Moldoveanu Peak is the roof of Romania, at 2,544 metres it crowns the Făgăraș Mountains, the country’s highest and most dramatic range. Often called ‘the Transylvanian Alps’, the Făgăraș offer some of the most spectacular ridge hiking in Europe, with Moldoveanu as the ultimate prize for anyone seeking the peak of Romanian adventure travel. Quick […]
Lake Wörthersee (Wörthersee) is Austria’s warmest and most glamorous alpine lake, a 17-kilometre-long ribbon of turquoise water in the southern state of Carinthia where summer water temperatures reach a balmy 28°C, surrounded by the forested peaks of the Karawanks and the elegant Belle Époque resort town of Velden am Wörthersee. Long the summer playground of […]
Rifflsee is the highest lake in Austria, a shimmering alpine tarn at 2,232 metres in the Ötztal Alps of Tyrol, surrounded by 3,000-metre peaks and accessible year-round via cable car from the Pitztal Glacier ski area. In summer, its crystal-clear waters reflect the surrounding mountains in one of the most photogenic alpine settings in the […]
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Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Pyrenees – wild, scenic and beautiful. This mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain and in spite of many civilisation shoots it is still among the best preserved nature areas in Europe. However its steep cliffs, snowy peaks and deep valleys attract […]
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Deep in the hills of central Portugal, the Mata Nacional do Buçaco, or Bussaco National Forest, is one of the most remarkable and romanticised forests in Europe. Enclosed within a 105-hectare wall, this ancient woodland has been carefully managed by monastic orders for over 400 years, preserving a unique collection of native and exotic trees […]
Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco in Italian) is the highest mountain in the Alps, the highest in Western Europe, and the highest in Europe at 4,805.59 metres, a colossal dome of snow and ice straddling the border between France and Italy that has been the holy grail of mountaineering since its first ascent in 1786 and […]
Sarek National Park is the largest area of unspoiled wilderness in Europe, a vast, roadless mountain kingdom in Swedish Lapland where 2,000-metre peaks, massive glaciers, and deeply carved U-shaped valleys create a landscape so rugged and remote that it has been called “Europe’s last wilderness.” Part of the Laponian Area UNESCO World heritage site, Sarek […]
Sněžka is the highest peak in the Czech Republic, a distinctive 1,603-metre mountain on the Polish border whose flat, windswept summit is crowned by the extraordinary disc-shaped St. Lawrence Chapel and a futuristic meteorological observatory that looks like something from another planet. Accessible via multiple well-marked trails from both the Czech and Polish sides, climbing […]
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Zelené pleso (Green Lake) is one of the most beautiful places in the Slovak High Tatras, a shimmering emerald tarn at 1,545 metres nestling beneath the dramatic northeast face of Malý Kežmarský štít and surrounded by some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in Central Europe. The lake is the focal point of the Dolina […]
The morning mist lifts slowly from the Enns River valley, revealing a landscape of sheer limestone cliffs, dense spruce forests, and the sound of water rushing through narrow gorges. The Gesäuse National Park, established in 2002, protects one of the last truly wild river landscapes in the Alps, where the Enns has carved a dramatic […]
