January 13, 2011
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The Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž are one of Central Europe’s finest Baroque ensembles — a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Czech Republic’s Moravian region where the magnificent Archbishop’s Chateau (used as a filming location for Amadeus) is complemented by two extraordinary gardens: the formal Pleasure Garden (one of the best-preserved Baroque gardens in […]
Tags: 17th-century, antique-statues, baroque-garden, beautiful-places, castle, city, czech-republic, flower-garden, fruit-and-vegetable, garden, gardens-and-castle-at-kromeriz, kromeriz, monuments, moravia, national-monument, olomouc, rare-trees, roundel, thirty-years, town, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, vegetable-gardens
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature, Sights
November 12, 2010
by europeexplored
Mini-Europe is one of Brussels’ most popular tourist attractions — a delightful miniature park at the foot of the Atomium featuring more than 350 highly detailed 1:25 scale models of Europe’s most famous buildings, from the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Acropolis, all set within beautifully landscaped […]
Tags: admission-fee, animation, animations, atomium, belgium, brussels, brussels-belgium, desk, earthquake, european-cities, european-union, high-quality, mini-europe, mini-europe-park, models, monuments, night-mini, openning-hours, tourist-destination, turnover, vesuvius
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Belgium
August 21, 2010
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Trieste – wind city on the Italian borders Updated: December 24, 2020 | By Claire | More Along the Italian border with Slovenia, you will find the city of Trieste. The city of Trieste has been in the center of many conflicts over the centuries as a result of its location. Towards the end of […]
Tags: 19th-century, adriatic-sea, archduke-maximilian, austro-hungarian-empire, autonomous-region, castle-of-san-giusto, castle-park, city, city-hall, fair-grounds, giulia, gulf-of-trieste, habsburg-monarchy, higher-learning, historical-weapons, independent-city, italian-border, italian-borders, italy, justus, mediterranean-region, miramar, miramare-castle, monuments, narrow-strip, nearby-hill, northeastern-italy, parks-and-gardens, piazza, roman-amphitheater, saint-spyridon, san-giusto-trieste, second-world-war, serbian-orthodox-church, synagogues, theoretical-physics, tourist-destination, trieste, wind-city
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 10, 2010
by europeexplored
Stonehenge is the most famous prehistoric monument in the world — a haunting circle of colossal sarsen stones and bluestones rising from the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, whose purpose, construction methods, and precise astronomical alignments have fascinated and mystified humanity for over 5,000 years. A UNESCO World Heritage site and Britain’s most iconic ancient […]
Tags: ancient-monument, bronze-age, burial-mounds, earthworks, english-heritage, henge-monument, monument-stone, monuments, national-trust, neolithic, prehistoric-monument, salisbury, standing-stones, stone-monument, stonehenge, unesco, united-kingdom, wiltshire, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Sights, United Kingdom
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 19, 2010
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Banská Bystrica – one of the most beautiful cities in Slovakia Updated: February 15, 2020 | By Claire | More One of the most beautiful cities in all of Slovakia is that of the city of Banská Bystrica which can be found right in the middle of the country and as such it forms a […]
Tags: banks-of-the-river, banska-bystrica, beautiful-cities, bystrica, cen, city, clear-cutting, clocktower, copper, countless-attractions, countryside, existence, middle-ages, mining-industry, mining-towns, monuments, nazi-germany, partisan-war, slovak-national-uprising, slovakia, yugoslav
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
May 17, 2010
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Aquapark Tatralandia – the largest thermal park in Central Europe | Slovakia Updated: February 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Aquapark Tatralandia is a resort destination in Slovakia that is known for its thermal mineral Springs. As a result of the 60.7°C thermal water, the Aquapark Tatralandia is open all year round. It is […]
Tags: accommodation-possibilities, aqua-park, aquapark, aquapark-tatralandia, boarding-houses, czech-republic, deck-chairs, folk-architecture, folklore, heart, highest-mountains, holiday-village, lifeguard, lifeguards, liptov, mental-and-physical-relaxation, million-years, mineral-waters, monuments, mountainous-regions, nearby-town, other-nearby-attractions, picturesque-landscapes, planning-your-trip, playgrounds, poland, pools, resort-destination, respiratory-organs, restricted-areas, rewarding-experience, sea-waters, seawater, slovakia, tatralandia, thermal-mineral-springs, thermal-water, toboggans, warm-waters, water-park, water-slide
Categories: Slovakia, Wellness, Relax & Sports
