The ferry glides across Lago Maggiore, past reedy islands and palatial villas reflected in the still water. The Borromean Islands emerge slowly from the mist, each one a different chapter in a story of aristocratic ambition and natural beauty. Isola Bella rises like a stone ship, its baroque palace and terraced gardens overflowing with white […]
Categories: Cities, Islands, Italy, Lakes, Nature, Nature, Rome, Sights
The jagged peaks of the Dolomites rise in pink and grey against a sky so blue it almost hurts to look at. Cortina d’Ampezzo sits in a wide valley surrounded by these UNESCO-listed mountains, a resort that has welcomed winter sports enthusiasts since the early twentieth century. The air here is thin and clean, carrying […]
Categories: Italy, Wellness, Relax & Sports, Wellness, Relax & Sports
Aukstaitija National Park is the green heart of Lithuania, a pristine wilderness of pine forests, rolling hills, and more than one hundred crystal clear lakes. Established in 1974 as the country first national park, it protects an Ice Age landscape that feels a world away from the cobbled streets of Vilnius. The lakes connect through […]
A glacial lake sits at the base of Mount Mengusovský in the High Tatras, its surface reflecting the jagged peaks above. Popradské pleso lies at an altitude of nearly fifteen hundred metres, reached by a trail that winds through pine forests and past tumbling streams. The water is cold and clear and carries a deep […]
Osborne House is the beloved seaside retreat of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, a magnificent Italianate palace on the Isle of Wight that was designed by Prince Albert himself and served as the royal family’s private escape from the formality of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Victoria famously described Osborne as “a place of one’s […]
Categories: Sights, United Kingdom
Updated: September 20, 2020 | By Claire | More The Nemunas River spreads into a labyrinth of channels, lagoons, and marshy islands as it approaches the Baltic Sea. This is the Nemunas Delta, a vast wetland wilderness that has been called the Venice of Lithuania. The air is filled with the calls of birds, the […]
The Srebarna Nature Reserve is one of Europe’s most important wetland bird sanctuaries, a UNESCO World heritage freshwater lake on the Bulgarian Danube plain that provides critical breeding and migratory habitat for over 200 bird species, including the globally endangered Dalmatian pelican. Located near the Danube River in northeastern Bulgaria, Srebarna offers some of the […]
Deep in the hills of central Portugal, the Mata Nacional do Buçaco, or Bussaco National Forest, is one of the most remarkable and romanticised forests in Europe. Enclosed within a 105-hectare wall, this ancient woodland has been carefully managed by monastic orders for over 400 years, preserving a unique collection of native and exotic trees […]
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 with […]
Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | More Prague Zoo is a beautiful piece of nature located at the bottom part of the Prague, in Troja district. History of breeding of exotic animals in Prague is much older than it looks, it goes back to the first kings periods. By visiting the Prague Zoo […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature, Sights
