Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Rising 764 metres above the shores of Clew Bay in County Mayo, Croagh Patrick is Ireland’s holiest mountain, a site of Christian pilgrimage for over 1,500 years. According to tradition, Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, spent 40 days and 40 nights fasting on the summit of the mountain in 441 AD, and it […]
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Categories: Ireland, Nature
Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
The walkway rises through the canopy of the Bavarian Forest, a steel and timber structure that lifts you 44 metres above the forest floor. Below, the trees of the oldest national park in Germany spread in every direction, their crowns forming a green carpet that stretches to the Czech border. The tree top walk at […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Thayatal National Park is one of Austria’s most beautiful but least-known protected areas, a dramatic 13-kilometre-long valley on the Czech border where the Thaya River has carved a deep, meandering canyon through ancient metamorphic rock, creating a richly forested landscape that is home to wildcats, black storks, and over 40 species of orchid. Together with […]
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