The Nebrodi Mountains stretch across northeastern Sicily in a green wall that surprises most visitors. This region holds the largest forested area on the island, a fact that surprises those knowing Sicily only for sun-scorched coastlines. Ancient beech and oak forests cloak the slopes. Wild horses roam the high pastures. Black Nebrodi pigs root through […]
The Nebrodi Mountains – the largest forested area of Sicily, Italy
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Nemunas Delta Natural Park – Venice of Lithuania
Nemunas Delta Natural Park – Venice of Lithuania Updated: September 20, 2020 | By Claire | More The Nemunas River spreads into a labyrinth of channels, lagoons, and marshy islands as it approaches the Baltic Sea. This is the Nemunas Delta, a vast wetland wilderness that has been called the Venice of Lithuania. The air […]
L’ Oceanografic – the biggest dolphinarium in Europe | Valencia, Spain
L’Oceanogràfic is the largest aquarium in Europe, holding 42 million litres of water across 14 separate ecosystems, and its lotus-flower-shaped roof, designed by architect Félix Candela, has become the defining image of Valencia’s futuristic City of Arts and Sciences complex. Located in the dry riverbed of the former Turia River in the heart of Valencia, […]
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Penyal D’ifac – the smallest protected area in Europe | Spain
Penyal d’Ifac (Peñón de Ifach) is the smallest Natural Park in Europe, the 332-metre-high limestone monolith rising dramatically from the Mediterranean at Calpe on Spain’s Costa Blanca that is, despite its tiny 45-hectare size, one of the most biodiverse protected areas in Spain, home to over 300 plant species including several endemics found nowhere else […]
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