February 22, 2011
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Pollino National Park is the largest national park in Italy — a vast, rugged wilderness of nearly 2,000 square kilometres straddling the border of Calabria and Basilicata in southern Italy, where the rare Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii) — a living fossil from the Ice Age — still grows on the high limestone peaks of the […]
Tags: altitude, animal-diversity, beautiful-sceneries, briganti, calabria, crispo, del-prete, highest-mountain, italy, largest-national-park-in-italy, map, marked-trails, monte-pollino, municipalities, national-park, nature, nature-reserves, pietra, pollino-national-park, potenza, rivers, serra-dolcedorme, southern-italy, tavola
Categories: Italy, Nature, Virtual Travel
February 15, 2011
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Peak District National Park – the oldest national park in United Kingdom Updated: June 10, 2020 | By Claire | More Peak District National Park is the oldest national park in United Kingdom, located in the middle of England, less than 35 km southeast of Manchester. Peak District National Park was designated in 1951 and […]
Tags: alport, beautiful-nature, beautiful-river-valley, crich, dark-peak, edale, england, great-britain, hathersage, national-park, nature, oldest-national-park-in-united-kingdom, opera-house, peak-district, peak-district-national-park, peveril-castle, picturesque-spa-town, power-peak, steep-cliffs, town-of-buxton, tram-museum, united-kingdom, vantage-points, white-peak, wild-moors, winding-trail
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
January 17, 2011
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Gauja National Park is Latvia’s largest and oldest national park — a deeply picturesque landscape of the ancient Gauja River valley, Devonian sandstone cliffs, dense forests, and three magnificent medieval castles (Turaida, Sigulda, and Krimulda) scattered across the park’s 917 square kilometres. Known as the “Switzerland of Latvia” for its unusually hilly terrain in an […]
Tags: 19th-century, canoeing, forests, gauja, gauja-national-park, landscape, largest-national-park-in-latvia, latvia, livonian-switzerland, longest-river, national-park, natural-destination, nature, oldest-national-park-in-latvia, romantic-atmosphere, sandstone-cliffs, sigulda, sigulda-castle, switzerland, tourists
Categories: Latvia, Nature
January 12, 2011
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Pirin National Park in one of the highest mountains in Europe | Bulgaria Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Pirin National Park is a part of one of the highest mountains in Europe – Pirin Mountains located in southwestern Bulgaria. The highest mountain peak is Pirin Vichren (2914). The big area of […]
Tags: bulgaria, caves, endemic, flora, glacial-lakes, highest-mountain-peak, highest-mountains-in-europe, national-park, pirin-mountains, pirin-national-park, rare-species, ski-resorts, southwestern-bulgaria, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, waterfalls, world-heritage-list
Categories: Bulgaria, Nature
January 10, 2011
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Dunajec River Canyon in Pieniny national park in Slovakia Updated: June 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Dunajec River Canyon is a gorge and a famous tourist attraction on the borders between Poland and Slovakia. Due to its beauty and uniqueness of Dunajec River Canyon it is also on the list of UNESCO World […]
Tags: animal-species, architectural-attractions, baltic-sea, canyon, conical-shape, dunajec, dunajec-river, excellent-starting-point, flatboat, narrow-gap, national-park, natural-phenomenon, niedzica, pieniny, pieniny-national-park, rare-plants, region-slovakia, seven-turns, slovak-territory, slovak-village, slovakia, towering-cliffs, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-sites, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
December 17, 2010
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Abruzzo National Park is one of Italy’s oldest and most important protected areas — a 500 km² wilderness of pristine beech forests, alpine meadows, and limestone peaks in the Apennine Mountains of central Italy that is home to the critically endangered Marsican brown bear, the Apennine wolf, and the Abruzzo chamois, a goat-antelope found nowhere […]
Tags: abruzzo, abruzzo-national-park, altitude, barrea, brown-bears, chamois, hunting-ground, information-centers, islet, italy, last-resort, mountain-goat, mountain-peaks, multimedia-presentation, narrow-gorges, national-park, nature, nature-reserve, number-11, open-valleys, peasants, peculiarities, walking-through-the-park, wolves
Categories: Italy, Nature
November 28, 2010
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Troodos National Forest Park in Cyprus Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More The highest mountains of the island is the Troodos Mountains in the western part of Cyprus. The highest peak Olympos reaches 1952 m above the sea level and you can see the northern and southern coasts from the peak. The […]
Tags: beautiful-views, cyprus, forest, good-weather, green-trees, highest-mountains, lot-of-water, marked-trails, mediterranean-architecture, mediterranean-sea, military-area, mountain-villages, narrow-streets, national-forest-park, national-park, nature, olympos, orthodox-churches, platres, southern-coasts, taking-photos, troodos-mountains, troodos-national-forest-park, water-pathways, weather-in-february
Categories: Cyprus, Nature
November 25, 2010
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Paestum – major Graeco-Roman city in Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Paestum is a major European seaside resort and unforgettable tourist destination. It is also the main objective of the excavations for history lovers. Paestum is located in Campania region, about 40 km south of Salerno and 85 km southeast […]
Tags: 9th-september, ancient-greek-temples, archaeological-discoveries, archaeological-work, archeological-discoveries, architectural-monument, athens-acropolis, capri, cilento-national-park, city, delicious-cuisine, fish-specialties, greek-colonists, history-lovers, italy, main-objective, major-graeco-roman-city, napoli, national-park, paestum, pompeii, pompeii-and-herculaneum, prosperous-cities, rare-pieces, roman-empire, tourist-boom, world-war-ii
Categories: Italy, Sights
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
October 27, 2010
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Tomášovský výhľad (Tomášov View) is the most famous and photographed viewpoint in the Slovak Paradise National Park — a dramatic rocky outcrop at 680 metres offering a jaw-dropping panorama of the Hornád River canyon, the Biele Skaly limestone cliffs, and the forested ridges of one of Central Europe’s most spectacular hiking destinations. Accessible via a […]
Tags: good-weather, high-tatras, map, national-park, nature, slovak-paradise, slovakia, tomasovsky-vyhlad, tourist-destination, tourist-trail, vicinity
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
