Moldoveanu Peak (2544m) – the highest mountain of Romania

May 15, 2011 by europeexplored No Comments

Moldoveanu Peak is the roof of Romania — at 2,544 metres it crowns the Făgăraș Mountains, the country’s highest and most dramatic range. Often called ‘the Transylvanian Alps’, the Făgăraș offer some of the most spectacular ridge hiking in Europe, with Moldoveanu as the ultimate prize for anyone seeking the peak of Romanian adventure travel. […]

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Biggest Ice hotel in the world – Sleep well in -5 °C | Sweden

March 3, 2011 by europeexplored No Comments

The Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Swedish Lapland, is the world’s original and largest hotel made of ice and snow — a ephemeral masterpiece of frozen architecture and art, 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, where visitors sleep in thermal sleeping bags on beds of ice at -5°C in individually sculpted Art Suites designed by artists […]

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