Dolomites mountain in Italy – one of the most popular ski regions in the Alps

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

The Dolomites are arguably the most beautiful mountain range in the world, a UNESCO World heritage landscape of sheer limestone pinnacles, pastel-coloured rock faces that glow brilliant orange and pink at sunset, and some of the finest skiing, hiking, and via ferrata climbing in the Alps. Stretching across the northeastern Italian regions of Trentino-Alto Adige […]

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Ķemeri National Park – the third largest national park in Latvia

Updated June 19, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Kemeri National Park sprawls across the coastal lowlands of Latvia, a vast wetland wilderness where boardwalks lead through misty moors and sulphur springs bubble up from deep below the surface. Established in 1997 as the third largest national park in Latvia, it protects more than 380 square kilometres of forests, swamps, lakes, and lagoons along […]

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Kuršių Nerija National Park – Baltic Sahara in Lithuania

Updated June 12, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Kuršių Nerija (Curonian Spit) National Park is one of Europe’s most unique landscapes, a 98-kilometre-long, narrow sand dune peninsula shared between Lithuania and Russia’s Kaliningrad region, where massive shifting dunes (some up to 60 metres high), ancient pine forests, and traditional fishing villages create a UNESCO World heritage landscape that is often called the Baltic […]

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Island of Elba – pearl of the Tuscan Archipelago

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Updated: May 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Elba is one of the most beautiful islands of Italy with crystal clear water. It is the third largest island of Italy – after Sicily and Sardinia. Its capital city is Portoferraio which is the largest city of Elba. The island is situated about 20km west […]

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Mata Nacional do Buçaco – protected area in Portugal

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Deep in the hills of central Portugal, the Mata Nacional do Buçaco, or Bussaco National Forest, is one of the most remarkable and romanticised forests in Europe. Enclosed within a 105-hectare wall, this ancient woodland has been carefully managed by monastic orders for over 400 years, preserving a unique collection of native and exotic trees […]

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Climb Mulhacen in Sierra Nevada – the highest peak in Spain

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Mulhacén is mainland Spain\’s highest peak, a 3,479-metre giant in the Sierra Nevada range of Andalusia, and remarkably, one of the most accessible major summits in Europe. Unlike the technical climbs of the Alps, Mulhacén can be hiked in a single (long) day by any reasonably fit walker, with the reward of panoramic views stretching […]

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Las Médulas in Spain – the most important gold mine in the Roman Empire

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Las Médulas is one of the most extraordinary human-altered landscapes in the world, a UNESCO World heritage site in the province of León, Spain, where the largest open-pit gold mine in the Roman Empire transformed a mountain into a surreal landscape of jagged red-orange peaks, deep ravines, and chestnut groves that looks more like a […]

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Pančava waterfall – the highest waterfall in the Czech republic

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Pančava Waterfall is the highest cascade in the Czech Republic, tumbling 148 metres down a rocky amphitheatre in the heart of the Krkonoše Mountains. Fed by the Pančava stream and surrounded by subarctic tundra vegetation found nowhere else in Central Europe, it\’s a breathtaking sight that rewards those willing to hike into the country\’s highest […]

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Pollino National Park – largest national park in Italy

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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 Pollino and Orsomarso […]

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Vrtoglavica Cave – cave with the deepest single vertical drop (pitch) in the world | Slovenia

Updated June 19, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Deep beneath the Slovenian countryside lies one of the most extraordinary geological features in Europe: the Vrtoglavica Cave, home to the deepest single vertical drop of any cave pit in the world. The main shaft plunges 603 metres in a single, breathtaking drop, creating a space so vast that the entire Eiffel Tower could fit […]

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