August 30, 2010
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Barlangfürdő in Miskolc-Tapolca is one of Europe’s most unique thermal spa experiences — a natural cave bath where you can swim through a labyrinth of illuminated limestone tunnels, carved by thermal waters over millions of years, deep within the Bükk Mountains of northern Hungary. Far from your typical swimming pool, this subterranean aqua-world combines the […]
Tags: 16th-century, adult-price, aquapark, aquaworld, boats, cave, cave-bath, cave-system, caves, eastern-hungary, huf, hungary, large-park, map, miskolc, miskolc-tapolca, pools, regional-centre, tapolca, therapeutic-effects, thermal-water, water-temperatures, wet-air
Categories: Hungary, Nature, Wellness, Relax & Sports
August 29, 2010
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Lucca – hometown of Giacomo Puccini, Italy Updated: December 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Captivating ancient Italian city of Lucca lies in Tuscany. It is surrounded by massive walls and attracts visitors with its great historical city center, which includes attractive square, small churches, museums, galleries and cobbled streets. The city abounds with […]
Tags: ancient-roman, anfiteatro, baciocchi, bonaparte, city, city-walls, ducal-palace, duomo-di-san-martino, giacomo-puccini, italy, ligurian-sea, lucca, museo-nazionale, napoleone, orto-botanico, palazzo-pfanner, pinacoteca, pinacoteca-nazionale, roman-amphitheatre, san-michele-in-foro, torre-delle-ore, torre-guinigi, villa-garzoni
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 28, 2010
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Ravenna – the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 till 476, Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More Back during the 5th century, the ancient city of Ravenna was made the capital of what has become known as the West Roman Empire. Today, the city is home to 8 […]
Tags: adriatic-sea, apollinare, baptistery, baptistry, baroque-church, byzantine-mosaics, city, emilia-romagna-region, first-glance, italy, italy-the-city, mausoleum-of-galla-placidia, old-streets, ravenna, region-of-italy, san-giovanni-battista, san-vitale-basilica, sant-apollinare-nuovo, santa-eufemia, spirito-santo, st-john-the-evangelist, western-roman-empire, world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Muránska planina National Park is one of Slovakia’s most beautiful and least-visited protected areas — a vast limestone plateau in central Slovakia where the magnificent Muráň Castle ruins perch on a 935-metre-high ridge, wild horses (the Noriker breed, reintroduced to maintain the grassland) roam the high pastures, and the biodiversity is so exceptional that the […]
Tags: abysses, attractive-places, banska-bystrica, brezno, buffer-zone, canyons, caves, central-slovakia, forests, hiking-trails, karst-formations, limestone, muranska-planina, national-park, national-parks, plateau, rock-towers, sink-holes, slovak, slovakia, stolica, tourist-attractions
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
August 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Bologna – home to the oldest university in the Western world, Italy Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Bologna is one of the most populated cities in Italy. With almost a million residents in the metro area of Bologna, the city is considered to be the seventh most populous […]
Tags: artistic-monuments, basilica-di-santo-stefano, blessed-virgin, bologna, cities-in-italy, city, defensive-towers, history-art, industrial-tradition, italian-cities, italy, life-in-italy, medieval-renaissance, northern-italy, oldest-university, oldest-university-in-the-world, physical-location, pianura-padana, porta-saragozza, portico, rich-history, san-luca, university-of-bologna, world-italy
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 26, 2010
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The Blue Grotto – the sea caverns on the southern coast of Malta Updated: May 31, 2020 | By Claire | More The Blue Grotto is the name that has been given to a cave which is part of a series of sea caverns which are located on the southern coast of Malta, close to […]
Tags: blue-grotto, caves, dark-shade, froth, grotto, island-of-malta, malta, maltese-law, mediterranean, nature, out-of-the-blue, rock-face, scenery, sea, sea-caverns, shades, species-of-lizards, target-practice, tourist-destination, troy-starring-brad-pitt, underwater-flora
Categories: Malta, Nature
August 26, 2010
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Modena – the capital of engines, Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Modena can be found in the southern end of the Po River valley. While the history of the town goes back to the prehistoric era, it is mostly known as the home of the finest Italian […]
Tags: 360-modena, accademia-militare, archeological-finds, biblioteca-estense, capital-of-engines, car-makers, city, corporate-headquarters, ducal-palace, duomo-modena, enzo-ferrari, etruscans, exotic-sports-cars, ferrari-360, ferrari-360-modena, ferrari-motor, francesco-ii, gabriele-amorth, invasion-of-italy, italian-service, italian-sports-car, italian-sports-cars, italy, luciano-pavarotti, medicine-and-law, military-academy, military-museum, military-stronghold, modena, modena-italy, nearby-university, operatic-tenor, pagani, palazzo-comunale, piazza-grande, po-river, queen-consort, rock-singer, tenor-luciano, top-sports, town, traditional-strengths, vasco-rossi, villanovans
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 25, 2010
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Slovak Karst National Park protects the largest karst landscape in Central Europe — a UNESCO World Heritage area of limestone plateaus, deep gorges, and over 1,100 documented caves on the Slovak-Hungarian border, including several of Europe’s most extraordinary accessible show caves. This 346 km² park is the Slovak half of the transboundary Aggtelek Karst protected […]
Tags: abysses, biggest-cave-in-slovakia, biosphere-reserves, caves, central-europe, concentration, cultural-heritage, domica, frontier, interesting-places, landscape-area, largest-karstic-area-in-central-europe, map, mountains, national-park, natural-heritage, natural-phenomena, nature, neighbouring-hungary, regime, slovak-karst, slovakia, slovensky-kras, unesco, zadielska-tiesnava
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
August 25, 2010
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Parma – famous ham and cheese, Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More The small town of Parma can be found between Bologna and Milan. Over the past few years, the town of Parma has become a popular tourist destination. Thousands of people make their way to this quaint town that is […]
Tags: 11th-century, architectural-attractions, arturo-toscanini, baptistery, benedictine-monastery, century-church, cheese, cittadella, city, creation-of-the-world, ducal-palace, food-safety, gothic-church, ham, ham-recipes, hams, italian-town, italy, little-stream, local-delicacies, marble-tower, middle-ages, opera-house, orto-botanico, paganini, palazzo-del-governatore, palazzo-della-pilotta, parma, parmesan-cheese, pink-marble, quaint-town, roman-control, romanesque-cathedral, san-francesco-del-prato, san-giovanni-evangelista, san-sepolcro, santa-croce, teatro-farnese, teatro-regio, tourist-destination, town-of-parma, university-of-parma
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 25, 2010
by europeexplored
Lake Fertö / Neusiedler See – Europe’s largest salt-water lake Updated: May 31, 2020 | By Claire | More Lake Fertö which is located partially in Hungary (25% of area) and partially in Austria (75% of area), where it is called Neusiedler See, is the largest saltwater lake in the entire Europe. There are several […]
Tags: butterfly-species, common-spoonbill, europes-largest-salt-water-lake, ferto, ferto-hansag-national-park, hungary, lake, lake-ferto, national-park, nature, rare-birds, rare-plants, reed-beds
Categories: Hungary, Nature
