Akamas National Park and mountains in Cyprus

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

The Akamas Peninsula juts into the Mediterranean from the northwest coast of Cyprus, a rugged wilderness of limestone gorges, sea caves, and sandy coves that has escaped the development that has reshaped much of the island’s coastline. This is one of the last truly wild landscapes in Cyprus, a protected national park covering 230 square […]

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Canyon del Sil – one of the most beautiful river canyons in Spain

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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 ancient […]

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Słowiński National Park in Poland – the land of water, wind and sand

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S\u0142owi\u0144ski National Park is one of Poland’s most extraordinary natural landscapes, a UNESCO World heritage coastal reserve on the Baltic Sea whose defining feature is its shifting sand dunes, massive golden mountains of sand up to 42 metres high that move inland at a rate of 3 to 10 metres per year, slowly consuming the […]

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