October 30, 2010
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Perugia – the major center of Italian art and chocolate Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Perugia is the capital of the central Italian province – Umbria and is considered a major center of Italian art. Even if Perugia is surrounded by not very nice suburb and messy highway lines, it is […]
Tags: behin, central-italy, chocolate-lovers, city, comfortable-shoes, corso-vannucci, etruscans-romans, fontana-maggiore, giovanni-pisano, italian-art, italian-painter, italian-province, italy, medieval-heart, medieval-influences, nicola-and-giovanni, papal-state, pedestrian-zone, perugia, pietro-vannucci, public-traffic, renaissance-artist, splendid-monuments, tiber-river, town
Categories: Italy, Sights
October 28, 2010
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Laurisilva forest on the island of Madeira | Portugal Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | 5 Replies More Laurisilva forest on the island of Madeira is a rest of formerly widespread laurel forest. It contains the largest surviving relict of the defunct laurisilva forest that was once widespread across Europe. This forest is […]
Tags: atlantic-islands, azores, canaries-islands, endemic-species, ferns, flowering-plants, forest, island, laurel-forest, laurisilva, machico, madeira, madeira-portugal, natural-heritage, nature, pico-do-arieiro, pico-ruivo, pigeon, plant-diversity, ponta-delgada, portugal, relict, rich-fauna, theme-park, unesco, vascular-plants
Categories: Nature, Portugal
October 27, 2010
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Tomášovský výhľad – the most visited and popular destination in the Slovak Paradise National Park Updated: June 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Tomášovský výhľad (Tomas’ view) is a rock terrace cliff situated at 680m above see level which offers amazing view of the mouth of Biely creek and Hornád river. During the good […]
Tags: good-weather, high-tatras, map, national-park, nature, slovak-paradise, slovakia, tomasovsky-vyhlad, tourist-destination, tourist-trail, vicinity
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
October 27, 2010
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Ponta da Piedade – fascinating rock formations in Portugal Updated: October 24, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Ponta da Piedade is one of the most beautiful natural points in the Algarve region in Portugal. It is situated in the south of Portugal, about 2km south of the center of Lagos. Ponta da […]
Tags: algar, algarve-region, breathtaking-areas, camilo, cape-saint-vincent, car-park, caves, crystal-clear-sea, day-trips, domes, fascinating-rock-formations, lagos, nature, ponta-da-piedade, portugal, praia-da-rocha, romantic-beaches, sagres, salema, serra-de-monchique, tourist-office, water-erosion
Categories: Nature, Portugal
October 27, 2010
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Gent – one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe | Belgium Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Gent is one of the most beautiful cities in wealthy Flanders and it is also one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe. This nice city is situated at the […]
Tags: battlements, beautiful-cities, belgians, belgium, caffes, carfree, city, cruise-ships, curious-tourists, europe, europe-belgium, gent, gravensteen, guild-houses, historical-monuments, idyllic-spot, intricate-network, largest-and-richest-cities, little-rest, medieval-architecture, nice-city, northern-europe, saint-bavo-cathedral, saint-nicholas-church, scheldt, town
Categories: Belgium, Sights
October 23, 2010
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Pienza – the model of the Renaissance town in the heart of Tuscany, Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Pienza is a lovely town, whose small chamber center had been almost totally rebuilt by Pope Pius II. in 15th century. In 1405 in Corsignanu, as Pienza was called at that time, […]
Tags: 15th-century, balcony, bernardo-rossellino, cathedral-project, cheese-production, cheeses, city, flavors, florentine-architect, heart-of-tuscany, humanist, inhabitants, italy, palazzo-piccolomini, papal-palace, philosopher, pienza, pope-pius-ii, renaissance-city, renaissance-town, sculptor, stunning-panorama, town, tuscany, tuscany-italy, village-walls
Categories: Italy, Sights
October 21, 2010
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Nicosia – the capital of Cyprus Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More The first city, which you should visit on the island of Cyprus, is the capital, Nicosia. The City has about 200,000 inhabitants and is located in the central part of the island on the river Pedieos. Outside of the city […]
Tags: 16th-century, byzantine-museum, capital-of-cyprus, city, city-mosques, city-walls, cyprus, famagusta-gate, freedom-square, greeks, inhabitants, island-of-cyprus, lefkosia, mount-olympus, mountain-peaks, nicosia, republics, selimiye-mosque, thick-wall, three-gates, town, turkish-republic-of-northern-cyprus, turks, venetians
Categories: Cyprus, Sights
October 20, 2010
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Tournai – 2nd oldest town of Belgium Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Just 7 km from the French border, 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the River Scheldt is the second oldest city of Belgium, Tournai (Doornik). From Brussels, there is a very good connection by train – you can be […]
Tags: belgium, bokrijk, brussels, cathedral-of-notre-dame, city, doornik, epinoy, first-christian-church, frankish-kingdom, french-border, french-kings, grand-place, notre-dame-cathedral, oldest-city, oldest-town, place-of-interest, river-scheldt, romanesque-buildings, romanesque-church, st-quentin, tournai, town, town-of-belgium, virgin-mary, watch-tower, world-heritage-site
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October 20, 2010
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Bunratty Castle and Folk Park – one of the best attractions of Ireland Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Bunratty Castle with Folk Park is located about 15km west of Limerick on the place, which was once the island on the north bank of the River Shannon. It’s a very […]
Tags: 19th-century, bunratty, bunratty-castle, castle, century-village, citadel, city, folk-park, ireland, limerick, macnamara-family, medieval-banquets, medieval-feast, normans, one-of-the-best-attractions-of-ireland, paintings, park, post-office, river-shannon, sculptures, several-times, singers, strategic-location, tapestries, typical-village, vikings, village-buildings
Categories: Ireland, Sights
October 19, 2010
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Historic city of Kilkenny – popular tourist destination in Ireland Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Historic city of Kilkenny will surprise you with its preserved medieval character and colorful streets. It was named after a monk St. Canice, whose memory still recalls the local cathedral. It is famous for history, crafts, […]
Tags: butler-family, canice, castle, city, colorful-streets, comedy-festival, crafts-design, dominican-monastery, gothic-buildings, grassy-area, heart-of-the-city, historic-city, host-city, ireland, kilkenny, kilkenny-castle, main-attraction, marble-city, medieval-castle, medieval-character, nice-weather, nicname, popular-tourist-destination, rich-merchant, river-nore, rothe
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