April 16, 2011
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Leeds Castle – one of the most beautiful and romantic castles in Europe | United Kingdom Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More England has lots of ancient castles which form the character of the landscape. There are about a thousand in the country. The reason why so many lies in England is […]
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Categories: Sights, United Kingdom
April 15, 2011
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Millau Viaduct – the tallest bridge in the world | France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More When you drive through the French A75 highway which connects Paris with Barcelona, you cannot miss the technical gem in the form of the highest bridge in the world – Millau Viaduct. The bridge crosses […]
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Categories: France, Sights, Virtual Travel
April 13, 2011
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Pyrenees Mountains – hiking paradise between Spain and France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Pyrenees – wild, scenic and beautiful. This mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain and in spite of many civilization shoots it is still among the best preserved nature areas in Europe. However […]
Tags: deep-forests, deepest-canyons, france, french-side, gavarnie, geological-formations, hiking, hiking-paradise, monte-perdido, mountains, mysterious-caves, natural-border, natural-wealth, nature, nature-areas, pyrenees-mountains, snowy-peaks, spain, spanish-side, steep-cliffs, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, valle-de-ordesa, water-lakes, wild-rapids
Categories: France, Nature, Spain, Virtual Travel
April 11, 2011
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Zell am See – one of the most beautiful places in Austria Updated: August 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Zell am See is a beautiful mountain town, located on the western shore of the lake Zeller See. It is a popular resort for summer and winter sports. Its location between the lake and […]
Tags: 11th-century, alp, alpine, alpine-road, alps, austria, baroque-style, beautiful-mountain, beautiful-places, bruck, century-city, century-tower, city, frescoes, grossglockner-hochalpenstrasse, history-lovers, kastner, lake, massive-mountain, most-beautiful-place, permanent-residents, reaching-heights, salzburg, salzburger-land, st-hippolyte, stunning-surroundings, town, zell, zell-am-see, zell-am-see-hotels, zeller-see
Categories: Austria, Nature, Sights
April 10, 2011
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Portoferraio – the largest and capital city of the Italian island of Elba Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Portoferraio is the largest and capital city of the Italian island of Elba. It lies on the northern coast of the island, about 25km from the mainland. In 2010 it has about 12,000 […]
Tags: capital-city-of-elba, coast, craftwork, crystal-clear-water, declivity, dive-shop, diving-schools, elba, etruscans, ferry-connections, fortress, island, island-of-elba, italian, italian-island, italy, largest-city, ligurian-sea, local-beach, old-churches, pedal-boats, pizzerias, portoferraio, restaurants-cafes, sea, seafood-dishes, seafood-specialties, town, traditional-seafood, tuscan-archipelago, water-sports, windsurfing
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights
April 10, 2011
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L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue – Venice of Provence | France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More On the islands on five arms of the river Sorgue there is located a beautiful medieval town of L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, which is due to its location often called the “Venice of Provence“. Center of town is surrounded by water channels […]
Tags: 12th-century, 17th-century, anges, assumption-of-the-virgin, assumption-of-the-virgin-mary, baroque-buildings, beautiful-sights, carrara-marble, city, cold-winds, dr-roux, france, handmade-paper, italian-style, lisle-sur-la-sorgue, marshes, medieval-city, picturesque-buildings, picturesque-medieval-town, tower-tour, town, venice-of-provence, water-channels, water-mills, water-wheels
Categories: France, Sights, Virtual Travel
April 7, 2011
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Top sights to see in Paris | France Updated: November 9, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Since the advent of Paris it has been one of the most important tourist destinations. The city lies on the banks of the river Seine and it is one of Europe’s greatest metropolises. The population of the […]
Tags: alexandre-gustave-eiffel, arc-de-triomphe, arch-of-constantine, banks-of-the-river, basilica-of-the-sacred-heart-of-paris, champ-de-mars, champs-elysees, chrysler-building, city, city-of-paris, eiffel-tower, empire-state-building, famous-monuments-in-paris, flood-lights, france, french-revolutio, historical-monuments, jardin-des-tuileries, jardin-du-luxembourg, la-tour-eiffel, musee-dorsay, neoclassical-architecture, notre-dame-cathedral, pantheon, paris, paris-paris, pere-lachaise-cemetery, place-de-la-concorde, pont-neuf, sights-in-paris, structural-engineer, the-louvre, the-sorbonne-and-the-latin-quarter, tokyo-tower, top-sights-to-see-in-paris
Categories: France, Sights, Virtual Travel
April 6, 2011
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The Cathedral of Monreale – one of the greatest treasures and most important attractions of Sicily, Italy Updated: September 22, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Not far from Palermo, in a small obscure town of Monreale, you can find one of the most famous monuments of the old Norman kingdom – The Cathedral […]
Tags: 12th-century, architects, byzantine-art-and-architecture, cathedral, griffon, inhabitants, instigation, italian-island, italy, main-attraction, monreale, monuments, mosaics, nave, obscure-town, palermo, royal-family, sicilia, sicily, town, urban-area, west-facade
Categories: Italy, Sights, Virtual Travel
April 4, 2011
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Ķemeri National Park – the third largest national park in Latvia Updated: April 4, 2020 | By Claire | More Ķemeri National Park was founded in 1997 on an area of 381.65 km², which makes it the third largest national park in Latvia. It lies on the coast of the Gulf of Riga and includes […]
Tags: accommodation-options, bird-lovers, bird-watchers, climatic-zone, g-lake, great-starting-point, gulf-of-riga, kemeri, kemeri-national-park, kinds-of-birds, largest-national-park, latvia, mires, moorland, musculoskeletal-diseases, national-park, natural-mineral-springs, nature, nature-seminars, primeval-forest, slokas-ezers, spa-town, sulfur-springs, tourist-information-center, tukums, wooden-walkway
Categories: Latvia, Nature
April 4, 2011
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The Dolomites are arguably the most beautiful mountain range in the world — a UNESCO World Heritage landscape of sheer limestone pinnacles, pastel-coloured rock faces that glow brilliant orange and pink at sunset, and some of the finest skiing, hiking, and via ferrata climbing in the Alps. Stretching across the northeastern Italian regions of Trentino-Alto […]
Tags: alpine-areas, brunico, cortina-d-ampezzo, current-trends-in-tourism, dolomites, hospitality, italy, julian-alps, mountain, natural-heritage, nature, regional-parks, san-martino, ski-regions, slovenia, summer-tourists, sunny-days, swiss-alps, switzerland, unesco
Categories: Italy, Nature, Wellness, Relax & Sports
