Words cannot prepare you for the first sight of Meteora. Enormous pillars of rock rise straight out of the earth like the fingers of a buried giant reaching for the sky. Perched impossibly on top of these stone monuments sit monasteries built by monks who sought solitude with God. A rope ladder was once the […]
The Pieniny Mountains rise dramatically from the valley of the Dunajec River, their limestone peaks creating a landscape of extraordinary natural beauty on the border between Slovakia and Poland. Despite being the smallest and second oldest national park in Slovakia, established in 1967 and covering just 37 square kilometres, the Pieniny National Park is one […]
Categories: National Parks, Nature, Nature, Slovakia
