Castle Hluboka rises from the Bohemian countryside in a vision of white turrets and ornate gables that look more like a fairy tale illustration than a real fortress. Originally built as a Gothic castle in the 13th century, it was completely rebuilt in the 19th century to resemble Windsor Castle in England. The Schwarzenberg family, […]
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Turin wears its elegance with understatement. Wide arcades line the boulevards, protecting pedestrians from rain and sun as they walk past baroque palaces and cafe terraces. This city was Italy first capital and its grand architecture reflects that regal past. The Mole Antonelliana rises above the rooftops, a towering museum of cinema that has become […]
Saint-Tropez is the most famous fishing village in the world, a sun-drenched Provencal 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 old […]
Categories: Cities, France, Nature, Sights, Sights, Virtual Travel
Lake Orta sits in the shadow of its more famous neighbour Lake Maggiore, and that is precisely its charm. The crowds go elsewhere, leaving this smaller lake to those who prefer quiet beauty over commercial spectacle. The water reflects the green slopes of the surrounding hills and the island of San Giulio rises from the […]
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 after Prague […]
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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 famous […]
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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, it goes back to the first kings periods. By visiting the Prague Zoo […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature, Sights
London does not introduce itself politely. It hits you with the roar of the Tube, the scent of street food drifting from Borough Market, the sudden grandeur of a royal palace appearing at the end of an ordinary street. This city has been a global capital for over a thousand years and every century has […]
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Every tree in Natural Park Seben seems to have its own ant city built at its base. These mounds, some reaching over a metre in height, are the work of wood ants that have colonised this corner of the Czech Republic for centuries. The park protects what is believed to be the largest concentration of […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature
The Great Dune of Pilat (Dune du Pilat) is the largest sand dune in Europe, a colossal mountain of golden sand 110 metres high, 2.7 kilometres long, and 500 metres wide on the Atlantic coast of southwestern France, wedged improbably between the vast Landes pine forest and the Arcachon Bay. Climbing Pilat is one of […]
