December 23, 2011
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Gioiosa Marea – a beautiful historic town in Sicily | Italy Updated: December 23, 2020 | By Claire | More On the slightly mountainous northern coast of Sicily lies a beautiful historic town of Gioiosa Marea. It is situated directly opposite the favorite and frequently visited Aeolin Islands. It is a great place for watching […]
Tags: aeolin-islands, beautiful-sunsets, capo-calava, caves, cefalu, corridors, etna, ferries, granite-rocks, holiday-village, kilometres, marea, milazzo, peaceful-atmosphere, picturesque-beach, piraino, restaurants-cafes, romantic-restaurants, sandy-beaches, sicily-italy, spa-town, subtropical-vegetation, taormina, tindari, tourism-in-sicily, wine-shopping
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights
October 12, 2011
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Menorca – colourful island of Spain Updated: January 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Quite overshadowed by the fame of its larger “sister” Mallorca, is another Balearic Island – Menorca, lying only 40 km to the northeast. However it is equally beautiful island, rich in diverse landscapes, unspoiled nature and offering excellent recreational opportunities […]
Tags: aromatic-herbs, azure-waters, balearic-island, beautiful-island, brown-rocks, coastal-villages, figs, golden-rays, high-humidity, island, kilometres, mediterranean-sea, menorca, minorca, monte-toro, nature, olive-trees, picturesque-villages, prickly-pear, rays-of-the-sun, recreational-opportunities, reddish-soil, rich-history, rocky-cliffs, soil-plains, spain, tourist-centers, white-houses
Categories: Nature, Spain
February 25, 2011
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Las Médulas in Spain – the most important gold mine in the Roman Empire Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Las Médulas was in the Roman Empire the most important gold mine. It is located in Spain, just few kilometres from the town of Ponferrada, near the borders with Portugal. The […]
Tags: borders, centuries, forested-slopes, gold-mine, history, kg, kilometres, landscape, las-medulas, most-important-gold-mine, nature, orange, pliny-the-elder, ponferrada, portugal, pure-gold, roman-empire, romans, spain, unesco, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Nature, Sights, Spain
January 21, 2011
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Geographical midpoint of Europe and European Union Updated: February 14, 2020 | By Claire | More It is quite hard to determine where is the midpoint of Europe – it depends on the boundaries estimation of Europe that are changing from time to time. Several calculations exist and there are several suggested places as the […]
Tags: auvergne, capital-city-vilnius, central-poland, central-slovakia, estimation, french-national, geographical-center, geographical-midpoint-of-europe-and-european-union, german-town, jean-george-affholder, kilometres, le-coq, lithuania, midpoint, national-french, northeast-poland, polotsk, purnuskes, puy-de-dome, reunification-of-germany, rhineland-palatinate, saaremaa, western-ukraine, wheat-field
Categories: Travelling Tips
September 27, 2010
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San Gimignano – Medieval Manhattan in Italy Updated: December 20, 2020 | By Claire | More San Gimignano – the city of the beautiful towers – is a small walled medieval hill town located in north-central Italy in the province of Siena, Tuscany. The town lies 56 km south of Florence and 38 km north-west […]
Tags: 11th-century, 4th-century, attractiveness, central-italy, city, day-travel, elsa-valley, etruscan-settlement, firenze, florence, italy, kilometres, medieval-architecture, medieval-character, medieval-manhattan, medieval-monuments, pisa, quiet-place, san-gimignano, san-giovanni, san-matteo, siena, tourist-season, town, travel-tip, tuscany, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-sites, white-wine
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 6, 2010
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Lago Maggiore – beauty on the shores of lake, Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More While known only as the second largest Italian lake, Lake Maggiore is none the less the most infamous lakes in the country. Situated along the southern foothills of the Alps, Lake Maggiore almost completely covers the […]
Tags: apollinare, arona, borromean-islands, cannero-riviera, castelli-di-cannero, exotic-plants, garda-lake, giant-lake, grande-isola, isola-bella, isola-dei-pescatori, isola-madre, isola-pescatori, isola-superiore, isole-di-brissago, italian-lake, italy, kilometre, kilometres, lademann, lago-di-garda, lago-maggiore, lago-maggiore-italy, lake-italy, lake-maggiore, many-rivers, mediterranean-vegetation, micro-climate, nature, san-pancrazio, sea-level, shorelines, southern-foothills, stresa, tourist-attraction, villa-taranto, water-sports, western-portion, woodstock-festival
Categories: Italy, Nature
May 28, 2010
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Lamprecht’s Cave – one of the largest systems of caves in Europe | Austria Updated: February 27, 2020 | By Claire | More While there are countless caves that can be visited throughout Europe, perhaps one of the most popular destinations is that of the Lamprecht’s Cave (Lamprechtshöhle) which can be found in Austria. It […]
Tags: abkhazia, austria, cave, cave-system, cave-systems, entrance-cave, excursion, fame, kilometres, lamprechts-cave, lamprechtshohle, map, nature, poor-weather, vertical-metres, walkways
Categories: Austria, Nature
May 27, 2010
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City of Elche in Spain – the World Capital of Palm Trees Updated: February 18, 2020 | By Claire | More You will find the city of Elche in the Valencia region of Spain. It is considered to be the third most populated city in the region; while at the same time to be the […]
Tags: 15th-century, basilica, city, coastline, costa-blanca, costa-blanca-spain, dama-de-elche, elche, elche-spain, entire-city, history-of-spain, kilometres, mediterranean-sea, monuments, national-archaeological-museum, orchard-grove, palm-grove, palm-trees, spain, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, valencia-region, world-capital-of-palm-trees, world-heritage-site
Categories: Sights, Spain
May 17, 2010
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Cava Grande Cassibile – impressive canyon in Sicily, Italy Updated: February 18, 2020 | By Claire | More The Cava Grande Cassibile Canyon can be found where the Cassibile River carves its way through the Sicilian Hyblaean Mountains. At nearly 10 kilometres in length, the Cava Grande Cassibile Canyon may be considered a small canyon, […]
Tags: ankle-support, antica, cava-grande, cava-grande-cassibile-canyon, cliff-walls, columba, cruci, italy, kilometers, kilometres, map, nature, necropolis, pathways, picturesque-regions, picturesque-village, plane-trees, pools, poplars, river-features, rocky-paths, s-south, scala, sheer-cliff, sicily, sicily-italy, south-eastern-region, sunscreen, swimming-pools, tree-species, undercurrents, uneven-terrain, waterfalls, winding-river
Categories: Italy, Nature
May 10, 2010
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Bicaz Gorge – enjoy some of the most spectacular views of the Romanian countryside Updated: February 15, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More You will find the Bicaz Gorge in the north-eastern part of Romania. It is here where the Bicaz River cut a passageway that connects Transylvania and Moldova; allowing easier access between […]
Tags: 19th-century, animal-life, bicaz-gorge, climbers, countless-visitors, countryside, houghton, kgm, kilometres, lacul-rosu, landslide, matter-of-fact, moldova, nature, overhangs, passageway, red-lake, romania, romanian-provinces, sheer-rock, spectacular-views, transylvania
Categories: Nature, Romania
