December 12, 2011
by europeexplored
Akamas National Park and mountains in Cyprus Updated: December 14, 2020 | By Claire | More Akamas National Park is situated in the north-eastern part of the island of Cyprus. It covers an area of 230 km2 and excels in a wild natural beauty. Its name was given by Athenian warrior and son of Theseus, […]
Tags: 5km, akamas, aphrodite, beautiful-walk, byzantine-monastery, canyons, cyprus, greek-mythology, hiking-trails, holidays-in-cyprus, island-of-cyprus, magnificent-views, mountains, national-park, nature, plant-species, sea-turtles, several-species, species-of-orchids, trojan-war, vultures, water-reservoir
Categories: Cyprus, Nature
August 30, 2011
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Valldemossa – a picturesque mountain town on the Spanish island of Mallorca Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Valldemossa is a picturesque mountain town on the Spanish island of Mallorca. It lies on the western part of the island, near the town of Sóller. Valldemossa is situated in the middle of a […]
Tags: 14th-century, almendras, almond-milk, charterhouse, city, colorful-houses, famous-pianist, famous-pianists, french-writer, fruits-and-vegetables, george-sand, island, library-museum, magnificent-views, mallorca, moragues, pharmacy-library, picturesque-mountain-town, polish-composer, rare-originals, sant-bartomeu, spain, spanish-island, town, virtuoso-pianist
Categories: Sights, Spain
May 5, 2010
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Penyal d’Ifac (Peñón de Ifach) is the smallest Natural Park in Europe — the 332-metre-high limestone monolith rising dramatically from the Mediterranean at Calpe on Spain’s Costa Blanca that is, despite its tiny 45-hectare size, one of the most biodiverse protected areas in Spain, home to over 300 plant species including several endemics found nowhere […]
Tags: bird-species, calpe, costa-blanca, earlier-times, endemic-species, magnificent-views, mediterranean, mediterranean-coast, nature, nature-reserve, nice-weather, penon-de-ifach, penyal-difac, protected-area, rock-formation, sea-gulls, seaside-town, spain, square-kilometers, strategic-location, surroundings, valencia, valencia-region, visual-attraction, watchtower
Categories: Nature, Spain
