April 1, 2011
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Lahemaa National Park (Land of Bays) – the largest and oldest national park in Estonia Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | More In northern Estonia at an area less than 700 km2 lies the largest and oldest national park in the country – Lahemaa National Park. The park was established in 1971, as […]
Tags: american-mink, brown-bears, estonia, estonians, gulf-of-finland, incisions, interesting-places, kinds-of-birds, lahemaa-national-park, land-of-bays, largest-and-oldest-national-park-in-estonia, largest-national-park, marshes, maximum-height, moors, national-park, nationalist-ideas, nature, northern-estonia, oldest-national-park, peninsulas, rock-cliffs, sea-coast, soviet-authorities, tourist-sites, typical-example, unspoilt-countryside
Categories: Estonia, Nature
March 31, 2011
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Kuršių Nerija (Curonian Spit) National Park is one of Europe’s most unique landscapes — a 98-kilometre-long, narrow sand dune peninsula shared between Lithuania and Russia’s Kaliningrad region, where massive shifting dunes (some up to 60 metres high), ancient pine forests, and traditional fishing villages create a UNESCO World Heritage landscape that is often called the […]
Tags: amber, baltic-sahara, baltic-sea, bridge, curonian-lagoon, first-steps, holiday-resort, kursiu-nerija-national-park, lagoon, landscape, lithuania, national-park, nature, nature-reserve, peninsula, pine-forests, russia, sahara, sand, sand-dunes, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Lithuania, Nature
March 29, 2011
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Aukštaitija National Park – the oldest and most popular Lithuanian natural treasure Updated: January 15, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Aukštaitija National Park is the oldest and most popular Lithuanian natural treasure. It is spread on an area of 400 km2 and offers untouched paradise full of deep green forests and blue lakes, […]
Tags: aukstaitija, baltic-states, boar, canoeing, deciduous-forests, firs, green-forests, hectares, hikers, kinds-of-birds, landscape, lithuania, marked-trails, maximum-height, national-park, natural-treasure, nature, northern-edge, old-pines, rare-rock, sceneries, sea-eagles, sea-level, seven-islands, untouched-paradise
Categories: Lithuania, Nature
March 25, 2011
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Island of Elba – pearl of the Tuscan Archipelago Updated: May 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Elba is one of the most beautiful islands of Italy with crystal clear water. It is the third largest island of Italy – after Sicily and Sardinia. Its capital city is Portoferraio which is the largest city […]
Tags: boat-services, city-of-elba, costal-town, doing-research, elba, elba-island, french-island, highest-mountain, island, island-of-corsica, island-of-elba, italy, monuments, natural-sceneries, nature, pearl-of-the-tuscan-archipelago, piombino, portoferraio, sandy-beaches, sardinia, sea, sicily, summer-destination, third-largest-island, tuscan-archipelago, tuscany, tyrrhenian-sea
Categories: Italy, Nature
March 4, 2011
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Zoo Schönbrunn – the oldest zoo in the world and best zoo in Europe | Vienna, Austria Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More If you are looking for a trip to world-class zoo, then you should visit the park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna where is located the oldest existing zoo in […]
Tags: 7th-best-zoo-in-the-world, animal-park, austria, best-zoo-in-europe, captivity, elephant, emperor-francis, garden-zoo, habsburg-family, historical-events, impressions, local-animal, lorraine, maria-theresa, maximum-number, menagerie, night-vision-device, noble-guests, oldest-zoo-in-the-world, palace-in-vienna, pavilions, rarity, schonbrunn-palace, vienna, vienna-austria, wien, world-class-zoo, zoo, zoo-schonbrunn
Categories: Austria, Nature
March 2, 2011
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Mata Nacional do Buçaco – protected area in Portugal Updated: December 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Mata Nacional do Buçaco (National forest Buçaco) is a protected area in the central part of Portugal. It lies on the slopes of the Buçaco mountains close to the well-known spa Luso. It is located approx. 25 […]
Tags: annual-rainfall, autumn, climate, cork, days-of-rain, fountains, frosts, giant-ferns, hectares, kinds-of-trees, local-hotel, mata-nacional-do-bucaco, maximum-length, mountains, national-park, nature, port-of-coimbra, portugal, protected-area, royal-family, slopes, sula, tourist-destination
Categories: Nature, Portugal
February 25, 2011
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Mulhacén is mainland Spain’s highest peak — a 3,479-metre giant in the Sierra Nevada range of Andalusia — and remarkably, one of the most accessible major summits in Europe. Unlike the technical climbs of the Alps, Mulhacén can be hiked in a single (long) day by any reasonably fit walker, with the reward of panoramic […]
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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Las Médulas is one of the most extraordinary human-altered landscapes in the world — a UNESCO World Heritage site in the province of León, Spain, where the largest open-pit gold mine in the Roman Empire transformed a mountain into a surreal landscape of jagged red-orange peaks, deep ravines, and chestnut groves that looks more like […]
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 24, 2011
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Pančava Waterfall is the highest cascade in the Czech Republic, tumbling 148 metres down a rocky amphitheatre in the heart of the Krkonoše Mountains. Fed by the Pančava stream and surrounded by subarctic tundra vegetation found nowhere else in Central Europe, it’s a breathtaking sight that rewards those willing to hike into the country’s highest […]
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 22, 2011
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The Sil Canyon (Cañón del Sil) is one of the most spectacular river canyons in Spain — a deep, dramatic gorge carved by the Río Sil through the Ribeira Sacra wine region of Galicia in northwestern Spain, where the river’s vertical limestone walls rise up to 500 metres above the water and are terraced with […]
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