August 5, 2010
by europeexplored
Turin – Automobile and Chocolate Capital of Italy Updated: December 24, 2020 | By Claire | More Known as both the automobile and chocolate capital of Italy, the city of Turin is a flourishing state-of-the-art metropolis which is home to the nation’s automotive industry. While the metro area of Turin is home to more than […]
Tags: 2006-winter-olympics, alfa-romeo, automobile-manufacturers, car, chocolate, city, fiat-lancia, house-of-savoy, international-space-station, italy, palazzo-madama, piazzas, po-river, polytechnic-university, public-squares, shroud-of-turin, state-of-the-art-technology, torino, turin, university-of-turin, world-war-ii
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 5, 2010
by europeexplored
Saint-Tropez is the most famous fishing village in the world — a sun-drenched Provençal port on the French Riviera where billionaires’ superyachts bob alongside traditional wooden pointus, the glitterati gather at the legendary Club 55 on Pampelonne Beach, and the soft Mediterranean light that inspired Matisse and Signac still bathes the pastel-coloured houses of the […]
Tags: azur-region, brigitte-bardot, city, fashion-models, film-series, france, france-during-world-war-ii, french-riviera, gendarme-de-saint-tropez, inhabitants, louis-de-funes, marseille, models-and-millionaires, provence, provence-alpes, regattas, saint-tropez, southeastern-france, southern-france, summertime, tourist-spot, town, world-war-ii
Categories: France, Nature, Sights, Virtual Travel
August 4, 2010
by europeexplored
Lake Orta – unexpected beauty out of overcrowded tourist routes in Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More Just west of the world famous Lake Maggiore is where you will find Lake Orta. Known by this name since the early years of the 16th century, the lake was originally known as Lago […]
Tags: 16th-century, 4th-century, artistic-treasures, baroque-architecture, benedictine-monastery, blooming-garden, century-lake, costellation, countless-tourists, fine-resorts, glaciers, isola, italians, italy, lago-d-orta, lake-maggiore, lake-orta, lake-orta-italy, landscape, nature, northern-italy, olive-groves, orta-lago, orta-lake, picturesque-buildings, quiet-beauty, san-giulio, san-guilio, shorelines, toce, tourist-routes, tourists, unexpected-beauty
Categories: Italy, Nature
August 4, 2010
by europeexplored
Český Krumlov is one of the most beautiful small towns in Europe — a UNESCO World Heritage jewel in southern Bohemia, encircled by a dramatic horseshoe bend of the Vltava River, whose perfectly preserved medieval and Renaissance centre is dominated by the sprawling, multi-coloured Krumlov Castle — the second-largest castle complex in the Czech Republic […]
Tags: alpine-meadows, baroque-opera, castle-district, cesky-krumlov, city, czech-republic, egon-schiele, golden-crown, gothic-church, growth-forests, kostel, krumlov, lakes-and-rivers, natural-habitats, peat-bogs, prague, prague-castle, south-bohemian-region, st-vitus, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, vltava, windsor-castle
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
August 3, 2010
by europeexplored
Aosta – Alpine Rome, Italy Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Aosta can be found in the northern part of Italy and is nestled in the Aosta Valley region of the Italian Alps, where two rivers merge. The area where the city stands today has been inhabited since the […]
Tags: alpine-rome, anfiteatro-romano, aosta, arco-di-augusto, basilica-di-san-lorenzo, chiesa-di-sant, ciesa, city, dora-baltea, foro-romano, giosue-carducci, giovanni-xxiii, italian-alps, italy, mont-blanc-tunnel, north-northwest, piazza-pietro, ponte-romano, principal-city, rome, rome-italy, sant-anselmo, sant-orso, santo-stefano
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 3, 2010
by europeexplored
Loket Castle is one of the Czech Republic’s most dramatically situated medieval fortresses — a 12th-century Gothic castle perched on a granite rock surrounded on three sides by the Ohře River, in the charming little town of Loket near Karlovy Vary in western Bohemia. With its well-preserved medieval interiors, gruesome torture chamber exhibition, and a […]
Tags: accelerator, backdrop, box-style, casino-royale, castle, chocolate-box, czech-republic, day-trip, elbow, few-days, film-casino-royale, gorgeous-place, gothic-castle, historical, inhabitants, james-bond-film, loket, national-monument, opera-festival, shape, sleepy-place, sokolov, village
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
August 2, 2010
by europeexplored
Borromean Islands on Lago Maggiore – a very popular tourist hotspot in Italy Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More In the western part of Lake Maggiore you will find a small grouping that is composed of three islands and two little islets. Known as the Borromean Islands, these islands only offer 20 […]
Tags: 16th-century, barren-rock, beautiful-gardens, borromean-islands, borromeo-family, centuries, countess-isabella, fishing-village, flemish-tapestries, hectares, hotspot, isabella-borromeo, island, islets, isola-bella, isola-dei-pescatori, isola-madre, isola-superiore, isole-borromee, italian-masterpieces, italy, lago-maggiore, lago-maggiore-italy, peak-seasons, san-giovanni, seasons-of-the-year, square-meters, three-islands, tourists, uninhabited, verbania
Categories: Italy, Nature
August 1, 2010
by europeexplored
The Prague Zoo – the 7th best zoo in the world, Czech republic Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | More Prague Zoo is a beautiful piece of nature located at the bottom part of the Prague, in Troja district. History of breeding of exotic animals in Prague is much older than it looks, […]
Tags: admission-fees, all-around-the-world, animals, aviary, birds-of-prey, bus-stop, cable-railway, czech-republic, district-history, exotic-animals, giraffe, gorillas, hectares, mammals, natural-evolution, pavilions, polar-bears, prague, predators, przewalski-horse, public-transport, study-of-zoology, traveler-magazine, troja, underground-station, zoo, zoological-garden, zoos
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature
August 1, 2010
by europeexplored
Severn Bore – surfing on the river Severn in England, United Kingdom Updated: January 14, 2020 | By Claire | More One of the most impressive displays of Mother Nature’s power can be seen along the lengths of the River Severn. The Severn Bore is considered to be the second highest tidal bore in the […]
Tags: audrey-hudson, avonmouth, banks-of-the-river, bores, car-park, cook-inlet-alaska, eastern-banks, england, environment-agency, floodlight, floodlights, gironde-in-france, impressive-displays, natural-phenomena, nature, pub-food, rarity, river-banks, river-severn, severn-bore, severn-estuary, sharpness, spring-time, tidal-bore, tidal-waves, united-kingdom
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
