Slovenia is a small country with great nature, a green jewel tucked between the Alps, the Mediterranean, and the Pannonian Plain that crams an extraordinary diversity of landscapes into an area smaller than Wales: Alpine peaks (the Julian Alps and Triglav, the national symbol), turquoise rivers (the Soča, arguably the most beautiful river in Europe), […]
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Slovakia is a Little Big Country, the self-deprecating national motto, that packs the soaring peaks of the High Tatras, one of the highest concentrations of castles per capita in the world, a remarkable seven UNESCO World heritage sites, and some of Europe’s most beautiful accessible cave systems into a country barely the size of South […]
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Hungary is a country of delicious goulash, world-famous thermal baths, and a magnificent capital city, Budapest, that is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful in Europe, the Danube dividing Buda’s castle-topped hills from Pest’s grand boulevards and ruin bars, the Hungarian Parliament building reflecting in the river at night, and the steaming waters […]
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Germany is the richest and most populous country in Europe, an economic powerhouse at the heart of the continent whose gifts to the world range from the printing press and the Protestant Reformation to the automobile, Bach and Beethoven, and the Christmas market, and whose landscapes are as varied as a country that stretches from […]
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The Czech Republic is the best beer country in the world, the birthplace of Pilsner, the nation with the highest per capita beer consumption on Earth (over 140 litres per person per year), and a land whose brewing tradition stretches back over a thousand years, producing some of the finest and most affordable beer you […]
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