Protected Landscape Area of the Eastern Carpathians in Slovakia Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Protected Landscape Area of the Eastern Carpathians (or in Slovak Chránená krajinná oblasť Východné Karpaty) is bordering the north-western part of the original territory of the national park Poloniny. The area is built of flysch formations, mainly […]
Møns Klint is Denmark’s most dramatic natural wonder — a 6-kilometre stretch of brilliant white chalk cliffs rising 128 metres above the turquoise Baltic Sea on the island of Møn. Formed from the fossilised shells of microscopic coccolithophores over 70 million years ago, these gleaming cliffs offer one of northern Europe’s most breathtaking coastal landscapes, […]
Thayatal National Park is one of Austria’s most beautiful but least-known protected areas — a dramatic 13-kilometre-long valley on the Czech border where the Thaya River has carved a deep, meandering canyon through ancient metamorphic rock, creating a richly forested landscape that is home to wildcats, black storks, and over 40 species of orchid. Together […]
Hoge Veluwe National Park is the Netherlands’ largest and most diverse protected area — a stunning 5,400-hectare mosaic of heathland, shifting sand dunes, and ancient woodland in the province of Gelderland that contains one of the world’s great art collections inside the park: the Kröller-Müller Museum, home to the second-largest collection of Van Gogh paintings […]
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Danube-Auen National Park is one of Europe’s last remaining large-scale floodplain ecosystems — a 9,300-hectare protected natural paradise of meandering river channels, old-growth riparian forest, and vast water meadows stretching along the Danube between Vienna and Bratislava. One of Austria’s six national parks and part of the transboundary Ramsar wetland complex shared with Slovakia, the […]
Nockberge National Park is one of Austria’s most distinctive protected areas — a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the state of Carinthia whose gently rounded, grass-covered mountains (the “Nocke”) create a landscape unlike anywhere else in the Alps: vast rolling alpine pastures dotted with traditional wooden huts, rare wildflowers, and spectacular panoramic roads that have earned […]
Parco dell’Uccellina – oasis full of natural beauty in Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More Located in Tuscany, Italy as part of the Parco Naturale della Maremma, the Parco dell’Uccellina has grown to become a very popular tourist destination. The Parco dell’Uccellina is a nature reserve that is dedicated to some […]
Rila Monastery is Bulgaria’s most sacred and visually spectacular site — a UNESCO World Heritage monastery hidden in the deep forests of the Rila Mountains, whose striped black-and-white arcades, golden domes, and vivid frescoes form the spiritual and architectural crown jewel of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Founded in the 10th century by the hermit Saint […]
Poloniny National Park is Slovakia’s most remote and wild protected area — a UNESCO-listed wilderness of primeval beech forests, high mountain meadows (poloniny), and traditional wooden churches in the far northeast of the country, where the borders of Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine meet. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site as part of the “Ancient and […]
Krkonoše National Park (Karkonosze in Polish) is the oldest national park in the Czech Republic and one of Central Europe’s most beloved mountain destinations — a dramatic granite and schist range on the Czech-Polish border whose highest peak, Sněžka (1,603m), crowns a landscape of glacial cirques, alpine meadows, and the unique subarctic tundra ecosystem that […]
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