November 10, 2010
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Best European skiing destinations Updated: January 4, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Have you already started to choose some good skiing destination for this winter? We had. Here are some of the possibilities that we suppose to be the best skiing destinations in Europe. France – Offers the best value for money […]
Tags: austria, beautiful-mountain, best-ski-resorts, carrying-capacity, cortina-d-ampezzo, courchevel-1850, dolomites, europe, europe-france, four-villages, france, international-atmosphere, italy, local-architecture, monte-cristallo, mountain-sceneries, mountains, national-park, olympic-winter-games, parc-national-de-la-vanoise, quality-ski, ski, ski-resort, ski-resorts-in-france, ski-slopes, ski-tows, skiing, snow, switzerland, wooden-houses
Categories: Austria, France, Italy, Wellness, Relax & Sports
September 1, 2010
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National Park Gesäuse in Styria, Austria Updated: December 27, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More The National Park Gesäuse was founded in 2002 and is the most recent national park in Austria and is known for its steep mountains with sharp edges and rough gores. It includes parts of the Styrian communities of Admont, […]
Tags: austria, autumn-view, centuries, gesause, gores, landl, map, mountains, national-park, national-park-gesause-in-styria, nature, sharp-edges, st-gallen, steep-mountains, styria, styria-austria
Categories: Austria, Nature
August 31, 2010
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Kalkalpen National Park is Austria’s largest contiguous forest wilderness — 20,850 hectares of limestone mountains, deep gorges, and ancient beech forests in Upper Austria that form part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe.” One of Austria’s least-visited national parks, Kalkalpen offers a rare […]
Tags: alp, alpine, austria, brooks, butterflies, enns, flora-and-fauna, foreland, forest-area, highest-mountain, hohe-nock, mountains, national-park, national-park-kalkalpen, nature, northern-calcareous-alps, plants, point-of-view, species-of-mammals, steyr, upper-austria
Categories: Austria, Nature
August 31, 2010
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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 […]
Tags: alpine-road, austria, biggest-national-park-of-austria, central-alps, central-europe, decades, ecology, grosglockner-hochalpenstrase, highest-mountain, hohe-tauern, krimml-waterfalls, mountain-ranges, mountains, museums, national-park, national-park-hohe-tauern, nature-reserve, palace-in-vienna, salzburg, schonbrunn-palace, spectacular-scenery, tourism, unemployment, upwards
Categories: Austria, Nature
August 25, 2010
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Slovak Karst National Park protects the largest karst landscape in Central Europe — a UNESCO World Heritage area of limestone plateaus, deep gorges, and over 1,100 documented caves on the Slovak-Hungarian border, including several of Europe’s most extraordinary accessible show caves. This 346 km² park is the Slovak half of the transboundary Aggtelek Karst protected […]
Tags: abysses, biggest-cave-in-slovakia, biosphere-reserves, caves, central-europe, concentration, cultural-heritage, domica, frontier, interesting-places, landscape-area, largest-karstic-area-in-central-europe, map, mountains, national-park, natural-heritage, natural-phenomena, nature, neighbouring-hungary, regime, slovak-karst, slovakia, slovensky-kras, unesco, zadielska-tiesnava
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
August 24, 2010
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Pieniny National Park in Poland Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Pieniny National Park (Polish: Pieniński Park Narodowy) is a protected area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, in the heart of the Pieniny Mountains. Pieniny National Park is one of the smallest Polish National Parks, lying in the southernmost part of […]
Tags: czorsztyn, dunajec-river, faces, limestone-cliffs, mountains, nad, national-park, nature, niedzica, panoramic-overview, pieninski-park-narodowy, pieniny, pieniny-national-park, poland, polish-national-parks, rocky-gorges, sea-level, slope, slovakia, southern-poland, summit, szczawnica, three-crowns, valleys
Categories: Nature, Poland
July 26, 2010
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Snowdonia National Park – one of the most visited locations in the United Kingdom Updated: January 5, 2020 | By Claire | More Covering an area of 2,132 square kilometers, the Snowdonia National Park is the third largest national park in the United Kingdom. The park stretches the vast distance between the Cardigan Bay to […]
Tags: area-of-outstanding-natural-beauty, blaenau-ffestiniog, cardigan-bay, coastline, coastlines, conwy-bay, conwy-valley, deciduous-forests, dyfi, england, eryri, green-valleys, habitats, irish-sea, mount-snowdon, mountain, mountain-peaks, mountain-ranges, mountains, mountains-in-wales, nant-ffrancon, national-park, nature, north-wales, northern-edge, prosperous-town, ragged-rocks, sandy-beaches, slate-quarry, snowdon-peak, snowdonia, snowdonia-national-park, snowdonia-wales, southern-boundaries, southern-boundary, square-kilometers, tryfan, united-kingdom, wales, wales-uk, waterfalls, welsh, yr-wyddfa
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
July 13, 2010
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Njupeskär waterfall – the highest waterfall in Sweden Updated: June 4, 2020 | By Claire | More The tallest and one of the most interesting waterfalls in all of Sweden, is none other than that of Njupeskär. This 93-meter tall fall can be found in the canyon that has been cut into the bedrock by […]
Tags: fulufjallet-national-park, highest-waterfall, lichens, map, mosses, mountains, nature, njupeskar-waterfall, photos, scandinavia, sweden, trees, water-mist, waterfall
Categories: Nature, Sweden
July 9, 2010
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Ben Bulben or Benbulbin – one of the most picturesque mountain in Ireland Updated: March 27, 2020 | By Claire | More The area known as Ben Bulben is an enchanted region of Ireland where many people believe that fairies live and even show themselves to humans. There are also numerous caves and grottoes in […]
Tags: atlantic-ocean, ben-bulben, benbulbin, county-sligo-ireland, dartry-mountains, high-winds, ireland, magnificent-view, mountains, nature, rock-formation, side-slopes, storms, yeats-country
Categories: Ireland, Nature
July 8, 2010
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Grande Cascade de Gavarnie – highest waterfalls in France Updated: April 4, 2020 | By Claire | More There are just so many interesting things you can enjoy and see once you travel to France. And while many people choose to visit the major cities of the country, a growing number of tourists have opted […]
Tags: cascade-de-gavarnie, europe, falling-water, france, gav, glaciers, grande-cascade, highest-waterfall, highest-waterfalls, monte-perdido, mountain, mountains, nature, pau, snowmelt, spain, substrate, tallest-waterfall
Categories: France, Nature