September 12, 2011
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Majorca the worlds bit of sunshine | Spain Updated: September 12, 2020 | By Claire | More With this year being the coldest summer so far, everyone would like that one little bit of sunshine, but it doesn’t seem to be coming anytime soon. If you’re thinking on going on holiday to get away from […]
Tags: acrobatics, adults, architectural-monuments, drizzle, few-minutes, going-on-holiday, little-bit-of-sunshine, mallorca, many-things, massive-wave, pirates, slides, spain, train, villa-holiday, wave-pool, west-end-show
Categories: Nature, Spain
September 11, 2011
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Make the most of year-round sunshine in the Canaries Updated: September 11, 2020 | By Claire | More The summer is almost over now, so it’s time to start planning holidays for later on in the year. If you’re on the hunt for somewhere which offers plenty of year-round sunshine, top of your European wish-list […]
Tags: adventurous-types, boat-trip, bottlenose-dolphin, british-winter, canadas-del-teide, canaries, canary-islands, experience-sun, gran-canaria, island-group, lazing, loggerhead-sea-turtles, mount-teide, sea-and-sand, snorkelling, springtime, stingrays, stunning-views, sun-sea, sunshine-hours
Categories: Nature, Spain
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 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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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 22, 2011
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Unique tent as a transparent bubble. Luxury with nature at your fingertips | France Updated: August 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Travellers can try another original overnight. In France, in one of the local parks in northern Roubaix, you can find an opportunity to sleep in special transparent bubbles. Portable bubble rooms, made […]
Tags: accommodation, bubble-tent, bubbles, daily-mail, designer-pierre, dwellings, fingertips, france, french-designer, glass-balls, goldfish, low-energy, maximum-comfort, maximum-interaction, milky-way, nature, parc, recycled-plastics, romantics, roubaix, stephane-dumas, sunrise-and-sunset, tents, wardrobe
Categories: France, Nature, Travelling Tips
August 18, 2011
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Zoo Karlsruhe is one of Germany’s oldest and best zoological gardens — a 22-hectare zoological park in the heart of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, that has been delighting visitors since 1865 and is consistently ranked among the most family-friendly and attractively landscaped zoos in the country. The zoo’s historic heart is the Stadtgarten, a beautiful English-style landscape […]
Tags: 1000-animals, african-savanna, antelopes, arctic-fauna, australian-animals, aviary, city-of-karlsruhe, germany, giant-tortoises, karlsruhe-zoo, leopards, meerkats, moats, nature, polar-bears, species-zoo, ticket-costs, water-exposure, wild-cats, world-of-birds, zebras, zoo, zoo-karlsruhe, zoological-gardens
Categories: Germany, Nature
August 16, 2011
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Montserrat – the most sacred place of Catalonia | Spain Updated: August 16, 2020 | By Claire | More Each country has its landmarks, which are well-known to all the members of the nation and often seen as a kind of a national symbol. In Catholic Spain, respectively, in the Catalan part, the name of […]
Tags: 13th-century, benedictine-monastery, black-madonna, boys-choir, catalonia, catholic-spain, extensive-library, holy-grail, infant-christ, last-supper, legend-says-that, local-boys, miraculous-powers, montserrat, napoleonic-wars, national-symbol, pope-leo-xiii, rock-climbers, saint-patron, spain, supernatural-abilities, virgin-mary
Categories: Nature, Sights, Spain
August 10, 2011
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Rimini – Italian holiday factory Updated: August 12, 2020 | By Claire | More On the Adriatic coast in Italian region of Emilia-Romagna you can find one of the greatest seaside resorts not only in Italy but even in Europe. Rimini is a very popular destination where thousands of enthusiastic tourists are returning every year. […]
Tags: accommodation-properties, adriatic-coast, adriatic-riviera, city-of-ravenna, culture-and-entertainment, endless-sandy-beaches, first-hotel, holidays, italian-region, italy, largest-sea, musculoskeletal-diseases, rimini, roman-monuments, roman-period, sea-beaches, sea-coast, sea-site, seaside-resorts, spa-centre, spa-resort, two-faces, urban-landscape, world-war-ii
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights
August 9, 2011
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Porticcio – one of the most beautiful bays of the west coast of Corsica | France Updated: August 10, 2020 | By Claire | More Porticcio is a fishing village located on the south-west of the island of Corsica, which belongs to France. This pleasant resort is located in a large bay right in front […]
Tags: beautiful-countryside, birthplace-of-napoleon, capital-of-corsica, corsica, corsica-ajaccio, corsica-ferry, corsica-france, family-holidays, ferry-travel, fishing-village, france, guard-towers, island, island-of-corsica, macchia, picturesque-villages, playing-tennis, portoficcio, sailing-school, sandy-beaches, scented-herbs, sea-site, ship-cruises, water-park, water-skiing
Categories: France, Nature