The coastline of the Cilento National Park stretches for 100 kilometres along the Tyrrhenian Sea, a sequence of cliffs, coves, and sandy beaches that rivals the Amalfi Coast but draws a fraction of the crowds. Inland, the mountains of the Cilento rise to over 1,800 metres, covered in forests of chestnut, oak, and beech. The […]
Categories: Italy, National Parks, Nature, Nature, Sea Sites
The castle hill of Nitra rises from the plains of western Slovakia, crowned by a cathedral that has watched over this city for over a thousand years. Nitra is the oldest city in Slovakia, with continuous settlement dating back to the 5th century and written records mentioning it as early as 828. The city was […]
The Piazza del Popolo opens before you, a vast oval of cobblestones framed by twin Baroque churches and dominated by the 3,600-year-old Egyptian obelisk at its centre. On the northern edge of this square, tucked against the ancient Aurelian Wall, stands the church of Santa Maria del Popolo. From the outside it appears modest, a […]
Categories: Cities, Italy, Religious Monuments, Rome, Sights, Sights, Virtual Travel
Castillo de la Mota is one of the most beautiful medieval fortresses in Spain, a magnificent 15th-century castle in the town of Medina del Campo, Valladolid province, Castile and León, built from the region’s distinctive red brick in the Mudéjar style and considered one of the finest examples of military architecture in the Kingdom of […]
Categories: Castles, Sights, Sights, Spain, Wellness, Relax & Sports
St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk (Bazylika Mariacka) is the largest brick Gothic church in the world, a colossal 14th-15th-century basilica in the heart of Poland’s most beautiful Baltic city whose soaring nave, 78-metre tower, and capacity of 25,000 worshippers make it one of the most awe-inspiring religious buildings in northern Europe. Built over 159 years […]
The builders of Seville Cathedral had a single ambition when they began construction in 1401. They declared that they would build a church so magnificent that future generations would call them mad. The result is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world and the third largest church of any kind, covering 11,520 square metres of […]
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The twin spires of Cologne Cathedral rise 157 metres above the city, visible from the Rhine bridges long before you reach the old town. This Gothic masterpiece took 632 years to complete, from the laying of the foundation stone in 1248 to the final topping-out ceremony in 1880. The cathedral survived 14 bombing hits during […]
Categories: Germany, Religious Monuments, Sights, Sights
Bran Castle is one of the most famous castles in the world, the legendary “Dracula’s Castle” perched on a rocky outcrop at the entrance to the Bran Pass in Transylvania, Romania, whose dramatic turreted silhouette, secret passages, and association with Vlad the Impaler (the 15th-century Wallachian prince who inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula) draw over 800,000 […]
Categories: Romania, Sights, Virtual Travel
Updated: October 13, 2020 | By Claire | More Just a few kilometers from the Czech borders, about 20 km west of the Slovakian capital Bratislava, on the way to Vienna, lies the small towns Petronell and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg. There was, in the times of the Roman Empire, located a legionary camp and a capital […]
Menorca has escaped the mass tourism that transformed its larger sister Mallorca into a strip of concrete hotel blocks. The second largest of the Balearic Islands has strict building regulations that have preserved its coastline as it was fifty years ago. The Cami de Cavalls, a 185-kilometre coastal path, circles the entire island, passing through […]
Categories: Islands, Nature, Nature, Spain, Wellness, Relax & Sports
