April 13, 2011
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Pyrenees Mountains – hiking paradise between Spain and France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Pyrenees – wild, scenic and beautiful. This mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain and in spite of many civilization shoots it is still among the best preserved nature areas in Europe. However […]
Tags: deep-forests, deepest-canyons, france, french-side, gavarnie, geological-formations, hiking, hiking-paradise, monte-perdido, mountains, mysterious-caves, natural-border, natural-wealth, nature, nature-areas, pyrenees-mountains, snowy-peaks, spain, spanish-side, steep-cliffs, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, valle-de-ordesa, water-lakes, wild-rapids
Categories: France, Nature, Spain, Virtual Travel
March 31, 2011
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Kuršių Nerija (Curonian Spit) National Park is one of Europe’s most unique landscapes — a 98-kilometre-long, narrow sand dune peninsula shared between Lithuania and Russia’s Kaliningrad region, where massive shifting dunes (some up to 60 metres high), ancient pine forests, and traditional fishing villages create a UNESCO World Heritage landscape that is often called the […]
Tags: amber, baltic-sahara, baltic-sea, bridge, curonian-lagoon, first-steps, holiday-resort, kursiu-nerija-national-park, lagoon, landscape, lithuania, national-park, nature, nature-reserve, peninsula, pine-forests, russia, sahara, sand, sand-dunes, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Lithuania, Nature
March 22, 2011
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Top sights to see in Sofia | Bulgaria Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Sofia is a beautiful metro city in Bulgaria. If you visit Sofia, you find this beautiful city lying at the foot of Vitosha, which is a beautiful mountain in Bulgaria. This capital city of Bulgaria has an excellent […]
Tags: bulgaria, bulgaria-capital, bulgarian-history, byzantine-church, capital, cyril-and-methodius, historical-buildings, medieval-church, metro-city, natural-charisma, oldest-cities, open-sky, petka, russian-church, saddlers, sofia, sofia-church, sofia-city, st-sofia, top-sights, top-sights-in-sofia, tourist-spot, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, vitosha
Categories: Bulgaria, Sights
March 6, 2011
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Pena National Palace (Palácio Nacional da Pena) is one of the most extraordinary royal residences in Europe — a riotously colourful Romanticist castle perched atop a rocky peak in the Sintra mountains above Lisbon, whose vivid yellow and red towers, ornate Manueline stonework, and eclectic blend of Gothic, Moorish, Renaissance, and Manueline architectural styles make […]
Tags: 19th-century, da-pena, government-officials, history, lisbon, middle-ages, monastery, palace, pena-national-palace, portugal, seven-wonders, seven-wonders-of-portugal, sintra, top-of-the-hill, town, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, weather
Categories: Portugal, Sights
February 7, 2011
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Mechelen – first railway on the European continent | Belgium Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Mechelen (Malines in French) is a charming historic city which became in the 16th century the capital of the Netherlands for some time. It is located on the banks of the river Dijle in the northern […]
Tags: banks-of-the-river, beguines, belgium, capital-brussels, capital-of-the-netherlands, cities-in-belgium, city, city-of-antwerp, de-groote, diamond-area, dijle, first-railway-on-the-european-continent, fish-market, flanders-prominent-art-city, flemish-region, gothic-cathedral, grote-markt, high-tower, hot-chocolate, irish-missionaries, iron-age, louvain, malines, mechelen, renaissance-buildings, tourist-place, town, two-bells, typical-atmosphere, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, world-heritage-site
Categories: Belgium, Sights
January 17, 2011
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Corsica – the pearl of Mediterranean Sea | France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Corsica is an island located in the western part of Mediterranean Sea and belongs to France. With its area of 8680 km² is the 4th largest island in Mediterranean Sea. There are more than 250 thousand inhabitants […]
Tags: administrative-center, ancient-greece, bastia-corsica, bonifacio-corsica, carthaginians, corsica, etruscans, france, gulf-port, high-mountains, island, island-of-corsica, largest-island-in-mediterranean-sea, mediterranean-sea, menhirs, monte-cinto, plants-and-animals, sea-eagles, sea-france, the-pearl-of-mediterranean-sea, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, unesco-world-heritage-site, world-heritage-list
Categories: France, Nature
January 13, 2011
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The Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž are one of Central Europe’s finest Baroque ensembles — a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Czech Republic’s Moravian region where the magnificent Archbishop’s Chateau (used as a filming location for Amadeus) is complemented by two extraordinary gardens: the formal Pleasure Garden (one of the best-preserved Baroque gardens in […]
Tags: 17th-century, antique-statues, baroque-garden, beautiful-places, castle, city, czech-republic, flower-garden, fruit-and-vegetable, garden, gardens-and-castle-at-kromeriz, kromeriz, monuments, moravia, national-monument, olomouc, rare-trees, roundel, thirty-years, town, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, vegetable-gardens
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature, Sights
December 27, 2010
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Dunkerque (Dunkirk) – northern city in France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Dunkerque (or Dunkirk in English) is a city in northern France, near the border with Belgium. Administratively it is situated in Nord-Pas-de-Calais and the Nord département. Today the city has approximately 70.000 inhabitants. City of Dunkirk is situated […]
Tags: bell-tower, bullet-holes, busy-street, city, city-of-dunkirk, dunkerque, dunkirk, fortifications, france, french-port, gothic-church, horrors-of-war, jean-bart, maritime-museum, northern-france, saint-eloi, second-world-war, town, turbulent-history, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, world-heritage-site, world-war-one
Categories: France, Sights
December 2, 2010
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The Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana) is widely considered the most beautiful coastline in Europe — a 50-kilometre stretch of UNESCO-listed Mediterranean paradise on the southern edge of the Sorrentine Peninsula where pastel-coloured cliffside villages, terraced lemon groves, and the impossibly blue Tyrrhenian Sea create one of the most coveted travel destinations on the planet. From […]
Tags: agerola, amalfi, amalfi-coast, amalfitana-coast, architectural-monuments, beautiful-gardens, cetara, coast, conca-dei-marini, early-middle-ages, italy, maiori, praiano, ravello, romantic-village, sorrento-peninsula, spectacular, spectacular-panoramic-views, terrain-variety, town, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, vietri-sul-mare, world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights
November 7, 2010
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Assisi – the city of the peace in Italy Updated: August 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Assisi is a town located in the central Italian region of Umbria and one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the country. It is linked with the life of St. Francis, who lived here from 1181 […]
Tags: albornoz, assisi, birthplace-of-st-francis, calendimaggio, city, city-of-the-peace, franciscan-monastery, goddess-minerva, italy, medieval-castle, papal-jurisdiction, peace, perugia, pilgrimage-basilica, religious-buildings, renowned-festival, roman-forum, roman-period, santa-chiara, santa-maria-sopra-minerva, santo-stefano, secular-franciscan-order, st-francis-of-assisi, town, tuscany, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
