The Karwendel Mountains are the largest range of the Northern Limestone Alps, a dramatic Alpine wilderness of razor-sharp peaks, deep corries, and ancient pine forests straddling the Austrian-German border. With over 125 peaks above 2,000 metres and hundreds of kilometres of hiking trails, the Karwendel offers some of the most rugged and unspoilt Alpine scenery […]
Gran Paradiso National Park, Valle D’Aosta in Italy
Gran Paradiso National Park in Valle d’Aosta is Italy’s oldest national park, established in 1922 when King Victor Emmanuel III donated the Royal Hunting Reserve to the Italian state specifically to protect the Alpine ibex, a species that had been hunted to fewer than 60 individuals by the end of the 19th century and now […]
Categories: Italy, National Parks, Nature, Nature
Krimmler waterfalls – the highest waterfalls in Austria
At 380 metres of total drop, the Krimmler Waterfalls in the Hohe Tauern National Park are the highest waterfalls in Austria and the fifth highest in Europe, a three-stage cascade formed by the Krimmler Ache, a glacial stream that thunders over the edge of the cliff at 1,470 metres above sea level and plunges into […]
Lamprecht’s Cave – one of the largest systems of caves in Europe | Austria
Lamprecht’s Cave in the Salzburg region of Austria is the most accessible deep cave in the world, a 50-kilometre network of passages that you can walk into without any special equipment, following a path that leads through vast chambers, narrow corridors, and carved staircase passages that descend over 1,632 metres into the limestone mountain, making […]
City of Elche in Spain – the World Capital of Palm Trees
The city of Elche in southern Alicante province holds a UNESCO World heritage site that is entirely unique in Europe: a network of over 200,000 date palms covering 144 agricultural plots across 500 hectares, a Moorish irrigation system still in use today, and a claim to be the largest palm grove in Europe, rivalled only […]
Categories: Sights, Spain, Wellness, Relax & Sports
Lake Königssee – a must see place in Berchtesgaden National Park | Germany
Lake Königssee in the Berchtesgaden National Park is Germany’s third deepest lake, reaching 190 metres at its maximum depth, and its famously clear, cold water is so protected that only electric-powered boats with special permits have been allowed to navigate it since the beginning of the 20th century, making it one of the cleanest lakes […]
Categories: Germany, Lakes, National Parks, Nature, Nature
Savica Waterfall – the most famous waterfall in all of Slovenia
Slovenia contains over 300 known waterfalls across its 20,273 square kilometres, a density matched by few countries in Europe, and the Savica Waterfall in Triglav National Park is the most famous of them all, a 78-metre double cascade that plunges into an emerald pool at the head of the Soča Valley, a place where the […]
L’ Oceanografic – the biggest dolphinarium in Europe | Valencia, Spain
L’Oceanogràfic is the largest aquarium in Europe, holding 42 million litres of water across 14 separate ecosystems, and its lotus-flower-shaped roof, designed by architect Félix Candela, has become the defining image of Valencia’s futuristic City of Arts and Sciences complex. Located in the dry riverbed of the former Turia River in the heart of Valencia, […]
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Cities, Sights, Spain, Wellness, Relax & Sports
Liechtenstein Gorge – one of the most beautiful gorges in Alpine region | Austria
A walkway suspended over a roaring alpine river, carved into the vertical walls of a gorge over 15 metres high, was originally built in 1875 to make a geological wonder accessible to tourists who arrived by the new railway to the spa town of Bad Hofgastein, and today the Liechtenstein Gorge is still one of […]
Serra de Tramuntana – mountains, lakes, forests and snow on the island of Majorca | Spain
The Serra de Tramuntana, running for 90 kilometres along the north-west coast of Majorca, is a UNESCO World heritage cultural landscape where dry-stone terraces climb impossible slopes, ancient olive trees with trunks a metre thick grow from rock, and a network of stone pathways dating back to the Arab occupation connects mountain villages that have […]
Categories: Islands, Lakes, Mountains, Nature, Nature, Spain, Wellness, Relax & Sports
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