January 10, 2011
by europeexplored
The Wadden Sea (Waddenzee) is one of the world’s most extraordinary and productive coastal ecosystems — a UNESCO World Heritage tidal flat system stretching 500 kilometres along the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, where 10–12 million migratory birds stop each year to refuel on one of the planet’s greatest avian migration highways. This […]
Tags: biosphere-reserve, coastal-plain, den-helder, dries, dutch-coast, fauna-and-flora, flora-and-fauna, habitat, moist-land, mussels, netherlands, north-sea, outflow, river-ems, shock-waves, snails, tourist-area, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, unique-natural-habitat, wadden-sea, waddenzee
Categories: Nature, Netherlands
January 7, 2011
by europeexplored
Bardejov is one of Slovakia’s best-preserved medieval cities — a UNESCO World Heritage jewel in the north-eastern Šariš region whose perfectly intact central square (Radničné námestie), ringed by 46 colourful burgher houses and dominated by the magnificent Gothic Basilica of St. Egidius, is considered one of the finest medieval urban ensembles in Central Europe. Along […]
Tags: 14th-century, 15th-century, 18th-century, bardejov, bardejovske-kupele, city, craft-center, exhibitions, historic-city, historical-monuments, inhabitants, renaissance-style, saris, skanzen, slovak-village, slovakia, spa, town, town-hall, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
June 23, 2010
by europeexplored
Banská Štiavnica – rich golden town in Slovakia Updated: June 29, 2020 | By Claire | More One of Slovak sights which are included in UNESCO World Heritage List is a town of Banská Štiavnica, lying in the valley of Štiavnica Hills. Its growth and wealth are linked to the mining industry, mainly in the […]
Tags: assumption-of-the-virgin, assumption-of-the-virgin-mary, banska-stiavnica, basilicas, city, coat-of-arms, deep-roots, developing-science, fortifications, mining-areas, mining-industry, mining-tools, precious-metals, rich-houses, silver-and-gold, slovakia, st-catherine, townsmen, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, written-evidence
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
June 9, 2010
by europeexplored
Meteora mountain – one of the most memorable places in Greece Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More One of the most memorable places in Greece is a beautiful monastery complex of Metéora. It is located in northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly. From here to a height of 400 meters […]
Tags: athanasios, church-officials, cretan, greece, magical-place, memorable-places, meteora, meteoro, monasteries, monks-and-nuns, mount-athos, mountain, nature, northwestern-edge, religious-center, rocky-peaks, sandstone-cliffs, strange-formations, thessaly, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, world-war-ii
Categories: Greece, Nature, Sights
May 19, 2010
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Cinque Terre – national park in Italy Updated: November 10, 2020 | By Claire | More Protected Landscape Area of Cinque Terre is made up of a wild and rocky coast. Its name got from the five villages, which are built on the edge of cliffs. They are Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and […]
Tags: apartment-blocks, cinque-terre, coastal-villages, corniglia, crooked-streets, hotels, italy, liguria, manarola, monterosso, old-houses, riomaggiore, sea-level, slope, tuscany, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, vernazza, world-charm
Categories: Italy, Nature, Virtual Travel
May 12, 2010
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Levoča is one of Slovakia’s most precious heritage towns — a remarkably preserved medieval trading city in the Spiš region whose Church of St. James houses the tallest wooden altar in the world (18.62 metres), a masterpiece of late Gothic carving by the legendary Master Paul of Levoča that is, astonishingly, 500 years old and […]
Tags: 15th-century, altar, burgher, charming-medieval-town, city, ctown, frescoes, gothic-cathedral, highest-altar-in-the-world, historical-monuments, inhabitants, largest-preserved-medieval-town-square-in-europe, levoca, magnificent-city, renaissance-styles, slovak-republic, slovakia, south-facade, st-jacob, stone-walls, tourist-destination, town, town-hall, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
May 1, 2010
by europeexplored
Domica Cave is the largest cave in Slovakia and one of the crown jewels of the UNESCO-listed Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst World Heritage site — a vast underground system on the Slovak-Hungarian border featuring magnificent flowstone formations, pagoda-like stalagmites, and a navigable underground river that visitors can explore by boat. Discovered in […]
Tags: admission-price, aggtelek, air-temperature, belianska-cave, boat-ride, boat-trip, cave, caves, domica-cave, hungary, relative-humidity, slovak-karst, slovakia, southern-slovakia, state-boundary, temperature-ranges, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
April 29, 2010
by europeexplored
Dobšinská Ice Cave – the largest ice cave in Slovakia Updated: April 4, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Dobšinská Ice Cave is the largest ice cave in the Slovak Republic and one of the most important and beautiful ice caves in the world. It is located in Stratenská Highlands, on the northern slope […]
Tags: air-circulation, altitude, annual-temperature, cave, cave-ceiling, cave-entrance, cave-floor, cave-system, caves, centuries, cold-air, cubic-meters, discovery, electric-lighting, glaciation, ice-cave, ice-caves, karst, limestone-hill, mechanical-action, mining-engineer, mining-town, national-park, nature, northern-slope, public-skating, slovak-paradise, slovak-republic, slovakia, slovensky-raj, square-meters, stalactite-formations, temperature-average, underground-spaces, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, warm-environment
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
