open-air opera, Italy Updated: December 19, 2020 | By Claire | More About 30 km from Lake Garda you can find the second largest city of Venice area. Verona is the capital of the province of Verona located in northeastern Italy. The world’s awareness gained […]
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Categories: Italy, Sights
August 14, 2010
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Padova – where the beauty meets spirituality in Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Padova is located in the northern part of Italy along the banks of the Bacchiglione River. Situated only 40 kilometers from the famous Italian city of Venice, Padova has been a very popular tourist […]
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Categories: Italy, Sights
August 13, 2010
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Lago di Garda – largest and most beautiful lake in Italy Updated: December 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More The largest and most beautiful Italian lake Lago di Garda is situated in the Dolomites at the foot of the mountain massifs in the northern part of the country. It is situated in the […]
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Categories: Italy, Nature
August 13, 2010
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Balaton in Hungary – the largest lake in Central Europe called Hungarian Sea Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Lake Balaton is the largest lake in all of Central Europe, located in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. This lake is a very popular destination for tourists and is referred to as the […]
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Categories: Hungary, Nature
August 12, 2010
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Màntova (Mantua) is one of Italy’s greatest artistic and cultural centres — a Renaissance jewel in the Lombardy region, surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes created in the 12th century, whose magnificent Palazzo Ducale (the largest palatial complex in Italy after the Vatican), Andrea Mantegna’s revolutionary frescoes, and deep connections to the musical heritage […]
Tags: architectural-treasures, art, bibiena, city, clock-tower, education, education-italy, elegant-palaces, gonzaga-family, history-of-opera, italy, lake-lago, lombardy-italy, mantova, northern-italy, palazzo-castiglioni, palazzo-del-capitano, palazzo-della-ragione, palazzo-ducale, rotonda-di-san-lorenzo, san-sebastiano, sant-andrea, tazio-nuvolari, uberti, water-ring
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 12, 2010
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Disneyland Paris is Europe’s most visited tourist attraction — a magical 2,230-hectare resort in Marne-la-Vallée, just 32 kilometres east of Paris, where two world-class theme parks (Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park), seven themed hotels, and the Disney Village entertainment district welcome over 15 million visitors annually. Opened in 1992 as Euro Disney, Disneyland […]
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Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, France
August 11, 2010
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Turda gorge – one of the most popular places to visit in Romania Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Turda Gorge is a large natural reserve which is located 6 km west of Turda and is around 15 km south east of Cluj-Napoca which is located in Transylvania. Formed as a result […]
Tags: apuseni-mountains, arcades, attempts, carpathians, caves, cheile-turzii, difficulty-levels, fossils, free-climbing, gorge-one, gorges, limestone-mountain, nature, plants, romania, special-interest, turda-gorge
Categories: Nature, Romania
August 11, 2010
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Grazzano Visconti is a surreal neo-Gothic fantasy village hidden in the countryside of Emilia-Romagna, Italy — a meticulously crafted ‘faux medieval’ hamlet built in the early 1900s by a visionary count. Every cobblestone, turret, and wrought-iron balcony was deliberately designed to transport visitors back to a romanticised Middle Ages, making it one of Italy’s most […]
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Categories: Italy, Sights
