Maastricht is one of the Netherlands’ most distinctive cities — a vibrant university town whose medieval heart of cobbled streets, Roman ruins, and Gothic churches has more in common with Flanders or Wallonia than with the canal-ringed cities of Holland. Sitting at the southernmost tip of the Netherlands, wedged between Belgium and Germany, Maastricht’s cosmopolitan, […]
Categories: Netherlands, Sights
The windmills of Kinderdijk – one of the best known Dutch tourist sites | Netherlands Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Kinderdijk is a small village lying on the Lek and Noord rivers near Rotterdam and Dordrecht in the Netherlands. It’s a very popular destination for its large network of windmills. The […]
Categories: Netherlands, Sights
Hoge Veluwe National Park is the Netherlands’ largest and most diverse protected area — a stunning 5,400-hectare mosaic of heathland, shifting sand dunes, and ancient woodland in the province of Gelderland that contains one of the world’s great art collections inside the park: the Kröller-Müller Museum, home to the second-largest collection of Van Gogh paintings […]
Categories: Nature, Netherlands
Danube-Auen National Park is one of Europe’s last remaining large-scale floodplain ecosystems — a 9,300-hectare protected natural paradise of meandering river channels, old-growth riparian forest, and vast water meadows stretching along the Danube between Vienna and Bratislava. One of Austria’s six national parks and part of the transboundary Ramsar wetland complex shared with Slovakia, the […]
Tivoli – place of entertainment for wealthy Romans | Italy Updated: December 25, 2020 | By Claire | More Where the Aniene River falls from the Sabine hills, is where you will find the ancient city of Tivoli. Located only 30 kilometres from Rome, one can see the entire city in all of its glory […]
Riga – the biggest and most vibrant city in the Baltics | Latvia Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia, the biggest and most vibrant city in Baltics, and an important seaport, situated on the mouth of the Daugava. It is also the largest […]
Praia da Marinha is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful beaches in Portugal — and for good reason. Nestled between dramatic golden limestone cliffs on the Algarve coast near Carvoeiro, this postcard-perfect cove features crystal-clear turquoise waters, golden sand, and iconic rock formations including the famous ‘double sea arch’ — one of the […]
Haarlem is one of the Netherlands’ most elegant and eminently livable cities — a historic North Holland gem whose magnificent Grote Kerk (Great Church), world-class Frans Hals Museum, and beautifully preserved medieval centre make it the perfect antidote to Amsterdam’s crowds while being just 15 minutes away by train. Often overlooked by international visitors in […]
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Salamis is the most important archaeological site in Cyprus — a vast ancient city on the island’s eastern coast near Famagusta that served as the capital of Cyprus for over a thousand years, from the late Bronze Age through the Roman and Byzantine periods. Today, Salamis is a hauntingly beautiful expanse of ruins stretching along […]
Nockberge National Park is one of Austria’s most distinctive protected areas — a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the state of Carinthia whose gently rounded, grass-covered mountains (the “Nocke”) create a landscape unlike anywhere else in the Alps: vast rolling alpine pastures dotted with traditional wooden huts, rare wildflowers, and spectacular panoramic roads that have earned […]
