The sound of rushing water greets you before the gorge comes into view. At Slovak Paradise National Park, hiking means climbing metal ladders bolted directly into the cliff face, with waterfalls spraying cold mist onto your skin. Your hands grip damp iron rungs as you ascend alongside a roaring cascade. The forest below is dense […]
Categories: National Parks, Nature, Nature, Slovakia
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 […]
The Sil Canyon (Cañón del Sil) is one of the most spectacular river canyons in Spain, a deep, dramatic gorge carved by the Río Sil through the Ribeira Sacra wine region of Galicia in northwestern Spain, where the river’s vertical limestone walls rise up to 500 metres above the water and are terraced with ancient […]
Categories: Nature, Spain, Wellness, Relax & Sports
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, Sarek […]
Updated: September 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Bärenschützklamm is a gorge located in Fischbacher Alps, near the town of Mixnitz, about 35 km from the capital of Styria – Graz. The brook, which flows through a gorge creates very nice waterfalls. On the top of the Bärenschützklamm, there is a mountain chalet where […]
