February 2, 2012
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Giglio – a small but beautiful island in the Mediterranean Sea | Italy Updated: February 5, 2020 | By Claire | More Giglio is a small but beautiful island in the Mediterranean Sea, which together with the neighbouring isle of Giannutri belongs to the Italian region of Tuscany. You can find it about 50 km […]
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Categories: Italy, Nature
January 10, 2012
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Pieniny – the smallest and second oldest national park in Slovakia Updated: January 10, 2020 | By Claire | More East of the rocky peaks of the High Tatras mountains lies the picturesque and extremely attractive natural scenery of Pieniny National Park (Pieninský národný park – PIENAP). It is spread at the Slovak-Polish border and […]
Tags: beautiful-nature, cave-systems, climate-fluctuations, cretaceous-limestones, forest-villages, garrigue, high-tatras, horse-drawn-carriages, masaryk, mountain-streams, national-park, natural-scenery, natural-treasures, nature, pieniny-national-park, polish-border, remarkable-rock, rock-formations, rocky-peaks, shales, slovakia, square-kilometres, tatras-mountains
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
December 25, 2011
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La Gomera – a volcanic island in the Canary archipelago | Spain Updated: December 25, 2020 | By Claire | More La Gomera is a volcanic island and the second smallest island of the Spanish Canary Islands. One third of the island is a part of the Garajonay national park (Parque nacional de Garajonay), which […]
Tags: canary-islands, dry-climate, el-silbo, garajonay-national-park, green-forests, island, la-gomera, laurel-forest, lush-vegetation, national-park, nature, northeastern-slopes, parque-nacional-de-garajonay, pleasant-holiday, reaching-heights, spain, spanish-canary-islands, square-kilometres, tree-heath, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, walking-through-the-jungle, water-regime, wet-climate
Categories: Nature, Spain
May 23, 2011
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Koli National Park – one of Finland’s best known national landscapes Updated: May 25, 2020 | By Claire | More Koli National Park (Finnish: Kolin kansallispuisto) is one of the best known protected areas in Finland. It lies on the eastern part of the country, on the southwestern shore of Lake Pielinen. Koli National Park […]
Tags: advanced-skiers, bears, beautiful-view, eskers, finland, forested-hills, hiking-trails, koli, koli-national-park, lake-pielinen, mainland, national-park, nature, one-of-finland-best-known-national-landscapes, pine-forests, sandy-islands, siliceous-rocks, southwestern-shore, square-kilometres, two-ski-resorts
Categories: Finland, Nature
May 18, 2011
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Koufonisia – the most popular islands in the Aegean Sea | Greece Updated: May 18, 2020 | By Claire | 3 Replies More Koufonisia are three well known islands – Kato (Lower) Koufonisi, Pano (Upper) Koufonisi, and Keros – in the Aegean Sea belonging to Greece. They are an important historic part of the complex […]
Tags: archaeological-findings, bronze-age-civilization, cyclades-islands, excavations, greece, islands-2, islands-in-the-aegean, kato, koufonisi, koufonisia, minoan-civilization, nature, prehistoric-times, remarkable-architecture, sailors, sea-site, sheep-farming, southwest-coast, square-kilometres, the-most-popular-tourist-islands-in-the-aegean-sea, typical-examples, venetians, virgin-mary
Categories: Greece, Nature
July 23, 2010
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Durdle Door natural wonder on the Jurassic Coast | United Kingdom Updated: January 7, 2020 | By Claire | More Just outside of Dorset, England, along the famous Jurassic Coast is where you will find the Durdle Door. Over the years the natural limestone arch has attracted countless visitors to the area. While the geological […]
Tags: a35, best-destinations, brown-signs, bustle, car-parking, castles, countless-visitors, division-bell, dorset, dorset-coast, dorset-england, dorset-england-uk, durdle-door, east-devon, english-countryside, english-word, footpath, geological-formation, holiday-park, jurassic-coast, ladram-bay, landmarks, life-in-london, limestone-rock, limestones, lulworth, mackenzie, mammoth-size, natural-limestone, natural-wonders, nature, pink-floyd, pink-floyd-fans, rock-arch, rock-formation, rocks, sea-stack, square-kilometres, steep-steps, tears-for-fears, united-kingdom, walkers, welds
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
July 22, 2010
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Gower Peninsula – Amazing Natural Beauty You’ll Never Forget | Wales, UK Updated: January 8, 2020 | By Claire | More You will find the Gower Peninsula in South Wales where it shoots out into the Bristol Channel. The Gower Peninsula covers a total area of just over seventy square kilometres. It is a very […]
Tags: archaeological-discoveries, area-of-outstanding-natural-beauty, bristol-channel, bronze-age, burial-chambers, central-portion, glamorgan, gower-peninsula, hole-cave, lordship, massive-rocks, medieval-period, menhirs, nature, neolithic-period, norman-castle, paviland-cave, peninsula-south, south-wales-uk, south-west-coast, square-kilometres, swansea-bay, three-cliffs-bay, united-kingdom, wales
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
May 26, 2010
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Danube Delta in Romania – second largest delta in Europe Updated: February 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Perhaps one of the most famous rivers in all of Europe is that of the Danube River. And although the river meanders its way through much of continent, it is in the nation of Romania, […]
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Categories: Nature, Romania
May 2, 2010
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Triglav Mountain & The Julian Alps in Slovenia Updated: April 4, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More At the north-western part of Slovenia, in the Julian Alps, stretches Triglav National Park, which is the only national park in the country. Got its name after the highest mountain Triglav, which rises above the surrounding peaks […]
Tags: alpi-giulie, alpine-world, claire-caesar, dinaric-alps, dolomites, freshwater-area, friuli, glacial-lakes, glacial-origin, highest-mountain, julian-alps, julijske-alpe, karst, lake-bohinj, map, mountain, mountains, nature, nature-lovers, northern-italy, northwest-edge, perfect-mountain, plants-and-animals, protected-areas, rare-plants, slovene, slovenia, square-kilometres, steep-cliffs, triglav, triglav-national-park, walking-holiday
Categories: Nature, Slovenia
April 29, 2010
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Luxembourg – green heart of Europe Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Luxembourg is a landlocked country located in Western Europe, bordering Germany, Belgium and France. North part of the country is covered by barren land Oesling with hills reaching 400-500 meters. At the south is the fertile land Gutland […]
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