December 3, 2010
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The Torre de Hércules (Tower of Hercules) is the oldest active lighthouse in the world — a 55-metre Roman lighthouse built in the late 1st century AD on a rocky headland in A Coruña, Galicia, northwestern Spain, that has been guiding ships into the harbour continuously for over 1,900 years. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage […]
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Categories: Sights, Spain
December 2, 2010
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The Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana) is widely considered the most beautiful coastline in Europe — a 50-kilometre stretch of UNESCO-listed Mediterranean paradise on the southern edge of the Sorrentine Peninsula where pastel-coloured cliffside villages, terraced lemon groves, and the impossibly blue Tyrrhenian Sea create one of the most coveted travel destinations on the planet. From […]
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Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights
November 30, 2010
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Positano – the most beautiful town on the Amalfi Coast in Italy Updated: July 18, 2020 | By Claire | More Positano is the most beautiful town on the Italian coast of Campania. Beautiful picturesque town is situated on a steep hillside above the sea. The area was inhabited already in ancient times. Today Positano […]
Tags: 16th-century, amalfi-coast, antiquity, assunta, beautiful-town, campania, celebrations, city, duomo, festa, inhabitants, italian-coast, italy, monastery, picturesque-town, positano, premio, renowned-beaches, rocky-beach, sandy-beach, sant-andrea, seaside-resort, small-town, spiaggia, steep-hillside, town
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights
November 28, 2010
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Troodos National Forest Park in Cyprus Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More The highest mountains of the island is the Troodos Mountains in the western part of Cyprus. The highest peak Olympos reaches 1952 m above the sea level and you can see the northern and southern coasts from the peak. The […]
Tags: beautiful-views, cyprus, forest, good-weather, green-trees, highest-mountains, lot-of-water, marked-trails, mediterranean-architecture, mediterranean-sea, military-area, mountain-villages, narrow-streets, national-forest-park, national-park, nature, olympos, orthodox-churches, platres, southern-coasts, taking-photos, troodos-mountains, troodos-national-forest-park, water-pathways, weather-in-february
Categories: Cyprus, Nature
November 27, 2010
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Powerscourt House and Gardens is one of the most beautiful estates in Ireland — a magnificent 18th-century Palladian mansion set within 47 acres of meticulously designed gardens in the Wicklow Mountains, ranked among the top three gardens in the world by National Geographic and voted one of the top ten houses worldwide by Lonely Planet. […]
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Categories: Ireland, Nature
November 25, 2010
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Paestum – major Graeco-Roman city in Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Paestum is a major European seaside resort and unforgettable tourist destination. It is also the main objective of the excavations for history lovers. Paestum is located in Campania region, about 40 km south of Salerno and 85 km southeast […]
Tags: 9th-september, ancient-greek-temples, archaeological-discoveries, archaeological-work, archeological-discoveries, architectural-monument, athens-acropolis, capri, cilento-national-park, city, delicious-cuisine, fish-specialties, greek-colonists, history-lovers, italy, main-objective, major-graeco-roman-city, napoli, national-park, paestum, pompeii, pompeii-and-herculaneum, prosperous-cities, rare-pieces, roman-empire, tourist-boom, world-war-ii
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 24, 2010
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The Poulnabrone Dolmen is one of Ireland’s most iconic prehistoric monuments — a 5,800-year-old Neolithic portal tomb consisting of three massive standing stones capped by a 1.8-metre-long capstone, rising starkly from the limestone pavement of the Burren in County Clare. Older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza, Poulnabrone is one of the most photographed […]
Tags: archaeological-research, bronze-age, burial-chamber, burren, ceramic-products, county-clare, early-inhabitants, guiness, interesting-sites, ireland, limestone, personal-things, poulnabrone-dolmen, prehistoric-monument, slabs, stone-axes, stonehenge, stonehenge-in-england, temples, weapons
Categories: Ireland, Sights
November 23, 2010
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What to see in Copenhagen (København) – Capital of Denmark Updated: September 20, 2020 | By Claire | More If you would go to Denmark and not visit Copenhagen, it would be like to go to Paris without seeing the Eiffel Tower. Copenhagen (København) – Capital of Denmark – is a beautiful city full of […]
Tags: admission-fee, ancient-churches, art-lovers, baltic-sea, cacti, capital, capital-of-denmark, city, copenhagen, crown-jewels, danish-painters, denmark, eiffel-tower, european-art, half-a-million, interesting-places, kobenhavn, marble-hall, most-beautiful-place, nature-lovers, palm-house, palm-trees, rosenborg-slot, statens-museum-for-kunst, underground-treasure, wetland-plants, what-to-see
Categories: Denmark, Sights
November 18, 2010
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Bärenschützklamm – the most impressive and the best developed gorge in Styria, Austria Updated: September 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Bärenschützklamm is a gorge located in Fischbacher Alps, near the town of Mixnitz, about 35 km from the capital of Styria – Graz. The brook, which flows through a gorge creates very nice […]
Tags: alps, austria, barenschutzklamm, beautiful-countryside, capital-of-styria, climbing-the-mountain, drinks, entrance-fee, euro-view, gorge, grazer-bergland, hikers, hiking-trail, inaccessible-places, mountain-chalet, mur, natural-gems, natural-gorge, pathway, rock-overhangs, sea-level, styria, styria-austria, tourist-trail, waterfalls, wooden-walkways
Categories: Austria, Nature
November 17, 2010
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Pernštejn Castle – one of the most beautiful castles in the Czech republic Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Pernštejn Castle is one of the most visited castles in Moravia, Czech republic, which attracts lots of tourists. It is situated on the cliff above the city Nedvedice. The castle rises nearly […]
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Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
