Ochtinská Aragonite Cave is one of the rarest cave systems in the world, one of only three aragonite caves on the planet open to the public, located in the Slovak Karst region of central Slovakia, where delicate needle-like crystals of aragonite (a rare polymorph of calcium carbonate) create surreal, star-like formations on the cave walls […]
Deep beneath the Slovenian countryside lies one of the most extraordinary geological features in Europe: the Vrtoglavica Cave, home to the deepest single vertical drop of any cave pit in the world. The main shaft plunges 603 metres in a single, breathtaking drop, creating a space so vast that the entire Eiffel Tower could fit […]
The Mud Olympics (Wattolympiade) in Brunsbüttel, Germany, is one of Europe’s quirkiest and most entertaining festivals, an annual sporting event on the North Sea mudflats where teams compete in bizarre disciplines like mud football, handcart racing, and eel wrestling in the sticky grey silt of the Wadden Sea UNESCO World heritage site. Held each summer […]
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Germany
Gerlachovský štít is the highest peak in Slovakia and the entire High Tatras mountain range, soaring to 2,655 metres above sea level in a dramatic pyramid of granite that dominates the skyline of Central Europe’s most spectacular alpine massif. More than just a statistic, summiting Gerlach is one of the most rewarding mountaineering experiences in […]
The San Remo Music Festival (Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo) is Italy’s most important musical event, the legendary annual song contest held at the Teatro Ariston on the Ligurian Riviera that launched the careers of Italy’s greatest performers, inspired the creation of the Eurovision Song Contest, and remains the most-watched television event in Italy […]
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Italy, Religious Monuments, Sights
Val d’Ese is Corsica’s premier ski resort, an unlikely Alpine-style winter sports destination set on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, where you can ski with views of the sea at altitudes up to 2,350 metres in the rugged mountains of the Corsican interior. One of France’s most unusual ski areas, Val d’Ese proves that Corsica […]
Categories: France, Wellness, Relax & Sports, Wellness, Relax & Sports
Monte Cinto (2,706m) is the highest peak on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a challenging granite giant in the Monte Cinto massif that offers the most spectacular summit panorama on the island: on clear days, the entire sweep of Corsica from the Italian coast to the Gulf of Porto is visible from the top. Climbing […]
Segesta is one of Sicily’s most hauntingly beautiful ancient sites, a perfectly preserved 5th-century BC Doric temple standing in solitary splendour on a remote hillside in the Sicilian interior, its 36 columns silhouetted against the sky with no modern development in sight. Built by the Elymians, one of Sicily’s three indigenous peoples, this unfinished temple […]
Categories: Cities, Islands, Italy, Nature, Sicily, Sights, Sights
The Valley of the Temples at Agrigento is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world, the richest and best-preserved group of ancient Greek temples outside Greece, standing in golden sandstone splendour on a ridge overlooking the Mediterranean in southern Sicily. A UNESCO World heritage site and the crown jewel of Magna Graecia, […]
Categories: Islands, Italy, Nature, Nature Reserves, Sicily, Sights
Ostuni is la Città Bianca, the White City, one of the most spectacular hill towns in southern Italy, a dazzling cascade of whitewashed houses, staircases, and alleyways rising from the olive groves of Puglia’s Valle d’Itria whose uniformly white-painted architecture (originally a medieval sanitary measure using lime wash to disinfect the streets, now a beloved […]
