September 6, 2010
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Veľká Fatra National Park in Slovakia – popular tourist destination for hikers and trekkers Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Veľká Fatra National Park lies in central Slovakia – in Žilina and Banská Bystrica Region. The National Park was declared on 1 April 2002 as an upgrade of the Protected Landscape […]
Tags: 17th-centuries, banska-bystrica, cave, central-slovakia, eurasian-lynx, european-beech, flora-and-fauna, folk-architecture, gray-wolf, heritage-village, landscape-area, national-park, nature, pine-forests, rainfalls, rich-flora, scots-pine, slovakia, tree-location, turcianske-teplice, unesco-world-heritage, upland-meadows, velka-fatra, velka-fatra-national-park, yew-tree
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
September 6, 2010
by europeexplored
Oia (pronounced “EE-ah”) is the most photographed village in Greece — the iconic cascade of whitewashed Cycladic houses, blue-domed churches, and pastel-coloured neoclassical captains’ mansions clinging to the northern cliffs of Santorini that produces the single most recognisable image of the Greek islands, reproduced on a million postcards, Instagram feeds, and travel magazine covers. Perched […]
Tags: aegean-sea, beautiful-sunsets, beautiful-views, city, devastating-earthquake, docks, europe, favorite-places, fishing, greece, greek-houses, island, map, oia-village, prosperous-town, renovation, santorini, santorini-island-greece, sun-lovers, sunset, thira, thiru, tourist-destinations, tourists, town, traditional-buildings, village
Categories: Greece, Nature, Sights
September 5, 2010
by europeexplored
Słowiński National Park is one of Poland’s most extraordinary natural landscapes — a UNESCO World Heritage coastal reserve on the Baltic Sea whose defining feature is its shifting sand dunes, massive golden mountains of sand up to 42 metres high that move inland at a rate of 3–10 metres per year, slowly consuming the pine […]
Tags: 5km, baltic-coast, benches, coastline, hotels, indigenous-nature, kilometers, landscape, map, national-park, nature, northern-poland, observation-towers, poland, pomeranian, resting-places, sightseeing, slowinski-national-park, slowinski-park-narodowy, tourism, tourist-trails, tourists, variability, wind-and-sand
Categories: Nature, Poland
September 4, 2010
by europeexplored
Sofia is one of Europe’s most underrated capitals — a city where 7,000 years of history are layered into a compact, walkable centre of Roman ruins, Ottoman mosques, Orthodox cathedrals, and Soviet-era monuments, all set against the dramatic backdrop of Mount Vitosha. Bulgaria’s administrative, cultural, and economic heart, Sofia offers visitors an extraordinary value city […]
Tags: antiquity, bulgaria, capital-cities, city, educational-centre, european-union, existence, landmarks, map, mineral-spring, mount-vitosha, periods, population, prehistoric-settlements, remnants, slatina, sofia, substructures, town-walls
Categories: Bulgaria, Sights
September 4, 2010
by europeexplored
Cascate delle Marmore – the world’s biggest and oldest human-made waterfall paradise | Italy Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More Created back in the days of the great Roman Empire, the manmade falls known as Cascate delle Marmore were created. At more than 165 meters in height, the Marmore’s Falls is one […]
Tags: ancient-romans, cascata-delle-marmore, europe, gates, hydroelectric-power-plant, italian-region, italy, man-made-waterfall, map, nature, paradise, provincial-capital, tallest-man, tourists, water-view, waterfall, waterfall-in-the-world, waterfall-paradise
Categories: Italy, Nature
September 3, 2010
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Chianti – the region of unique wine | Tuscany, Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More In Tuscany, Italy, you will find the area that is known simply as Chianti. Every year, countless people from all over the globe make their way to Chianti, one of the most well-known wine regions of […]
Tags: arezzo, borders, bottle-of-wine, calendars, chianti, chianti-region, chianti-wine, chianti-wine-region, countryside, countryside-villages, crowds, elsa, florence, florentine, gentle-hills, globe, italy, landscape, landscapes, map, olive-groves, photographs, pistoia, postcards, region, rolling-hills, siena, stone-villages, tuscany, tuscany-italy, unique-wine, valdarno, wine, wine-area, wine-regions-of-italy, wineries-in-italy, wines, world-today
Categories: Italy, Nature
September 3, 2010
by europeexplored
Benidorm is Spain’s most famous — and most controversial — resort city: a skyline of towering skyscrapers rising from the Costa Blanca like a Mediterranean Manhattan, with more high-rise buildings per capita than any city in Europe. Love it or hate it, Benidorm is a phenomenon: two sweeping golden beaches, a year-round microclimate, and a […]
Tags: 1960s, apartment-buildings, beaches, benidorm, capita, city, costa-blanca, economy, europe, european, high-rise-buildings, holiday-resorts-in-spain, hotel-industry, hotels, impressive-mountains, las-vegas, manhattan, map, mediterranean-coastal-city, skyline, skyscrapers, spain, surrounded-by-one, urban-age
Categories: Sights, Spain
September 2, 2010
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Palermo – the craziest city in Europe | Sicily, Italy Updated: December 20, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Palermo is a historical city in the northwest of the island of Sicily in Italy. It is also the cultural, economic and touristic capital of Sicily. The city is noted for its rich history, […]
Tags: capital-of-sicily, capuchin-catacombs, capuchin-monastery, chiesa-della-martorana, city, city-cathedral, craziest-city, craziest-city-in-europe, europe, florentine-architect, fontana-pretoria, gancia, gastronomy, island-of-sicily, italian-language, italy, main-streets, majestic-buildings, mummies, oratorio, orto-botanico-di-palermo, palermo, piazza-pretoria, quattro-canti, renaissance-period, saint-patron, san-cataldo, san-giovanni-degli-eremiti, san-giuseppe, san-lorenzo, sicilia, sicilian-dialect, sicilian-style, sicily, sicily-italy, spanish-king, streets-of-the-city, teatro-massimo-palermo, teatro-politeama, vittorio-emanuele
Categories: Italy, Sights, Virtual Travel
September 2, 2010
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Budapest – Queen city on Danube River or the City of Spas | Hungary Updated: August 24, 2020 | By Claire | More Budapest is the only capital in the world boasting nearly 100 thermal wells and 12 spas, where 19 million litres of thermal water breaks to the surface every day. If you also […]
Tags: 1956-hungarian-revolution, banks-of-the-river, bridge-park, buda-castle, budapest, budapest-opera, castle-district, city, danube, eras, far-view, heart-of-the-castle, hungary, jewish-quarter, margaret-island, national-ballet, queen, queen-city-on-danube-river, rich-architecture, river, river-danube, rudas, single-city, thermal-water, turkish-baths, turkish-occupation, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Hungary, Sights
September 1, 2010
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National Park Gesäuse in Styria, Austria Updated: December 27, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More The National Park Gesäuse was founded in 2002 and is the most recent national park in Austria and is known for its steep mountains with sharp edges and rough gores. It includes parts of the Styrian communities of Admont, […]
Tags: austria, autumn-view, centuries, gesause, gores, landl, map, mountains, national-park, national-park-gesause-in-styria, nature, sharp-edges, st-gallen, steep-mountains, styria, styria-austria
Categories: Austria, Nature
