April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Austria is the country of a thousand faces — an Alpine nation at the crossroads of Europe whose imperial capital, Vienna, was for centuries the political and cultural heart of a continent, whose mountains are among the most beautiful and accessible in the Alps, and whose cultural legacy (Mozart, Strauss, Klimt, Freud, and the Habsburg […]
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April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Slovenia is a small country with great nature — a green jewel tucked between the Alps, the Mediterranean, and the Pannonian Plain that crams an extraordinary diversity of landscapes into an area smaller than Wales: Alpine peaks (the Julian Alps and Triglav, the national symbol), turquoise rivers (the Soča — arguably the most beautiful river […]
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April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Romania is the country of Dracula — and that is both its blessing and its curse. The legend of Vlad the Impaler and Bram Stoker’s fictional vampire has given Romania one of the most recognisable tourist brands in the world (Bran Castle, marketed as Dracula’s Castle, draws over 800,000 visitors a year), but it has […]
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April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Hungary is a country of delicious goulash, world-famous thermal baths, and a magnificent capital city, Budapest, that is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful in Europe — the Danube dividing Buda’s castle-topped hills from Pest’s grand boulevards and ruin bars, the Hungarian Parliament building reflecting in the river at night, and the steaming […]
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