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 Eastern […]
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 power, […]
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, rich […]
Trakai is one of the most enchanting destinations in the Baltic states, a historic town 28 kilometres west of Vilnius, home to the breathtaking Trakai Island Castle, a red-brick Gothic fortress floating on Lake Galvė that is the only castle in Eastern Europe built on an island. Once the medieval capital of the Grand Duchy […]
Oia (pronounced “EE-ah”) is the most photographed village in Greece, the iconic cascade of whitewashed Cycladic houses, blue-domed churches, and pastel-coloured neoclassical captains’ mansions clinging to the northern cliffs of Santorini that produces the single most recognisable image of the Greek islands, reproduced on a million postcards, Instagram feeds, and travel magazine covers. Perched on […]
The roar of water crashing over a 165-metre drop fills the air long before you reach the viewpoint. The Cascata delle Marmore is one of those rare human creations that rivals nature itself, a spectacular man-made waterfall that has been in operation for over 2,000 years. The ancient Romans engineered this cascade as part of […]
Categories: Italy, Nature, Nature, Waterfalls
Benidorm is Spain’s most famous, and most controversial, resort city: a skyline of towering skyscrapers rising from the Costa Blanca like a Mediterranean Manhattan, with more high-rise buildings per capita than any city in Europe. Love it or hate it, Benidorm is a phenomenon: two sweeping golden beaches, a year-round microclimate, and a tourism model […]
Categories: Sights, Spain, Wellness, Relax & Sports
London does not introduce itself politely. It hits you with the roar of the Tube, the scent of street food drifting from Borough Market, the sudden grandeur of a royal palace appearing at the end of an ordinary street. This city has been a global capital for over a thousand years and every century has […]
Categories: Cities, Sights, Sights, United Kingdom
Every tree in Natural Park Seben seems to have its own ant city built at its base. These mounds, some reaching over a metre in height, are the work of wood ants that have colonised this corner of the Czech Republic for centuries. The park protects what is believed to be the largest concentration of […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature
The Great Dune of Pilat (Dune du Pilat) is the largest sand dune in Europe, a colossal mountain of golden sand 110 metres high, 2.7 kilometres long, and 500 metres wide on the Atlantic coast of southwestern France, wedged improbably between the vast Landes pine forest and the Arcachon Bay. Climbing Pilat is one of […]
