Snowdonia National Park welcomes millions of visitors each year and one look at its jagged skyline explains why. Mount Snowdon rises at the centre of this vast landscape and you can reach its summit on foot or by a scenic railway that has been running for over a century. The park stretches far beyond its […]
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The Pindus Mountains run like a jagged spine down the centre of Greece, dividing the mainland into two distinct worlds. On the western side, the Ionian Sea sends moisture-laden winds that create some of the greenest landscapes in the country. On the eastern side, the rain shadow produces the dry, sunbaked terrain that most visitors […]
Poloniny National Park is Slovakia’s most remote and wild protected area, a UNESCO-listed wilderness of primeval beech forests, high mountain meadows (poloniny), and traditional wooden churches in the far northeast of the country, where the borders of Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine meet. Designated a UNESCO World heritage site as part of the “Ancient and Primeval […]
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Hohe Tauern National Park is the largest national park in Austria and the biggest protected area in the Alps, a colossal 1,856 km² wilderness spanning the states of Salzburg, Carinthia, and Tyrol that encompasses Austria’s highest peak (Grossglockner, 3,798m), over 300 mountains above 3,000 metres, 342 glaciers, and the spectacular Grossglockner High Alpine Road, one […]
The Low Tatras National Park covers 1,101 square kilometres of central Slovakia and is home to the longest cave system in the country, over 300 kilometres of marked hiking trails, and the year-round ski resort of Jasná, the largest ski area in Slovakia and one of the most important in Central Europe. Designated as a […]
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