Updated June 19, 2026 by europeexplored
\n \n\n Updated: June 10, 2020 |\n\n\nBy Claire \n\n| \n\n\nMore\n\n \n \n \n \n Jasovská cave (or Jasovská jaskyňa in Slovak) is located in the Slovak Karst, near the village Jasov, in the south-eastern part of the Slovak Republic. The cave has been known since time immemorial. There were found artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Ochtinská Aragonite Cave is one of the rarest cave systems in the world, one of only three aragonite caves on the planet open to the public, located in the Slovak Karst region of central Slovakia, where delicate needle-like crystals of aragonite (a rare polymorph of calcium carbonate) create surreal, star-like formations on the cave walls […]
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Updated June 19, 2026 by europeexplored
The turquoise waters lapping against the granite cliffs of Corsica are so clear that you can see the seabed 15 metres below. This island, known as the Isle of Beauty, rises from the Mediterranean like a mountain range submerged by the sea, its rugged peaks, dense maquis forests, and pristine coastline creating one of the […]
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Updated June 11, 2026 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 vast […]
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Updated June 11, 2026 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 with […]
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Categories: Cities, Sights, Sights, Slovakia
Updated June 11, 2026 by europeexplored
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 still […]
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Updated June 11, 2026 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 1926 […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Dobšinská Ice Cave is not just the largest ice cave in Slovakia. It is the first cave in Europe to have electric lighting, switched on in 1887, just a year after its public opening, and a full decade before most European cities had streetlights. The cave sits on the northern slope of limestone hill Duča […]
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