High above the Our River valley, the silhouette of Vianden Castle commands the skyline of the small Luxembourgish town below. Its towers and battlements rise with a grandeur that speaks of medieval power and romantic restoration. The castle underwent extensive reconstruction in the twentieth century, returning it to its former glory as one of the […]
Categories: Luxembourg, Sights
Comino is the smallest of Malta’s inhabited islands, and the Blue Lagoon is its crown jewel. The water here is a shade of turquoise that looks edited in photographs. It is not. The lagoon sits in a natural inlet where the shallow sand bottom reflects the Mediterranean light upward, creating a swimming pool effect that […]
Portoferraio curves around a natural harbour on the northern coast of Elba. White buildings climb the hillsides beneath the gaze of ancient fortresses. Napoleon spent his first exile here, and his presence lingers in the Villa dei Mulini and the Villa San Martino. Ferries from the mainland arrive daily, disgorging travellers eager to explore the […]
Categories: Cities, Islands, Italy, Nature, Nature, Sights, Sights
Hornbaek sits along the Danish Riviera, a stretch of coast that draws Copenhagen residents seeking salt air and sandy shores. The town earned its nickname Danish Saint-Tropez for the fashionable crowd that gathers here each summer. White yachts bob in the small harbour. Ice cream shops and seafood restaurants line the main street. The beach […]
Categories: Denmark, Nature, Sights, Virtual Travel
The wind picks up reliably every afternoon on the bay of Vassiliki. Parents strap harnesses onto their children while instructors shout advice over the gusting breeze. On the Ionian island of Lefkada, this sheltered stretch of water has become a classroom for families learning to windsurf together. Beginners wobble across the chop on wide boards […]
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 […]
Rhodes is one of the most spectacular Greek islands, a sun-drenched island in the southeastern Aegean where a magnificent UNESCO-listed medieval Old Town (the largest and best-preserved walled city in Europe), stunning beaches, and the legacy of the Knights Hospitaller combine to create one of the Mediterranean’s most rewarding island destinations. Known as the Island […]
The water inside the Blue Grotto glows with an electric blue that seems to come from another world. Sunlight enters through an underwater cavity and reflects off the white sand below, illuminating the sea cave in shades of silver and cobalt. Small boats carry visitors into the main arch, where the rock walls rise above […]
The Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina is 100 kilometres of Portugal’s wildest, most beautiful coastline and the best place in Europe to find a beach entirely to yourself, even in August. Stretching from Porto Covo in the Alentejo down to Burgau in the Algarve, this protected natural park encompasses cliffs that drop […]
