November 11, 2011
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Gran Canaria – the most diverse island of Canary Islands | Spain Updated: November 15, 2020 | By Claire | More The island of Gran Canaria is the most diverse island of the whole archipelago – Canary Islands. Often referred as a miniature continent, not only because of the diversity of landscape and environment, but […]
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Categories: Nature, Spain
May 27, 2011
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Błędów Desert – a unique desert area in central Europe | Poland Updated: May 3, 2020 | By Claire | More Błędów Desert (or Pustynia Błędowska in Polish) is a unique desert area in central Europe. It is located outside of the city of Olkusz, northwest of Krakow in southern Poland. Błędów Desert covers an […]
Tags: 1-million, 19th-century, african-desert, ancient-legend, bledow-desert, central-europe, church-tower, countryside, desert, desert-area, filmmakers, fortifications, klucze, local-church, melting-glaciers, military-area, mirage, olkusz, poland, sand, sand-dunes, similarity, southern-poland, thirteenth-century, tourist-trail, unique-desert-area-in-central-europe
Categories: Nature, Poland
March 31, 2011
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Kuršių Nerija National Park – Baltic Sahara in Lithuania Updated: August 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Between Russia and Lithuania you can find peninsula called Curonian Spit (Kuršių nerija), where is situated a unique national park with sand dunes – Kuršių Nerija National Park. This sand bridge is 180 km long and it […]
Tags: amber, baltic-sahara, baltic-sea, bridge, curonian-lagoon, first-steps, holiday-resort, kursiu-nerija-national-park, lagoon, landscape, lithuania, national-park, nature, nature-reserve, peninsula, pine-forests, russia, sahara, sand, sand-dunes, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Lithuania, Nature
December 31, 2010
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Aveiro – Venice of Portugal Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Aveiro is a city in Portugal, located in the northwestern part of the country, in the region of Centro. Today there live about 55 000 inhabitants. Aveiro attracts visitors due to its unique atmosphere. Aveiro is often called as the Venice […]
Tags: 15th-century, abundant-vegetation, aveiro, blue-lagoon, city, contrasting-colors, costa-nova, dominican-monastery, historical-buildings, iberian-peninsula, maritime-museum, nature-reserve, nearby-nature, portugal, renowned-museum, salt-mines, sand-dunes, sandy-beach, sao-domingos, surf-lovers, town, typical-sign, venice, venice-of-portugal, vista-alegre, white-houses
Categories: Portugal, Sights
