Nesebar is one of Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited towns — a UNESCO World Heritage jewel perched on a tiny rocky peninsula on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, where 3,000 years of Thracian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Bulgarian history are layered into every cobblestone, church ruin, and timber-framed house. Often called the “Pearl of the Black Sea,” […]
Crete Senesi – Siennese Clays with its diversified “lunar” landscape in Tuscany, Italy Updated: May 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Crete Senesi is the area not far from Siena, in the valley of rivers Arbia, Ombrone, and Asso. The area includes the towns like Asciano, Buonconvento, Monteroni d’Arbia, Rapolano Terme and San Giovanni […]
Drottningholm Palace – one of Sweden’s Royal Palaces Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Drottningholm Palace (Drottningholms slott) is a private royal residence located on one of the outlying islands of Stockholm (Lovön), right on the shores of Lake Mälaren. The palace was built by John III of Sweden in 1580 for […]
The Tanum rock carvings are one of the world’s most extraordinary prehistoric art sites — a UNESCO World Heritage collection of over 1,500 Bronze Age petroglyphs etched into the glacially smoothed granite bedrock of western Sweden. Dating back 3,000 years or more, these remarkable carvings depict warriors, ships, animals, hunting scenes, and mysterious rituals that […]
Ischia and Procida are the two often-overlooked gems of the Bay of Naples — Ischia, the thermal spa island of volcanic origins with its dramatic Aragonese Castle rising from the sea, and Procida, a tiny, impossibly colourful fishing island that was Italy’s Capital of Culture in 2022 and remains one of the most authentically beautiful […]
Mount Vesuvius (Monte Vesuvio) is the most famous volcano in the world — the brooding 1,281-metre giant looming over the Bay of Naples whose catastrophic eruption in AD 79 buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in metres of ash and pumice, preserving them in extraordinary detail for nearly two millennia and creating one […]
What to see in Paris – around Eiffel Tower | France Updated: February 4, 2020 | By Claire | More If you are planning your trip to Paris, here are some good tips what you could see and visit in the center of Paris – close to Eiffell Tower. Chaillot Palace complex with its gardens […]
The Abbey of San Galgano is one of Italy’s most atmospheric and romantic ruins — a roofless Gothic Cistercian abbey in the Tuscan countryside near Siena, whose soaring walls and empty window arches frame nothing but sky, and whose nearest hilltop hermitage houses the legendary Sword in the Stone — Italy’s own Excalibur. Abandoned in […]
Bovški Gamsovec is one of Slovenia’s best-kept mountain secrets — a spectacular viewpoint at 2,392 metres in the heart of the Julian Alps that delivers an uninterrupted, jaw-dropping panorama of Mount Triglav, Slovenia’s highest peak and national symbol. Far less crowded than the better-known Triglav summit routes, Bovški Gamsovec offers experienced hikers a chance to […]
The Royal Palace of Caserta with the Park in Italy Updated: May 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Caserta Royal Palace or the Royal Palace of Caserta (Reggia di Caserta) is the former Baroque residence of Bourbon family. It is situated in the south part of Italy, in the town of Caserta in Campania. […]
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