January 11, 2012
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Oberstdorf – south-Bavarian hiking and skiing resort in Germany Updated: January 11, 2020 | By Claire | More Oberstdorf is a hiking and skiing center located in Bavarian Alps, in the south of Germany. It boats an annual average of 2.5 million visitors, and is famous mainly because of ski jumping hills at the foot […]
Tags: alpine-peaks, bavaria, bavarian-alps, deep-snow, descents, downhill-slope, euro-32, extreme-sports, fellhorn-kanzelwand, germany, hiking, ifen, jumping-hills, mountains, nature, overflows, resort, rugged-trails, ski-areas, ski-jump, skibus, skiing, snowboard-parks, snowboarders, south-of-germany, spa-and-wellness, wellness-activities
Categories: Germany, Nature, Wellness, Relax & Sports
May 2, 2011
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Dupnitsa is known as The Green and Shady Town of Bulgaria — a pleasant foothill settlement at the base of the Rila Mountains, blessed with shady tree-lined streets, a strategic location between Sofia and the Rila Monastery, and a relaxed, unpretentious charm that makes it an excellent base for exploring some of Bulgaria’s greatest natural […]
Tags: ancient-roman-town, art-gallery, banya, bulgaria, churches, city, clock-tower, dupnitsa, inhabitants, italians, little-italy, map, monastery, rila-mountains, skiing, spa, the-green-and-shady-town, town, town-of-germania, trees
Categories: Bulgaria, Sights, Wellness, Relax & Sports
April 29, 2011
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Rifflsee is the highest lake in Austria — a shimmering alpine tarn at 2,232 metres in the Ötztal Alps of Tyrol, surrounded by 3,000-metre peaks and accessible year-round via cable car from the Pitztal Glacier ski area. In summer, its crystal-clear waters reflect the surrounding mountains in one of the most photogenic alpine settings in […]
Tags: alpine-lake, alps, altitude, austria, austrian-alps, cable-car, cableway, complexity, highest-situated-lake-in-austria, innsbruck, lake, magnificent-view, mountain-hikes, mountains, panoramic-terrace, rifflsee-lake, skiers, skiing, young-cyclists
Categories: Austria, Nature, Wellness, Relax & Sports
February 17, 2011
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Mud Olympics and Wattstock Music Festival in Brunsbüttel, Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More The Mud Olympics with Wattstock Music Festival in Germany is a famous music festival that usually takes place in late August in the Brunsbüttel town, located on the north-western part of Germany, and lies on the mouth […]
Tags: bicycle-races, elbe, elbe-river, europe, famous-music, festival, german-mud, germany, july-23rd, late-august, mud-festival-germany, mud-football, mud-tug-o-war, mud-volleyball, music-festival, olympics, prizes, skiing, sport-games
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Germany
February 16, 2011
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Val d’Ese is Corsica’s premier ski resort — an unlikely Alpine-style winter sports destination set on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, where you can ski with views of the sea at altitudes up to 2,350 metres in the rugged mountains of the Corsican interior. One of France’s most unusual ski areas, Val d’Ese proves that […]
Tags: 1970s, altitude, car-parks, city-of-corsica, corsica, corsica-france, france, infrastructure, nature, plateau, restaurants, ski-rental, ski-resort, ski-resort-val-d, ski-slopes, skiing, val-dese
Categories: France, Wellness, Relax & Sports
January 25, 2011
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Mullsjö Alpin – one of the best ski resorts in Sweden Updated: April 5, 2020 | By Claire | More Mullsjö Alpin is one of the best ski resorts in Sweden. It is located in the southern part of the country, northwest of Lake Vättern, about 20 km west of Mullsjö. Mullsjö Alpine Ski Center […]
Tags: accommodation, adults, alpine-resort, alpine-ski-center, best-ski-resorts, best-skiing-destinations, carrying-capacity, conveyor-belt, country-northwest, monday-to-friday, mullsjo-alpin, nature, school-ski, sek, ski, ski-equipment, ski-pass, ski-school, ski-slopes, skiing, sport, sweden
Categories: Sweden, Wellness, Relax & Sports
November 10, 2010
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Best European skiing destinations Updated: January 4, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Have you already started to choose some good skiing destination for this winter? We had. Here are some of the possibilities that we suppose to be the best skiing destinations in Europe. France – Offers the best value for money […]
Tags: austria, beautiful-mountain, best-ski-resorts, carrying-capacity, cortina-d-ampezzo, courchevel-1850, dolomites, europe, europe-france, four-villages, france, international-atmosphere, italy, local-architecture, monte-cristallo, mountain-sceneries, mountains, national-park, olympic-winter-games, parc-national-de-la-vanoise, quality-ski, ski, ski-resort, ski-resorts-in-france, ski-slopes, ski-tows, skiing, snow, switzerland, wooden-houses
Categories: Austria, France, Italy, Wellness, Relax & Sports
October 1, 2010
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Dumme Mosse – nature reserve and one of the largest wetlands in Sweden Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Dumme Mosse Nature Reserve is fairly unspoilt and one of the largest wetlands in Sweden, located a few miles west of Jönköping. This is a huge area of wetlands (approx. 3,500 ha), where […]
Tags: contaminated-water, deposition, drainage, dumme-mosse, ecological-perspective, golden-plover, insects, moss, native-vegetation, nature, nature-reserve, nitrogen, open-meadows, peat-extraction, plaintive-cries, plant-species, protected-landscape-area, recreation-area, skiing, sweden, swedish-mud, time-act, wooded-swamps
Categories: Nature, Sweden