February 27, 2011
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Top 15 sights to see in Prague – Czech Republic Updated: July 2, 2020 | By Claire | More There are lots of sights and places to visit in Prague so one list is never enough. If you wish to explore Prague it is better to live here for some time. However I chose 15 […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
February 25, 2011
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Las Médulas in Spain – the most important gold mine in the Roman Empire Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Las Médulas was in the Roman Empire the most important gold mine. It is located in Spain, just few kilometres from the town of Ponferrada, near the borders with Portugal. The […]
Tags: borders, centuries, forested-slopes, gold-mine, history, kg, kilometres, landscape, las-medulas, most-important-gold-mine, nature, orange, pliny-the-elder, ponferrada, portugal, pure-gold, roman-empire, romans, spain, unesco, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Nature, Sights, Spain
February 25, 2011
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Climb Mulhacen in Sierra Nevada – the highest peak in Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Climb Mulhacen is the highest mountain in Spain and the whole Iberian Peninsula (3478m above the sea level). It is located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the region of provinces of Granada […]
Tags: caldera, capileira, climb-mulhacen, europe, glacier, granada, highest-mountain, iberian-peninsula, mountain, mulhacen, nature, northern-slope, sea-level, sierra-nevada, sierra-nevada-mountain, sierra-nevada-mountain-range, single-day, spain, the-highest-peak-in-spain
Categories: Nature, Spain
February 25, 2011
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Aqueduct of Segovia – one of the oldest bridges in the world | Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Aqueduct of Segovia is one of the oldest bridges in the world. It is located in central Spain, in the historic city of Segovia. Aqueduct of Segovia was scheduled by the Roman […]
Tags: aqueduct-of-segovia, architects, bridges, central-spain, cultural-heritage, granite-blocks, monuments, mortar, one-of-the-oldest-bridges-in-the-world, roman-buildings, roman-scholar, segovia, spain, unesco, unesco-world, water-route
Categories: Sights, Spain
February 24, 2011
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Pančava waterfall – the highest waterfall in the Czech republic Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Pančava waterfall is, with a total height of 145 meters, the highest waterfall in the Czech republic, located in Krkonoše Mountains (Giant Mountains). Pančava waterfall drops from the Pančavská Meadows to Elbe Valley where it […]
Tags: altitude, czech-republic, elbe-river, giant-mountains, glacial-valleys, highest-waterfall, highest-waterfall-in-czech-republic, nature, pancava-waterfall, sea-level, slope, waterfall
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature
February 24, 2011
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Carnival of Venice, Italy – starting 25 February 2011 – 9 March 2011 Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More The Carnival of Venice (Carnevale di Venezia) is one of the oldest festivals in Italy (began in the 15th century, but the tradition can be traced back to the beginning of the […]
Tags: 14th-century, 15th-century, benches, carnevale-di-venezia, carnival, carnival-of-venice, costumes, festivals-in-italy, foreigners, heart, italy, married-couples, mask, masks, queues, refreshment, restaurants, stage-view, tradition, venezia, venice-carnevale, venice-italy
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Italy
February 22, 2011
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Port of Rotterdam – the biggest port in Europe | Netherlands Updated: August 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Rotterdam is situated on the coast of the North Sea, it is the second largest city and second most important city in Netherlands (after Amsterdam). Here you can find the Port of Rotterdam which is […]
Tags: american-cities, biggest-port-in-europe, canals, cities-in-the-netherlands, european-ports, everything-is-illuminated, heart-of-europe, highway-intersections, highways, largest-ocean, metropolis, netherlands, north-sea, port-of-rotterdam, rhine, shipping-lines, skyscrapers, stretches, transport-system, transportation-system, transshipment
Categories: Netherlands, Sights
February 22, 2011
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Pollino National Park – largest national park in Italy Updated: May 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Pollino National Park with a total area of 1,820km2 is the largest national park in Italy. It is located in the regions of Calabria and Basilicata, and the total area of three provinces – Cesenza, Matera, Potenza. […]
Tags: altitude, animal-diversity, beautiful-sceneries, briganti, calabria, crispo, del-prete, highest-mountain, italy, largest-national-park-in-italy, map, marked-trails, monte-pollino, municipalities, national-park, nature, nature-reserves, pietra, pollino-national-park, potenza, rivers, serra-dolcedorme, southern-italy, tavola
Categories: Italy, Nature, Virtual Travel
February 22, 2011
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Canyon del Sil – one of the most beautiful river canyons in Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More If you head 20km north-east of Ourense, you can spend the day on fantastic canyon of the river Rio Sil – Cañon del Sil. At its confluence with the river Río Miño, two […]
Tags: 13th-century, 17th-centuries, 5km, beautiful-river, beautiful-views, boat-trip, canon-del-sil, canyon-del-sil, cloister, confluence, green-river, hikers, loureiro, monasteries, monastery, most-beautiful-river-canyon, pine-forests, rio-sil, river-canyons, river-water, santa-cristina, spain, water-reservoirs
Categories: Nature, Spain
February 20, 2011
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Caltagirone – the stairs to heaven in Sicily, Italy Updated: September 22, 2020 | By Claire | More 68 km from Catania at 608 meters above the sea level, there is one of the Sicilian pearls Caltagirone. Caltagirone is famous for the production of hand-made ceramics, particularly maiolica and terra-cotta wares. Production of grapes, olives […]
Tags: artistic-drawing, caltagirone, dense-fog, feast-of-san, history-of-pottery, important-event, italy, luminaria, magna-grecia, maiolica, olives, saint-patron, san-giacomo, santa-maria-del-monte, sicily, sicily-italy, staircase, stairs-to-heaven, temperature-differences, terra-cotta, theater-performances, town, wares
Categories: Italy, Sights, Virtual Travel