January 24, 2012
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Ötztal – ski on exclusive slopes with a great elevation in Austria Updated: January 24, 2020 | By Claire | More 65-kilometres long Tyrolean valley Ötztal stretches in the Ötztal Alps massif. On its steep slopes extend exclusive pistes boasting a great elevation. Ötztal, or rather ski resorts that are located in this valley, offer […]
Tags: aqua-park, austria, austrian-alps, cross-country-skiers, cross-country-trails, elevation, glacier, glaciers, gries, icing-on-the-cake, kilometers, luxury-resort, obergurgl, off-piste, sea-level, ski, ski-activities, ski-resort, ski-resorts, ski-slopes, skiers, small-resorts, steep-slopes, water-park, winter-sports
Categories: Austria, Wellness, Relax & Sports
January 7, 2012
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Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park – the third largest national park in Finland Updated: January 7, 2020 | By Claire | More Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park is located in Finland, in the northern part of country, in western Lapland, near the town of Enontekiö. It is the third largest national park in Finland with a total area of […]
Tags: altitude, aurora, countryside, cross-country-skiing, europe, finland, forests, hiking-trails, lapland, log-huts, national-park, nature, nature-reserve, northern-lights, pallas, peat-bogs, sea-level
Categories: Finland, Nature
January 3, 2012
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Mylna Cave – awesome place in Western Tatras mountain in Poland Updated: September 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Mylna Cave is the cave located in the Koscieliska Valley in Western Tatras Mountains. The cave is located about 10 km from the town of Zakopane, in the southern part of Poland. Author: dysiu Mylna […]
Tags: altitude, backpacks, cave, cave-entrance, cavities, cavity, corridors, flash-light, good-shoes, high-tatras, hiking-trail, mountain, mud, narrow-passages, nature, poland, sea-level, slippery-rocks, tatras-mountains, troglobite, tunnels, warm-clothes, western-tatras, zakopane
Categories: Nature, Poland
May 31, 2011
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Mažučiai – Largest Japanese Garden in Europe | Lithuania Updated: May 31, 2020 | By Claire | More Mažučiai (Madzuchai) is a village in Lithuania, lying in the district Kretinga, 3 km west of Darbėnai. However the village has only 23 inhabitants it is world-wide known for the largest Japanese garden in Europe. The creation […]
Tags: aesthetic-elements, altitude, architects, charitable-donations, collaboration, economic-crisis, european-union, garden, hiroshi, inhabitants, japan, japanese-culture, japanese-garden, japanese-gardens, largest-japanese-garden-in-europe, lithuania, lithuanian-state, madzuchai, musicians, nature, sea-level, style-gardens, watanabe, western-style
Categories: Lithuania
May 28, 2011
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Beaufort Castle is one of Luxembourg’s most impressive medieval ruins — a dramatic 12th-century fortress complex perched on a rocky spur in the Mullerthal region, complete with a beautifully preserved Renaissance château built into its walls. Known locally as Buerg Beaufort, this dual-era castle offers visitors a rare opportunity to explore both a medieval fortress […]
Tags: 12th-century, 17th-century, altitude, camping, castle, castle-beaufort, church, church-ruins, forests, gothic-church, little-switzerland, luxembourg, monuments, renaissance-castle, roman-village, sea-level, summer-resort, swimming-pool, youth-hostel
Categories: Luxembourg, Sights
May 13, 2011
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Arta Caves – a popular cave system on the island of Mallorca | Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Arta Caves (Cuevas de Arta) is a popular cave system on the island of Mallorca. It is located on the east coast, about 70 km from the capital city of Palma de […]
Tags: alexandre-dumas, arta-caves, cave, cave-system, caves, caves-of-arta, center-of-the-earth, cuevas-de-arta, german-view, island, journey-to-the-center, journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth, mallorca, mallorca-spain, natural-attraction, natural-decorations, nature, palma-de-mallorca, paradisio, purgatory, rich-history, sarah-bernhardt, sea-level, smugglers, spain, victor-hugo
Categories: Nature, Spain
May 6, 2011
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Popradské pleso – one of the most popular places in Slovakia Updated: June 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Popradské pleso (1494,3m above sea level) is a mountain lake and lies in the western part of the High Tatras mountains in the middle of Mengusovská valley. Popradské pleso became the starting point for many […]
Tags: 18th-century, 3m, beautiful-scenery, fish-lake, good-starting-point, hectares, high-tatras, lake, matej-bel, mountain-lake, mountains, natural-occurrence, poprad, popradske-pleso, refreshments, rysy, scholar, sea-level, slovakia, slow-walking, sun-rise, tatra-mountains, tatras-mountains, tourists, traditional-meals
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
April 20, 2011
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Mdina (Silent City) – one of the most popular tourist destinations in Malta Updated: April 20, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More On the south-western part of the island of Malta there is the town of Mdina, which was the capital of Malta until the mid-16th century. However Mdina is not capital city any […]
Tags: 16th-century, arabs, aristocratic-families, aristocrats, baroque-monuments, capital-of-malta, citta-vecchia, city, independent-city, island-of-malta, malta, massive-walls, mdina, medina, middle-ages, moat, most-popular-tourist-destination, permanent-residents, rabat, sea-level, sicily, silent-city, tourist-destinations, town, valletta
Categories: Malta, Sights
March 29, 2011
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Aukštaitija National Park – the oldest and most popular Lithuanian natural treasure Updated: January 15, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Aukštaitija National Park is the oldest and most popular Lithuanian natural treasure. It is spread on an area of 400 km2 and offers untouched paradise full of deep green forests and blue lakes, […]
Tags: aukstaitija, baltic-states, boar, canoeing, deciduous-forests, firs, green-forests, hectares, hikers, kinds-of-birds, landscape, lithuania, marked-trails, maximum-height, national-park, natural-treasure, nature, northern-edge, old-pines, rare-rock, sceneries, sea-eagles, sea-level, seven-islands, untouched-paradise
Categories: Lithuania, Nature
February 25, 2011
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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 […]
Tags: caldera, capileira, climb-mulhacen, europe, glacier, granada, highest-mountain, iberian-peninsula, mountain, mulhacen, nature, northern-slope, sea-level, sierra-nevada, sierra-nevada-mountain, sierra-nevada-mountain-range, single-day, spain, the-highest-peak-in-spain
Categories: Nature, Spain