Tabernas desert in Spain – one of the few deserts in Europe

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

The dry heat hits your face like an open oven door as you step onto the dusty ground of the Tabernas Desert. This is one of the few true deserts in Europe and it looks nothing like the green Spain you expected. Rugged ravines and parched hills stretch toward the horizon under a bleached sky. […]

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Błędów Desert – a unique desert area in central Europe | Poland

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Sand stretches across the landscape in a place that should not exist. Błędów Desert covers about 33 square kilometres of southern Poland, a geological anomaly in the green heart of Europe. Loose sand shifted by wind creates dunes reminiscent of the Sahara. The desert formed centuries ago when deforestation and mining stripped the land of […]

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