Sopot Pier (Molo w Sopocie) is the longest wooden pier in Europe, an elegant 511.5-metre structure extending into the Baltic Sea from one of Poland’s most glamorous seaside resorts, offering panoramic views of the Gulf of Gdańsk and a quintessential Polish seaside experience that has drawn visitors since the 1820s. Part of the Tri-City metropolitan […]
Santa Claus Village is one of Finland’s most popular tourist attractions, a Christmas-themed amusement park and shopping complex located on the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland, where visitors can meet Santa Claus himself every day of the year, cross the Arctic Circle line on the village grounds, and send postcards with the official […]
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Finland
Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Pernštejn Castle is one of the most visited castles in Moravia, Czech republic, which attracts lots of tourists. It is situated on the cliff above the city Nedvedice. The castle rises nearly 8 centuries and throughout its history has never been conquered. Its majestic towers […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights, Sights
Rupite is one of Bulgaria’s most enigmatic destinations, an extinct volcano crater in the shadow of the Kozhuh Mountain, where steaming mineral springs, otherworldly rock formations, and the spiritual legacy of the controversial mystic Baba Vanga converge into a landscape unlike anywhere else in Europe. Located near the Greek and North Macedonian borders, Rupite combines […]
Updated: May 18, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More If you take the ferry from Helsingør to Helsinborg, it is hard to miss the fortified castle of Kronborg at the coast. It became famous mainly because its corridors and rooms were used for William Shakespeare tragedy Hamlet. It is known as Elsinor in […]
Ischia and Procida are the two often-overlooked gems of the Bay of Naples, Ischia, the thermal spa island of volcanic origins with its dramatic Aragonese Castle rising from the sea, and Procida, a tiny, impossibly colourful fishing island that was Italy’s Capital of Culture in 2022 and remains one of the most authentically beautiful places […]
Kmeťov vodopád (Kmeť’s Waterfall) is the highest waterfall in Slovakia, a spectacular 80-metre cascade in the remote Kôprova Valley (Kôprová dolina) of the High Tatras, plunging down a near-vertical granite wall in one of the Tatra National Park’s most pristine and less-visited valleys. Named after the Slovak botanist and ethnographer Andrej Kmeť, this waterfall is […]
Categories: Nature, Nature, Slovakia, Waterfalls
Pärnu is Estonia’s “Summer Capital”, a charming Baltic seaside city with a 3-kilometre white sand beach, a beautifully preserved 19th-century spa quarter of tree-lined avenues and wooden villas, and a laid-back cultural scene that transforms the city into Estonia’s most popular holiday destination every summer. With a history as a Hanseatic trading port and a […]
Møns Klint is Denmark’s most dramatic natural wonder, a 6-kilometre stretch of brilliant white chalk cliffs rising 128 metres above the turquoise Baltic Sea on the island of Møn. Formed from the fossilised shells of microscopic coccolithophores over 70 million years ago, these gleaming cliffs offer one of northern Europe’s most breathtaking coastal landscapes, rich […]
Tongeren is officially the oldest town in Belgium, a captivating Roman-founded city in the Flemish province of Limburg where 2,000 years of history are woven into every cobblestone street, medieval rampart, and Roman archaeological find. Best known today for its sprawling Sunday antiques market, the largest in the Benelux, Tongeren offers a perfect blend of […]
