The ferry from Doolin takes 40 minutes across Galway Bay. The Atlantic swell is constant. The Cliffs of Moher slide past on the left, 214 metres of vertical sandstone, and then the three islands appear: Inishmore, Inishmaan, and Inisheer. The Aran Islands spread across 47 square kilometres and contain the highest concentration of archaeological sites […]
The United Kingdom is one of the world’s most visited destinations, a union of four distinct nations (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) packed with more history, culture, and natural diversity per square mile than almost anywhere else on Earth. From the white cliffs of Dover to the Highlands of Scotland, from Shakespeare’s Stratford to […]
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The wind hits you first, carrying the salt spray of the Atlantic Ocean two hundred metres below. The Cliffs of Moher rise from the churning sea like a natural fortress, their layered sandstone and shale cliffs stretching for fourteen kilometres along Ireland’s wild western coast. On a clear day, the Aran Islands hover on the […]
Ben Bulben rises from the Irish countryside like a great ship breaking through a green ocean. Its flat top and steep sides make it one of the most recognisable mountains in Ireland. The poet W.B. Yeats lies buried in the churchyard at its foot and his words echo across this landscape. Sheep graze on the […]
Rental Car Guide for Tenerife | Spain \\n \\n\\n Updated: September 12, 2020 |\\n\\n\\nBy Claire \\n\\nMore\\n\\n \\n \\n \\n \\n The island of Tenerife is regarded as the most amazing and alluring holiday locations Spain has to offer. Nevertheless, Tenerife, just like any other place across the globe, has also its negatives. The police displays […]
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Portugal is the romance of Europe’s western edge, a country of dramatic Atlantic coastlines, golden limestone beaches, medieval hilltop castles, and the melancholic strains of fado music drifting through the narrow alleyways of Lisbon’s Alfama district at midnight. Hemmed in on one side by Spain and on the other by the vast, empty Atlantic, Portugal […]
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Spain is one of the most diverse and exciting countries in Europe, a sun-blessed Iberian nation whose regional identities (Catalan, Basque, Galician, Andalusian, and more) are as distinct as separate countries, whose cultural contributions range from Gaudí’s Sagrada Família to Picasso’s Guernica to the fiery flamenco of Seville, and whose landscapes encompass the snow-capped Sierra […]
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