August 31, 2011
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Museum of Music in Prague – popular museum in the Czech Republic Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | More The Czech Museum of Music (or České muzeum hudby) is one of the most popular and beautiful museums in the Czech Republic. Situated in the thriving tourist destination of Prague, the Czech Museum of […]
Tags: acoustics, ambience, baroque-palace, classical-music, concerts, czech-composers, czech-republic, exhibitions, gleams, grand-assembly-hall, history-of-music, mozart, museum, museums, music, music-lover, old-manuscripts, original-score, prague, smetana, stonework, tourist-destination
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
August 30, 2011
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Valldemossa – a picturesque mountain town on the Spanish island of Mallorca Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Valldemossa is a picturesque mountain town on the Spanish island of Mallorca. It lies on the western part of the island, near the town of Sóller. Valldemossa is situated in the middle of a […]
Tags: 14th-century, almendras, almond-milk, charterhouse, city, colorful-houses, famous-pianist, famous-pianists, french-writer, fruits-and-vegetables, george-sand, island, library-museum, magnificent-views, mallorca, moragues, pharmacy-library, picturesque-mountain-town, polish-composer, rare-originals, sant-bartomeu, spain, spanish-island, town, virtuoso-pianist
Categories: Sights, Spain
August 30, 2011
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The city of Antwerp with one of the largest seaports in Europe | Belgium Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Renowned for being the diamond capital of the world, Antwerp is the second largest city and municipality in Belgium. It’s also the capital of the province of Flanders. But more than anything […]
Tags: antique-shops, antwerp, art-galleries, backstreets, belgium, best-food, city, city-fashion, city-of-antwerp, club-culture, cosmopolitan-place, delicious-meals, designer-boutiques, diamond-capital-of-the-world, dispositions, docklands, fashion-designers, flanders, happiest-people-on-earth, historical-buildings, largest-seaport-in-europe, municipality, seaports
Categories: Belgium, Sights
August 29, 2011
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Butterfly House – butterfly paradise in the heart of Vienna, Austria Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More The stable temperature reaching 26 °C, humidity 80 percent, tropical plants and colorful butterflies. It is not Equatorial Africa, but the center of Vienna. In the Butterfly House, located in a complex of […]
Tags: butterfly-life-cycle, caterpillars, colored-beauties, colorful-butterflies, eggs, emperor, equatorial-africa, hofburg, hofburg-palace, humidity, information-boards, information-visit, natural-environment, opera-house, private-gardens, small-kids, tropical-plants, tropical-rainforest, vienna-hotels, vienna-opera
Categories: Austria, Nature
August 27, 2011
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How to find the cheapest airlines on your trip around Europe Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Low cost airlines are often much cheaper air travel alternative to internationally known airlines. To save costs, the communication between the customer and such low-cost airline is primarily made through the Internet. Compared to the […]
Tags: air-travel, ancillary-fees, coincidence, direct-flight, extra-time, football-match, frankfurt-hahn, hahn-germany, low-cost-airline, pisa-italy, prague-czech-republic, refreshments, refundable, regional-airports, ryanair, sky-europe, state-holidays, ticket-price, time-schedule
Categories: Travelling Tips
August 26, 2011
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Scalea – one of the most visited sea-site resorts in Calabria, Italy Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Scalea is an ancient town situated on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Cedar Riviera (Riviera dei Cedri). It is located about 110km from the regional capital city of Cosenza. Scalea has […]
Tags: 11th-century, 12th-century, calabria, calabria-italy, castle-ruins, century-church, exotic-plants, fortress-town, gap, italy, monastery-ruins, norman-castle, normanno, palazzo-dei-principi, parco-nazionale, regional-capital, resort, roman-houses, romanesque-castle, san-nicola-in-plateis, scalea, sea-site, seaside-location, trunk-diameter, tyrrhenian-sea
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights, Virtual Travel
August 24, 2011
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Thermal Spa Terme 3000 – unique aquapark with black thermal water in Slovenia Updated: August 26, 2020 | By Claire | More Thermal Spa Terme 3000 is a famous spa in Slovenia. It is located in the north-eastern part of the country in town Moravske Toplice, close to Hungarian, Austrian and Croatian borders. Thermal Spa […]
Tags: black-water, five-star-hotel, geysers, healing-water, livada, main-ingredient, massage-jets, outdoor-pools, respiratory-problems, rheumatism, skin-diseases, slovenia, spa, spa-centre, thermal-pools, thermal-spa, thermal-water, tourist-village, water-attractions, water-features, water-slides, water-surface
Categories: Slovenia, Wellness, Relax & Sports
August 24, 2011
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Linderhof Palace – the beautiful palace in the mountain of Bavaria, Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More The idea to build Linderhof Palace came from the King Ludwig II of Bavaria while visiting the International Exhibition in Paris in 1867. Napoleon III took him to Compiègne, the Louvre, the Tuileries and […]
Tags: absolute-monarchy, bavaria, bavaria-germany, beautiful-palace, castle, circular-temple, entrance-hall, equestrian-statue, francois-girardon, french-kings, germany, international-exhibition, king-ludwig-ii, king-ludwig-ii-of-bavaria, linderhof-palace, marble-pilasters, marble-statue, napoleon-iii, palace, rococo-style, romantic-structures, sight, sun-king, versailles-palace
Categories: Germany, Sights
August 24, 2011
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Bovec – popular resort in the Julian Alps | Slovenia Updated: August 26, 2020 | By Claire | More Bovec is a popular resort in the Julian Alps. It is a town located in the north-western part of Slovenia, just about 80 kilometers from the capital city of Ljubljana. The history of the city and […]
Tags: 11th-century, 15th-century, accommodation-facilities, air-transport, bovec, car-train, emerald-green, guest-houses, highest-waterfalls, hiking, hiking-trails, historical-monument, julian-alps, kanin, mountains, nature, nearby-waterfall, playing-tennis, resort, ski, ski-services, slovenia, soca-river, sports-activities, st-leonard, train-connections, winter-resort
Categories: Nature, Slovenia
August 23, 2011
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Carcassonne – the largest preserved fortress town in Europe | France Updated: August 24, 2020 | By Claire | More Carcassonne is a city with great history, admired by some people, cursed by others. It is also a theme of a great board game Carcassonne that is often played by many enthusiastic players. Let’s travel […]
Tags: 11th-century, 19th-century, architect, board-game, carcassonne, castle-museum, cathedral-notre-dame, curious-tourists, enthusiastic-players, fragment, france, game-city, intellectual-elite, iron-age, labyrinth, largest-fortress-in-europe, medieval-city-centre, medieval-streets, old-town, reconstructions, roman-city, sight, typical-signs, viollet-le-duc
Categories: France, Sights