September 20, 2012
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6 Top Sights of Salzburg – the birthplace of Mozart | Austria Updated: September 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Salzburg is situated on both banks of the Salzach River, and is Austria’s 4th largest city. It was built on a mining town of salt, hence the name means ‘Fortress of Salt’. Salzburg is […]
Tags: archbishops, birthplace-of-mozart, brandon-burns, cemetery-st, hohensalzburg, military-barracks, mining-town, monastery, nave, night-austria, opposing-forces, salzburg-austria, seven-wives, sound-of-music, sound-of-music-salzburg, st-peter, trapp-family-singers, von-trapp-family, wrought-iron
Categories: Austria, Sights
August 12, 2011
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Aquapark Vyhne – Thermal Water Paradise in Slovakia Updated: August 14, 2020 | By Claire | More The village Vyhne lies at the beginning of the protected area Štiavnica Mountains (Slovak: Štiavnické vrchy), amidst beautiful nature, only 15 km away from the historic royal mining town of Banská Štiavnica and less than 40 km from […]
Tags: aquapark, beautiful-nature, c-water, composition-of-minerals, crystal-clear-water, dry-steam, fitness-room, hot-stones, hygiene-standards, jacuzzi-spa, massage-cupping, mining-town, outdoor-pool, reflexology, relaxation-services, slovakia, spa-services, sports-centre, thermal-water-park, vyhne, water-paradise, wellness-services
Categories: Slovakia, Wellness, Relax & Sports
May 15, 2011
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Kremnica – historic town with the oldest mint in the world | Slovakia Updated: June 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Kremnica is a historic city with a rich mining and mint tradition. It is located in the central part of the Slovak Republic, in Kremnica mountains at an altitude of 561 m. Near […]
Tags: 13th-century, 14th-century, 15th-century, bastion, charnel, city, clock-tower, countries-around-the-world, dominant-feature, ducats, exposure-history, geographic-centres-of-europe, gold-and-silver, historic-city, historical-monuments, history-of-skiing, hungarian-kings, kremnica, mining-museum, mining-town, mint, oldest-mint-in-the-world, plant-and-machinery, roman-catholic-parish, rotunda, slovak-coins, slovakia, st-andrew, st-catherine, town, valuable-coins
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
March 29, 2011
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Sevilla – heart of Andalusia | Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Sevilla is a capital and largest city of Andalusia, which is one of 17 autonomous communities in Spain. It is said that Sevilla is the most Spanish city of all cities in Spain. The city had a great history, […]
Tags: 14th-century, al-andalus, andalusia, arab-domination, arabic-name, arena, autonomous-communities, beautiful-gardens, bullfig, bullfight, christopher-columbus, city, city-of-andalusia, ferdinand-iii, flamenco, gothic-style, iberian-peninsula, indelible-traces, king-ferdinand, mining-town, muslim-moors, romantic-castle, sevilla, seville, southernmost-region, spain, spanish-city, town, virgin-mary
Categories: Sights, Spain, Virtual Travel
April 29, 2010
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Dobšinská Ice Cave – the largest ice cave in Slovakia Updated: April 4, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Dobšinská Ice Cave is the largest ice cave in the Slovak Republic and one of the most important and beautiful ice caves in the world. It is located in Stratenská Highlands, on the northern slope […]
Tags: air-circulation, altitude, annual-temperature, cave, cave-ceiling, cave-entrance, cave-floor, cave-system, caves, centuries, cold-air, cubic-meters, discovery, electric-lighting, glaciation, ice-cave, ice-caves, karst, limestone-hill, mechanical-action, mining-engineer, mining-town, national-park, nature, northern-slope, public-skating, slovak-paradise, slovak-republic, slovakia, slovensky-raj, square-meters, stalactite-formations, temperature-average, underground-spaces, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, warm-environment
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
