Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is one of the most beautiful gardens and palaces on the French Riviera — a pink Belle Époque fantasy perched on the narrowest point of the Cap Ferrat peninsula near Nice, surrounded by nine themed gardens and offering breathtaking 360° views of the Mediterranean on both sides. Built between 1905 and […]
Sarek National Park is the largest area of unspoiled wilderness in Europe — a vast, roadless mountain kingdom in Swedish Lapland where 2,000-metre peaks, massive glaciers, and deeply carved U-shaped valleys create a landscape so rugged and remote that it has been called “Europe’s last wilderness.” Part of the Laponian Area UNESCO World Heritage site, […]
The Warsaw Radio Mast was the tallest structure ever built — a 646.38-metre-high radio transmission mast near Konstantynów in central Poland that, from its completion in 1974 until its dramatic collapse in 1991, was the tallest man-made structure on Earth, taller than the Burj Khalifa would be when it opened 20 years later. The mast […]
Euro Space Center – one of the major theme parks devoted to space and astronautics in Europe | Belgium Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Euro Space Center is a fun-educational park in Belgium, located in the village of Transinne, near Redu, where are the headquarters of the European Space Agency. Euro […]
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The Rappenlochschlucht and Alploch Gorges near Dornbirn in Vorarlberg, Austria, form one of Central Europe’s most spectacular gorge systems — a dramatic sequence of narrow canyon passages, thundering waterfalls, and towering limestone walls carved by glacial meltwater over millions of years. The Rappenlochschlucht in particular features one of the highest accessible gorge walls in the […]
Storforsen is the largest unregulated rapid in Europe — a thundering 5-kilometre-long cascade system in Swedish Lapland where the Pite River drops 82 metres through a chaos of boulders, chutes, and thundering whitewater in one of Scandinavia’s most powerful and accessible natural spectacles. Unlike most major European rapids, Storforsen has never been harnessed for hydroelectric […]
Best European skiing destinations Updated: January 4, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Have you already started to choose some good skiing destination for this winter? We had. Here are some of the possibilities that we suppose to be the best skiing destinations in Europe. France – Offers the best value for money […]
Categories: Austria, France, Italy, Wellness, Relax & Sports
Gent – one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe | Belgium Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Gent is one of the most beautiful cities in wealthy Flanders and it is also one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe. This nice city is situated at the […]
Nesebar is one of Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited towns — a UNESCO World Heritage jewel perched on a tiny rocky peninsula on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, where 3,000 years of Thracian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Bulgarian history are layered into every cobblestone, church ruin, and timber-framed house. Often called the “Pearl of the Black Sea,” […]
Møns Klint is Denmark’s most dramatic natural wonder — a 6-kilometre stretch of brilliant white chalk cliffs rising 128 metres above the turquoise Baltic Sea on the island of Møn. Formed from the fossilised shells of microscopic coccolithophores over 70 million years ago, these gleaming cliffs offer one of northern Europe’s most breathtaking coastal landscapes, […]
