12th century gothic Castle Loket with historical village in Czech republic

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Loket Castle is one of the Czech Republic’s most dramatically situated medieval fortresses, a 12th-century Gothic castle perched on a granite rock surrounded on three sides by the Ohře River, in the charming little town of Loket near Karlovy Vary in western Bohemia. With its well-preserved medieval interiors, gruesome torture chamber exhibition, and a famous […]

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Categories: Czech Republic, Sights, Sights

Savica Waterfall – the most famous waterfall in all of Slovenia

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Slovenia contains over 300 known waterfalls across its 20,273 square kilometres, a density matched by few countries in Europe, and the Savica Waterfall in Triglav National Park is the most famous of them all, a 78-metre double cascade that plunges into an emerald pool at the head of the Soča Valley, a place where the […]

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Categories: Nature, Slovenia