National Park Gesäuse in Styria, Austria Updated: December 27, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More The National Park Gesäuse was founded in 2002 and is the most recent national park in Austria and is known for its steep mountains with sharp edges and rough gores. It includes parts of the Styrian communities of Admont, […]
Hohe Tauern National Park is the largest national park in Austria and the biggest protected area in the Alps — a colossal 1,856 km² wilderness spanning the states of Salzburg, Carinthia, and Tyrol that encompasses Austria’s highest peak (Grossglockner, 3,798m), over 300 mountains above 3,000 metres, 342 glaciers, and the spectacular Grossglockner High Alpine Road […]
Kalkalpen National Park is Austria’s largest contiguous forest wilderness — 20,850 hectares of limestone mountains, deep gorges, and ancient beech forests in Upper Austria that form part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe.” One of Austria’s least-visited national parks, Kalkalpen offers a rare […]
Barlangfürdő in Miskolc-Tapolca is one of Europe’s most unique thermal spa experiences — a natural cave bath where you can swim through a labyrinth of illuminated limestone tunnels, carved by thermal waters over millions of years, deep within the Bükk Mountains of northern Hungary. Far from your typical swimming pool, this subterranean aqua-world combines the […]
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Lemmenjoki National Park is Finland’s largest national park and one of the most extensive wilderness areas in Europe — a 2,850 km² expanse of pristine boreal forest, vast open fells, and the wild Lemmenjoki River valley in Finnish Lapland that has been home to Sámi reindeer herders for centuries and remains one of the best […]
Muránska planina National Park is one of Slovakia’s most beautiful and least-visited protected areas — a vast limestone plateau in central Slovakia where the magnificent Muráň Castle ruins perch on a 935-metre-high ridge, wild horses (the Noriker breed, reintroduced to maintain the grassland) roam the high pastures, and the biodiversity is so exceptional that the […]
The Blue Grotto – the sea caverns on the southern coast of Malta Updated: May 31, 2020 | By Claire | More The Blue Grotto is the name that has been given to a cave which is part of a series of sea caverns which are located on the southern coast of Malta, close to […]
Lake Fertö / Neusiedler See – Europe’s largest salt-water lake Updated: May 31, 2020 | By Claire | More Lake Fertö which is located partially in Hungary (25% of area) and partially in Austria (75% of area), where it is called Neusiedler See, is the largest saltwater lake in the entire Europe. There are several […]
Slovak Karst National Park protects the largest karst landscape in Central Europe — a UNESCO World Heritage area of limestone plateaus, deep gorges, and over 1,100 documented caves on the Slovak-Hungarian border, including several of Europe’s most extraordinary accessible show caves. This 346 km² park is the Slovak half of the transboundary Aggtelek Karst protected […]
Pieniny National Park in Poland Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Pieniny National Park (Polish: Pieniński Park Narodowy) is a protected area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, in the heart of the Pieniny Mountains. Pieniny National Park is one of the smallest Polish National Parks, lying in the southernmost part of […]
