October 28, 2010
by europeexplored
The Laurisilva forest of Madeira is a living fossil — the largest surviving tract of laurel forest in the world, a UNESCO World Heritage ecosystem that once covered much of southern Europe 15–40 million years ago but now survives almost exclusively on the Atlantic island of Madeira, where it cloaks the island’s mountainous interior in […]
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
by europeexplored
Tomášovský výhľad (Tomášov View) is the most famous and photographed viewpoint in the Slovak Paradise National Park — a dramatic rocky outcrop at 680 metres offering a jaw-dropping panorama of the Hornád River canyon, the Biele Skaly limestone cliffs, and the forested ridges of one of Central Europe’s most spectacular hiking destinations. Accessible via a […]
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Categories: Nature, Slovakia
October 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Ponta da Piedade is the most beautiful coastal landscape in the Algarve and one of the most photogenic headlands in Europe — a surreal collection of golden limestone sea stacks, arches, grottoes, and hidden beaches sculpted by the Atlantic Ocean over millions of years, clustered around a rocky point near Lagos that is at its […]
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
by europeexplored
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 […]
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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
by europeexplored
Nicosia (Lefkoşa) is the world’s last divided capital — a city split by the United Nations Buffer Zone (the Green Line) since 1974, where centuries of Venetian, Ottoman, British, Greek, and Turkish heritage collide in a fascinating urban landscape of medieval walls, Byzantine churches, Ottoman mosques, and a contemporary café culture that somehow thrives across […]
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
Categories: Belgium, Sights
October 20, 2010
by europeexplored
Bunratty Castle and Folk Park is one of the best heritage attractions in Ireland — a superbly restored 15th-century tower house near Shannon Airport in County Clare that, together with its reconstructed 19th-century Irish village (complete with traditional cottages, a school, a pub, and costumed interpreters), offers the most immersive journey into Irish medieval and […]
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
by europeexplored
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, […]
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Categories: Ireland, Sights
October 18, 2010
by europeexplored
Napoli – busy city under Mount Vesuvius in Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Naples (or Napoli in Italian), with more than a million inhabitants, is the capital of Campania and lies in the Gulf of Naples. It is the third most populous city in Italy, the entire area has […]
Tags: biblioteca-nazionale, capital-of-campania, capri, castel-dell, city, costiera-amalfitana, giuseppe-garibaldi, golden-eggs, gulf-of-naples, italy, jesuit-church, mount-vesuvius, naples-cathedral, napoleon-bonaparte, napoli, palazzo-reale, piazza-del-plebiscito, piazza-municipio, santa-chiara, teatro-di-san-carlo, third-most-populous-city, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, what-to-see-in-napoli
Categories: Italy, Sights
