Gouffre de Padirac – great limestone cave in France

May 28, 2011 by europeexplored No Comments

Gouffre de Padirac is one of France’s most extraordinary natural wonders — a vast limestone chasm 103 metres deep in the Lot region of southwestern France that leads to an underground river navigable by boat through a labyrinth of spectacular cave chambers, stalactite formations, and crystalline pools. Discovered in 1889 by the explorer Édouard-Alfred Martel […]

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Peklo (The Hell) – National Natural Monument in the Czech Republic

May 2, 2011 by europeexplored No Comments

Peklo (The Hell) – National Natural Monument in the Czech Republic Updated: March 14, 2020 | By Claire | More Czech National Natural Monument called Peklo (means The Hell in English) stretches in 4 km wide area between the village of Zahrádky and the city of Česká Lípa, in the northern part of the Czech […]

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Beautiful Gardens of Ninfa in Italy

September 30, 2010 by europeexplored No Comments

The Gardens of Ninfa (Giardino di Ninfa) are widely considered the most romantic garden in the world — a hauntingly beautiful English-style landscape garden created among the atmospheric ruins of a medieval ghost town in the Lazio countryside, just south of Rome. Declared a Natural Monument of the Italian Republic and described by The New […]

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Categories: Italy, Nature, Virtual Travel