National Park Podyjí is one of Central Europe’s best-kept secrets — a breathtaking expanse of near-pristine forest carved by the deep meandering Dyje River along the Czech-Austrian border. This compact park packs an extraordinary punch: dramatic river canyon views, ancient oak woodlands, rare steppe grasslands, and over 65km of well-marked trails. It’s a paradise for […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature
Neusiedler See (Lake Neusiedl) is Central Europe’s largest endorheic lake and a cross-border UNESCO World Heritage site shared between Austria and Hungary — a vast, shimmering steppe lake of extraordinary biodiversity where rare birds, traditional vineyards, and a unique Pannonian culture create one of Europe’s most surprising natural and cultural landscapes. The adjacent Seewinkel National […]
Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês – crown jewel of Portugal’s national parks Updated: August 17, 2020 | By Claire | More Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês (The Peneda-Gerês National Park), also known as Gerês, is the only national park in Portugal (however there are many natural parks, protected landscapes, and reserves across the nation). It is 703km2 […]
Šumava National Park is the Czech Republic’s largest protected area — an immense expanse of ancient forest, peat bogs, and glacial lakes along the Bavarian border that forms the green heart of Central Europe and one of the continent’s most important wilderness landscapes. Known in German as the Böhmerwald (Bohemian Forest), Šumava is a UNESCO […]
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The white chalk cliffs of Jasmund National Park on Germany’s Rügen Island are one of northern Europe’s most dramatic coastal landscapes — gleaming white Cretaceous cliffs rising 118 metres above the Baltic Sea from ancient beech forest, immortalised in the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich and now a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Königsstuhl (King’s […]
Veľká Fatra National Park in Slovakia – popular tourist destination for hikers and trekkers Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Veľká Fatra National Park lies in central Slovakia – in Žilina and Banská Bystrica Region. The National Park was declared on 1 April 2002 as an upgrade of the Protected Landscape […]
Słowiński National Park is one of Poland’s most extraordinary natural landscapes — a UNESCO World Heritage coastal reserve on the Baltic Sea whose defining feature is its shifting sand dunes, massive golden mountains of sand up to 42 metres high that move inland at a rate of 3–10 metres per year, slowly consuming the pine […]
Cascate delle Marmore – the world’s biggest and oldest human-made waterfall paradise | Italy Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More Created back in the days of the great Roman Empire, the manmade falls known as Cascate delle Marmore were created. At more than 165 meters in height, the Marmore’s Falls is one […]
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, […]
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 […]
