February 1, 2012
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Hortobágy National Park – the largest natural moor in Europe | Hungary Updated: February 1, 2020 | By Claire | More Hortobágy National Park – the Puszta is situated around the village with the same name – Hortobágy and covers an area of 70,000 hectares. In 1999, Hortobágy National Park was inscribed into the UNESCO […]
Tags: bird-world, different-species-of-birds, hajdu, hungary, migratory-birds, national-park, nature, plant-species, puszta, sea-park, seagulls, species-of-birds, tourist-centers, trees-and-shrubs, typical-animals, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Hungary, Nature
January 31, 2012
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Harz National Park – one of the most visited places in Germany Updated: January 31, 2020 | By Claire | More Harz National Park known in German as Nationalparkverwaltung Harz is located at the border of three provinces in central Germany. The National Park is mostly forested – Upper Harz is covered by coniferous forests, […]
Tags: alpine-meadows, beautiful-places, bogs, brocken, castle-hill, central-germany, climatic-health-resort, coniferous-forests, crags, deciduous-forests, falkenstein-castle, geographical-location, germany, high-mountains, national-park, nationalpark-harz, nature, north-sea, northern-germany, ocean-air, places-in-germany, planning-your-trip, upper-harz
Categories: Germany, Nature
January 11, 2012
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Oberstdorf – south-Bavarian hiking and skiing resort in Germany Updated: January 11, 2020 | By Claire | More Oberstdorf is a hiking and skiing center located in Bavarian Alps, in the south of Germany. It boats an annual average of 2.5 million visitors, and is famous mainly because of ski jumping hills at the foot […]
Tags: alpine-peaks, bavaria, bavarian-alps, deep-snow, descents, downhill-slope, euro-32, extreme-sports, fellhorn-kanzelwand, germany, hiking, ifen, jumping-hills, mountains, nature, overflows, resort, rugged-trails, ski-areas, ski-jump, skibus, skiing, snowboard-parks, snowboarders, south-of-germany, spa-and-wellness, wellness-activities
Categories: Germany, Nature, Wellness, Relax & Sports
January 10, 2012
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Pieniny – the smallest and second oldest national park in Slovakia Updated: January 10, 2020 | By Claire | More East of the rocky peaks of the High Tatras mountains lies the picturesque and extremely attractive natural scenery of Pieniny National Park (Pieninský národný park – PIENAP). It is spread at the Slovak-Polish border and […]
Tags: beautiful-nature, cave-systems, climate-fluctuations, cretaceous-limestones, forest-villages, garrigue, high-tatras, horse-drawn-carriages, masaryk, mountain-streams, national-park, natural-scenery, natural-treasures, nature, pieniny-national-park, polish-border, remarkable-rock, rock-formations, rocky-peaks, shales, slovakia, square-kilometres, tatras-mountains
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
January 9, 2012
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Štrbské Pleso – a favorite ski, tourist, and health resort in the High Tatras mountains in Slovakia Updated: January 9, 2020 | By Claire | More Despite the recent natural disasters that occurred in 2004 in the High Tatras National Park, Štrbské Pleso is still one of the most visited tourist destinations in Slovakia. In […]
Tags: altitude, coregonus-lavaretus, glacial-lakes, glacial-origin, glaciers, high-tatras, maximum-depth, nature, plants-and-animals, pleistocene, pleso, recent-natural-disasters, roach, slovakia, species-of-fish, sport-activities, tatras-national-park, tourist-destinations, valleys
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
January 7, 2012
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Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park – the third largest national park in Finland Updated: January 7, 2020 | By Claire | More Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park is located in Finland, in the northern part of country, in western Lapland, near the town of Enontekiö. It is the third largest national park in Finland with a total area of […]
Tags: altitude, aurora, countryside, cross-country-skiing, europe, finland, forests, hiking-trails, lapland, log-huts, national-park, nature, nature-reserve, northern-lights, pallas, peat-bogs, sea-level
Categories: Finland, Nature
January 6, 2012
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Baqueira-Beret – the best, biggest and most popular ski resort in Spain Updated: January 6, 2020 | By Claire | More Baqueira-Beret is one of the best ski resorts in Spain and at the same time it is one of the largest ski resorts in Catalonia. The resort is located in the Pyrenees, in the […]
Tags: advanced-skiers, baqueira-beret, best-ski-resorts, dog-sled, freestyle-skiers, magic-carpets, nature, resorts-in-spain, ski-lifts, ski-resort, ski-resorts-in-spain, ski-school, skiers-transport, snow-cannons, snow-shoeing, spain, spanish-king-juan-carlos, terrain-park, transport-57, valle-de-aran
Categories: Spain, Wellness, Relax & Sports
January 6, 2012
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Stuben – Cradle of Alpine Skiing | Austria Updated: January 6, 2020 | By Claire | More Stuben ski resort is situated above the Stuben village, and together with popular St. Anton and St. Christoph forms a vast ski area St.Anton-St.Christoph-Stuben, which is known for its various skiing possibilities off the groomed slopes and for […]
Tags: alpine-skiing, austria, austrian-alps, country-ski-trails, cross-country-ski, cross-country-ski-trails, further-information-visit, legendary-town, nature, poma-lifts, ski, ski-activities, ski-area, ski-pass, ski-resort, ski-schools, ski-slopes, skiers, skiing-austria, snow-parks, snowfall, st-anton, st-christoph
Categories: Austria, Wellness, Relax & Sports
January 3, 2012
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Mylna Cave – awesome place in Western Tatras mountain in Poland Updated: September 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Mylna Cave is the cave located in the Koscieliska Valley in Western Tatras Mountains. The cave is located about 10 km from the town of Zakopane, in the southern part of Poland. Author: dysiu Mylna […]
Tags: altitude, backpacks, cave, cave-entrance, cavities, cavity, corridors, flash-light, good-shoes, high-tatras, hiking-trail, mountain, mud, narrow-passages, nature, poland, sea-level, slippery-rocks, tatras-mountains, troglobite, tunnels, warm-clothes, western-tatras, zakopane
Categories: Nature, Poland
January 3, 2012
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Orlické hory – a mountain ideal for skiing and hiking in the Czech Republic Updated: January 3, 2020 | By Claire | More Protected landscape area of Orlické hory (literal translation – Eagle Mountains) is located in the north-eastern part of the Czech Republic and is composed of over 50 km long ridge with altitudes […]
Tags: altitudes, baroque-castle, countess, cross-country-skiing, czech-republic, eagle-mountains, eleonor, fascist-germany, german-border, historical-monuments, holiday-trip, landscape-area, literal-translation, military-fortifications, mountains, nature, part-of-the-czech-republic, plants-and-animals, protected-species, renaissance-castles, ski-resorts, sport-lover, virgin-mary
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature