May 10, 2011
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Carvoeiro – the most fantastic beaches in the Algarve, Portugal Updated: May 9, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Carvoeiro is a small resort in Portugal, located in the southern part of the country, in the Algarve region, near Portimao. At present it has about 3,000 inhabitants. The town attracts visitors primarily for its […]
Tags: alagar, algarve, algarve-portugal, algarve-region, beach, carvalho, carvoeiro, caves, city, faro, fishing-village, golf-golf-course, inhabitants, labyrinth, limestone-cliffs, medieval-name, nature, o-castelo, picturesque-village, pillars, portimao, portugal, railway-station, town, water-sports
Categories: Nature, Portugal
April 15, 2011
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Millau Viaduct – the tallest bridge in the world | France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More When you drive through the French A75 highway which connects Paris with Barcelona, you cannot miss the technical gem in the form of the highest bridge in the world – Millau Viaduct. The bridge crosses […]
Tags: a75, bridge, bridge-engineer, british-architect, construction-work, france, french-bridge, highest-bridge, highest-bridge-in-europe, highest-bridge-in-the-world, lord-norman-foster, maximum-height, michel-virlogeux, millau-viaduct, pillar, pillars, river-tarn, roadway, ropes, southern-france, tallest-bridge, tallest-bridge-in-the-world, technical-structure, traffic-load, weather-conditions
Categories: France, Sights, Virtual Travel
March 4, 2011
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The Stone Bridge in Písek is the oldest surviving bridge in Central Europe — a magnificent 13th-century Gothic structure spanning the Otava River in southern Bohemia, predating Prague’s famous Charles Bridge by nearly a century. Built around 1270 under King Ottokar II of Bohemia, this 111-metre bridge of seven arches has survived floods, wars, and […]
Tags: 13th-century, 18th-century, bohemian, central-europe, charles-bridge, czech-republic, disastrous-flood, gothic-bridge, granite-blocks, monuments, old-bridge, oldest-bridge, oldest-bridge-in-central-europe, otava, pillars, pisek, reconstruction, sculptures, segment, seven-arches, statues, stone-bridge
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
June 18, 2010
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Grand Canyon of Verdon in France – the biggest canyon in Europe Updated: April 26, 2020 | By Claire | More When it comes to visiting France, there is just so many different things that you can see and do, which will keep you busy for days. While many people choose to visit Paris as […]
Tags: 20m, canyon, castellane, eastern-france, france, french-riviera, gorge, gorges-du-verdon, grand-canyon, grand-canyon-du-verdon, inflatable-boats, kayaks, kilometers, lac-de-sainte-croix, limestone-walls, moustiers-sainte-marie, multi-pitch, nature, pillars, ravine, rock-climbers, sainte-croix-du-verdon, technical-nature, verdon, verdon-gorge
Categories: France, Nature
June 3, 2010
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Ritten Earth Pillars – natural pyramids in Italy Updated: December 25, 2020 | By Claire | More Just outside of the sleepy little village of Ritten which is located in the South Tyrol region of Italy, you will find some of the most amazing, naturally occurring pillars that can be dated back to more than […]
Tags: alps, boulders, centuries, countless-tourists, earth-pyramids, enchantment, glacial-erosion, glacier, italy, laltopiano, laltopiano-del-renon, last-ice-age, le-piramidi-di-terra-del-renon, legends, nature, pillar, pillars, region-of-italy, remnants, ritten, ritten-earth-pillars, rocks, similar-sites, south-tirol, south-tyrol, tyrol-region, weathering-processes
Categories: Italy, Nature
