January 28, 2011
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Rhodes is one of the most spectacular Greek islands — a sun-drenched island in the southeastern Aegean where a magnificent UNESCO-listed medieval Old Town (the largest and best-preserved walled city in Europe), stunning beaches, and the legacy of the Knights Hospitaller combine to create one of the Mediterranean’s most rewarding island destinations. Known as the […]
Tags: beaches, best-tourist-destination-in-europe, best-tourist-destinations, best-travel, colossus-of-rhodes, dodecanese-islands, eras, europe, greece, historical-monuments, inhabitants, largest-greek-island, nature, old-town, picturesque-scenery, rhodes-island, sea, seven-wonders, sun, swim, travel-destination, valley-of-the-butterflies, wonders-of-the-ancient-world, world-heritage-site
Categories: Greece, Nature
January 11, 2011
by europeexplored
Turku is Finland’s oldest city and former capital — a lively cultural hub on the southwest coast at the mouth of the Aura River where a magnificent medieval castle, a striking 13th-century cathedral, and a vibrant food and festival scene combine to create Finland’s most historically rich and arguably most charming urban destination. Founded in […]
Tags: 13th-century, 18th-century, alexander, archangel-michael, baltic-sea, capital-of-finland, european-capital-of-culture, european-capital-of-culture-in-2011, festivals, finland, helsinki, inhabitants, map, music-festival, open-air-museum, orthodox-church, pharmacy, rapid-development, ruisrock, southwestern-corner, tsar-alexander, turku, turku-art-museum, turku-castle
Categories: Finland, Sights
January 7, 2011
by europeexplored
Bardejov is one of Slovakia’s best-preserved medieval cities — a UNESCO World Heritage jewel in the north-eastern Šariš region whose perfectly intact central square (Radničné námestie), ringed by 46 colourful burgher houses and dominated by the magnificent Gothic Basilica of St. Egidius, is considered one of the finest medieval urban ensembles in Central Europe. Along […]
Tags: 14th-century, 15th-century, 18th-century, bardejov, bardejovske-kupele, city, craft-center, exhibitions, historic-city, historical-monuments, inhabitants, renaissance-style, saris, skanzen, slovak-village, slovakia, spa, town, town-hall, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
November 30, 2010
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Positano – the most beautiful town on the Amalfi Coast in Italy Updated: July 18, 2020 | By Claire | More Positano is the most beautiful town on the Italian coast of Campania. Beautiful picturesque town is situated on a steep hillside above the sea. The area was inhabited already in ancient times. Today Positano […]
Tags: 16th-century, amalfi-coast, antiquity, assunta, beautiful-town, campania, celebrations, city, duomo, festa, inhabitants, italian-coast, italy, monastery, picturesque-town, positano, premio, renowned-beaches, rocky-beach, sandy-beach, sant-andrea, seaside-resort, small-town, spiaggia, steep-hillside, town
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights
October 23, 2010
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Pienza – the model of the Renaissance town in the heart of Tuscany, Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Pienza is a lovely town, whose small chamber center had been almost totally rebuilt by Pope Pius II. in 15th century. In 1405 in Corsignanu, as Pienza was called at that time, […]
Tags: 15th-century, balcony, bernardo-rossellino, cathedral-project, cheese-production, cheeses, city, flavors, florentine-architect, heart-of-tuscany, humanist, inhabitants, italy, palazzo-piccolomini, papal-palace, philosopher, pienza, pope-pius-ii, renaissance-city, renaissance-town, sculptor, stunning-panorama, town, tuscany, tuscany-italy, village-walls
Categories: Italy, Sights
October 21, 2010
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Nicosia (Lefkoşa) is the world’s last divided capital — a city split by the United Nations Buffer Zone (the Green Line) since 1974, where centuries of Venetian, Ottoman, British, Greek, and Turkish heritage collide in a fascinating urban landscape of medieval walls, Byzantine churches, Ottoman mosques, and a contemporary café culture that somehow thrives across […]
Tags: 16th-century, byzantine-museum, capital-of-cyprus, city, city-mosques, city-walls, cyprus, famagusta-gate, freedom-square, greeks, inhabitants, island-of-cyprus, lefkosia, mount-olympus, mountain-peaks, nicosia, republics, selimiye-mosque, thick-wall, three-gates, town, turkish-republic-of-northern-cyprus, turks, venetians
Categories: Cyprus, Sights
August 18, 2010
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Murano, Burano and Torcello islands – Famous Lagoon in Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More If you have some more time in Venice there are several other islands that you could explore, the most popular ones are Murano, Burano and Torcello. You can visit them in the one outing by the […]
Tags: archeological-finds, art-museums, attractive-islands, blowing-glass, bridges, burano, charming-island, city, fire-and-lace, fishing-boats, fishing-village, glass-island, glass-production, glass-products, glassworks, half-day-tour, inhabitants, island, italy, lace-work, lagoon, lagoon-islands, map, murano, murano-and-burano, murano-island, nature, ponte-del-diavolo, roman-periods, s-bridge, san-martino-church, santi, single-day, three-islands, tilted-tower, time-in-venice, uninhabited, universal-judgment, venezia, venini, viator, waterways
Categories: Italy, Nature
August 15, 2010
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Verona – the city of neverending love and paradise of open-air opera, Italy Updated: December 19, 2020 | By Claire | More About 30 km from Lake Garda you can find the second largest city of Venice area. Verona is the capital of the province of Verona located in northeastern Italy. The world’s awareness gained […]
Tags: anastasia, artistic-heritage, balcony, basilica-di-san-zeno, city, dante-alighieri, inhabitants, italy, italy-thanks, love, neverending-love, northern-italy, open-air-opera, paradise, porta-borsari-verona, provincial-capitals, region-veneto, romans, structure-and-architecture, tourist-destinations, unesco, urban-structure, verona, verona-arena, verona-piazza-dei-signori, world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 5, 2010
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Saint-Tropez is the most famous fishing village in the world — a sun-drenched Provençal port on the French Riviera where billionaires’ superyachts bob alongside traditional wooden pointus, the glitterati gather at the legendary Club 55 on Pampelonne Beach, and the soft Mediterranean light that inspired Matisse and Signac still bathes the pastel-coloured houses of the […]
Tags: azur-region, brigitte-bardot, city, fashion-models, film-series, france, france-during-world-war-ii, french-riviera, gendarme-de-saint-tropez, inhabitants, louis-de-funes, marseille, models-and-millionaires, provence, provence-alpes, regattas, saint-tropez, southeastern-france, southern-france, summertime, tourist-spot, town, world-war-ii
Categories: France, Nature, Sights, Virtual Travel
August 3, 2010
by europeexplored
Loket Castle is one of the Czech Republic’s most dramatically situated medieval fortresses — a 12th-century Gothic castle perched on a granite rock surrounded on three sides by the Ohře River, in the charming little town of Loket near Karlovy Vary in western Bohemia. With its well-preserved medieval interiors, gruesome torture chamber exhibition, and a […]
Tags: accelerator, backdrop, box-style, casino-royale, castle, chocolate-box, czech-republic, day-trip, elbow, few-days, film-casino-royale, gorgeous-place, gothic-castle, historical, inhabitants, james-bond-film, loket, national-monument, opera-festival, shape, sleepy-place, sokolov, village
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
