March 31, 2011
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Kuršių Nerija (Curonian Spit) National Park is one of Europe’s most unique landscapes — a 98-kilometre-long, narrow sand dune peninsula shared between Lithuania and Russia’s Kaliningrad region, where massive shifting dunes (some up to 60 metres high), ancient pine forests, and traditional fishing villages create a UNESCO World Heritage landscape that is often called the […]
Tags: amber, baltic-sahara, baltic-sea, bridge, curonian-lagoon, first-steps, holiday-resort, kursiu-nerija-national-park, lagoon, landscape, lithuania, national-park, nature, nature-reserve, peninsula, pine-forests, russia, sahara, sand, sand-dunes, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Lithuania, Nature
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
June 21, 2010
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The Vadaš Thermal Water Park in Štúrovo, Slovakia, is one of Central Europe’s finest thermal spa complexes — a sprawling riverside water park on the banks of the Danube fed by natural geothermal springs that bubble up at 39°C, offering year-round swimming and wellness in a setting that has drawn visitors since the Roman era. […]
Tags: aquapark, artificial-waves, atmosphere, centuries, different-nationalities, diversity, indoor-swimming-pools, lagoon, m2, massage, park-and-recreation, possibilities, relaxation, religions, slovakia, spa-town, sturovo, swimming-complex, swimming-pool, thermal-water, thermal-water-park, water-lovers
Categories: Slovakia, Wellness, Relax & Sports
May 26, 2010
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Danube Delta in Romania – second largest delta in Europe Updated: February 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Perhaps one of the most famous rivers in all of Europe is that of the Danube River. And although the river meanders its way through much of continent, it is in the nation of Romania, […]
Tags: black-sea, chilia, clear-blue-skies, climate, continent, danube-delta, danube-river, delta-dunarii, delta-one, delta-region, ecological-perspectives, europe, europe-thanks, evaporation, lagoon, lagoons, left-bank, marshes, microclimate, nature, precipitation, river-delta, rivers, romania, square-kilometres, sunshine, tulcea, ukraine-odessa, volga-delta, water-surface, world-heritage-site
Categories: Nature, Romania
May 10, 2010
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Laguna de Fuente de Piedra – one of the largest colonies of pink flamingos in Europe | Spain Updated: February 21, 2020 | By Claire | More It was back in 1988 when a 1,364 hectare parcel of land just outside of Andalucia was first designated as a preserved area in order to help protect […]
Tags: birdlife, chicks, colonies, ecosystem, eggs, evaporation, fauna, first-sunrise, hundreds-of-thousands, iberian-peninsula, kilometres, lagoon, laguna-de-fuente-de-piedra, nature, parcel-of-land, pink-flamingo, pink-flamingos, reflection, salt-crystals, spain, thin-layer, tyk, volunteers
Categories: Nature, Spain
