Experience the Amazing Geographical Features of Greece Updated: April 27, 2020 | By Claire | More Greece offers an array of opportunities to explore the country and the culture. There is food, arts, and festivals, but traveling to Greece can also offer an opportunity to explore various geographical features that vary widely within one country. […]
Sarek National Park in Sweden – largest area of unspoilt nature in Europe
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, […]
Waddenzee – a unique natural habitat in Netherlands
The Wadden Sea (Waddenzee) is one of the world’s most extraordinary and productive coastal ecosystems — a UNESCO World Heritage tidal flat system stretching 500 kilometres along the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, where 10–12 million migratory birds stop each year to refuel on one of the planet’s greatest avian migration highways. This […]
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Protected Landscape Area of the Eastern Carpathians in Slovakia
Protected Landscape Area of the Eastern Carpathians in Slovakia Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Protected Landscape Area of the Eastern Carpathians (or in Slovak Chránená krajinná oblasť Východné Karpaty) is bordering the north-western part of the original territory of the national park Poloniny. The area is built of flysch formations, mainly […]
National Park Thayatal in Austria – one of the most beautiful landscapes
Thayatal National Park is one of Austria’s most beautiful but least-known protected areas — a dramatic 13-kilometre-long valley on the Czech border where the Thaya River has carved a deep, meandering canyon through ancient metamorphic rock, creating a richly forested landscape that is home to wildcats, black storks, and over 40 species of orchid. Together […]
Veľká Fatra National Park in Slovakia – popular tourist destination for hikers and trekkers
Veľká Fatra National Park in Slovakia – popular tourist destination for hikers and trekkers Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Veľká Fatra National Park lies in central Slovakia – in Žilina and Banská Bystrica Region. The National Park was declared on 1 April 2002 as an upgrade of the Protected Landscape […]
National Park Kalkalpen in Upper Austria
Kalkalpen National Park is Austria’s largest contiguous forest wilderness — 20,850 hectares of limestone mountains, deep gorges, and ancient beech forests in Upper Austria that form part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe.” One of Austria’s least-visited national parks, Kalkalpen offers a rare […]
L’ Oceanografic – the biggest dolphinarium in Europe | Valencia, Spain
L’ Oceanografic – the biggest dolphinarium in Europe | Valencia, Spain Updated: February 26, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More When it comes to visiting aquariums in Europe, the most popular and largest in the entire continent can be found in Valencia, Spain. It is here in Valencia where you will be able to […]
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