January 16, 2011
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Thermal Water Park Bešeňová in Slovakia Updated: January 3, 2020 | By Claire | More Thermal Water Park Bešeňová is thermal pool in the Slovak Republic open all year-round. It is located in the north of the country, in Bešeňová village, on the banks of reservoir Bešeňová. Temperature of water at Thermal Park Bešeňová in […]
Tags: accommodation-possibilities, aquapark, atrium, besenova, fitness-facilities, hot-tubs, hydromassage, indoor-pool, indoor-swimming-pools, inhalation, menthol, outdoor-pools, relaxation-massage, saunas, slovak-republic, slovakia, stainless-steel-slide, tepidarium, thermal-park, thermal-pool, thermal-water, thermal-water-park, water-temperature, wellness-center
Categories: Slovakia, Wellness, Relax & Sports
January 16, 2011
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Siracusa – 2700 year-old ancient city in Sicily, Italy Updated: July 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Siracusa (English: Syracuse) is an ancient city in the biggest Mediterranean island – Sicily, Italy. It is located in the southeastern part of the island and is divided into old and new cities. Siracusa was founded around […]
Tags: ancient-theaters, city, italy, siracusa, syracuse, unesco
Categories: Italy, Sights
January 14, 2011
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The Rappenlochschlucht and Alploch Gorges near Dornbirn in Vorarlberg, Austria, form one of Central Europe’s most spectacular gorge systems — a dramatic sequence of narrow canyon passages, thundering waterfalls, and towering limestone walls carved by glacial meltwater over millions of years. The Rappenlochschlucht in particular features one of the highest accessible gorge walls in the […]
Tags: 100-years, appointment, austria, beautiful-place, blue-water, central-europe, dornbirn, eastern-alps, europe, gorge, gorges, hydroelectric-power-plant, map, nature, rappenlochschlucht-alploch, rock-walls, rolls-royce, rolls-royce-cars, tourists, waterfalls
Categories: Austria, Nature
January 13, 2011
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Marineland is one of Europe’s premier marine zoological parks — a large dolphinarium, marine zoo, and water park complex on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain that offers dolphin and sea lion shows, a walk-through aquarium, and a water park with slides and pools. Located in the popular resort area near Málaga and Torremolinos, […]
Tags: aquapark, blue-bus, boomerang, costa-brava, dolphinarium, kamikaze, malgrat-de-mar, marine-zoo, marineland, natural-habitat, negative-impact, outdoor-water-park, parrots, pineda-de-mar, santa-susanna, sea-lions, slides, smart-dolphins, spain, theme-park, twister, water-attractions, water-park
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Nature, Spain, Wellness, Relax & Sports
January 13, 2011
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The Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž are one of Central Europe’s finest Baroque ensembles — a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Czech Republic’s Moravian region where the magnificent Archbishop’s Chateau (used as a filming location for Amadeus) is complemented by two extraordinary gardens: the formal Pleasure Garden (one of the best-preserved Baroque gardens in […]
Tags: 17th-century, antique-statues, baroque-garden, beautiful-places, castle, city, czech-republic, flower-garden, fruit-and-vegetable, garden, gardens-and-castle-at-kromeriz, kromeriz, monuments, moravia, national-monument, olomouc, rare-trees, roundel, thirty-years, town, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, vegetable-gardens
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature, Sights
January 12, 2011
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Pirin National Park in one of the highest mountains in Europe | Bulgaria Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Pirin National Park is a part of one of the highest mountains in Europe – Pirin Mountains located in southwestern Bulgaria. The highest mountain peak is Pirin Vichren (2914). The big area of […]
Tags: bulgaria, caves, endemic, flora, glacial-lakes, highest-mountain-peak, highest-mountains-in-europe, national-park, pirin-mountains, pirin-national-park, rare-species, ski-resorts, southwestern-bulgaria, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, waterfalls, world-heritage-list
Categories: Bulgaria, Nature
January 11, 2011
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Walibi Belgium is the largest and most famous theme park in Belgium — a 55-hectare amusement park in Wavre, just south of Brussels, featuring over 40 attractions including major roller coasters, water rides, and family attractions that have made it the premier thrill destination in the Benelux region since it opened in 1975. Originally a […]
Tags: accommodation, amusement, amusement-park, belgium, brussels, campsite, cinema, dalton, early-november, famous-and-biggest-theme-park, food-stalls, interent, map, roller-coaster, roller-coasters, severity, souvenir-shops, terror, vampire, vicinity, walibi-belgium, wavre
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Belgium
January 11, 2011
by europeexplored
Turku is Finland’s oldest city and former capital — a lively cultural hub on the southwest coast at the mouth of the Aura River where a magnificent medieval castle, a striking 13th-century cathedral, and a vibrant food and festival scene combine to create Finland’s most historically rich and arguably most charming urban destination. Founded in […]
Tags: 13th-century, 18th-century, alexander, archangel-michael, baltic-sea, capital-of-finland, european-capital-of-culture, european-capital-of-culture-in-2011, festivals, finland, helsinki, inhabitants, map, music-festival, open-air-museum, orthodox-church, pharmacy, rapid-development, ruisrock, southwestern-corner, tsar-alexander, turku, turku-art-museum, turku-castle
Categories: Finland, Sights
January 11, 2011
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Predjamski Grad (Predjama Castle) is one of the most dramatic castles in the world — a Renaissance fortress built directly into the mouth of a vast limestone cave, 123 metres up a vertical cliff face in the Karst region of Slovenia, where it hangs impossibly from the rock like something from a fantasy novel, complete […]
Tags: 13th-century, 16th-century, alan-tam, armour-of-god, castle, cave, cave-mouth, communist-authorities, god-film, golden-harvest, gothic-style, jackie-chan, lola-forner, medieval-tournament, overhang, predjamski-grad, renaissance-castle, rosamund-kwan, second-world-war, slovenia, wedding-ceremony, world-war-ii, yugoslav
Categories: Sights, Slovenia
January 10, 2011
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The Wadden Sea (Waddenzee) is one of the world’s most extraordinary and productive coastal ecosystems — a UNESCO World Heritage tidal flat system stretching 500 kilometres along the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, where 10–12 million migratory birds stop each year to refuel on one of the planet’s greatest avian migration highways. This […]
Tags: biosphere-reserve, coastal-plain, den-helder, dries, dutch-coast, fauna-and-flora, flora-and-fauna, habitat, moist-land, mussels, netherlands, north-sea, outflow, river-ems, shock-waves, snails, tourist-area, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, unique-natural-habitat, wadden-sea, waddenzee
Categories: Nature, Netherlands