December 2, 2010
by europeexplored
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
by europeexplored
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
October 18, 2010
by europeexplored
Napoli – busy city under Mount Vesuvius in Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Naples (or Napoli in Italian), with more than a million inhabitants, is the capital of Campania and lies in the Gulf of Naples. It is the third most populous city in Italy, the entire area has […]
Tags: biblioteca-nazionale, capital-of-campania, capri, castel-dell, city, costiera-amalfitana, giuseppe-garibaldi, golden-eggs, gulf-of-naples, italy, jesuit-church, mount-vesuvius, naples-cathedral, napoleon-bonaparte, napoli, palazzo-reale, piazza-del-plebiscito, piazza-municipio, santa-chiara, teatro-di-san-carlo, third-most-populous-city, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, what-to-see-in-napoli
Categories: Italy, Sights
October 5, 2010
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The Royal Palace of Caserta with the Park in Italy Updated: May 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Caserta Royal Palace or the Royal Palace of Caserta (Reggia di Caserta) is the former Baroque residence of Bourbon family. It is situated in the south part of Italy, in the town of Caserta in Campania. […]
Tags: caserta, caserta-reggia, caserta-royal-palace, charles-iii, chateau-of-versailles, diana-and-actaeon, ferdinand-iii, ferdinand-iv, fontana-dei-delfini, french-models, italy, king-of-spain, king-of-spain-1759, luigi-vanvitelli, palace, park, reggia-di-caserta, royal-palace-of-caserta, son-ferdinand, spanish-king, spanish-throne, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, venus-and-adonis
Categories: Italy, Sights, Virtual Travel
September 27, 2010
by europeexplored
San Gimignano – Medieval Manhattan in Italy Updated: December 20, 2020 | By Claire | More San Gimignano – the city of the beautiful towers – is a small walled medieval hill town located in north-central Italy in the province of Siena, Tuscany. The town lies 56 km south of Florence and 38 km north-west […]
Tags: 11th-century, 4th-century, attractiveness, central-italy, city, day-travel, elsa-valley, etruscan-settlement, firenze, florence, italy, kilometres, medieval-architecture, medieval-character, medieval-manhattan, medieval-monuments, pisa, quiet-place, san-gimignano, san-giovanni, san-matteo, siena, tourist-season, town, travel-tip, tuscany, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-sites, white-wine
Categories: Italy, Sights
September 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape – one of the largest artificial landscapes in Europe | Czech Republic Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | More Lednice-Valtice Area – sometimes called as “Perl of South Moravia” is a region in south-east of Czech Republic, close to Slovak and Austrian borders. This region, covering an area of almost […]
Tags: 14th-century, 20th-centuries, artificial-landscapes, baroque-style, czech-republic, fischer-von-erlach, gothic-styles, johann-bernhard-fischer, landscape-architecture, largest-artificial-landscapes-in-europe, ledice, lednice, lednice-valtice-cultural-landscape, liechtenstein-family, picturesque-village, romantic-park, salzburg-austria, south-moravia, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, unprecedented-proportions, valtice, world-heritage-city
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
September 25, 2010
by europeexplored
The windmills of Kinderdijk are the most famous Dutch landscape on Earth — 19 beautifully preserved 18th-century windmills lined up along the canals of the Alblasserwaard polder near Rotterdam, forming a UNESCO World Heritage site that is the single strongest image of the Netherlands in the global imagination. More than just a photo opportunity, Kinderdijk […]
Tags: 18th-century, best-known-tourist-site, best-time, century-system, city, concentration, confluence, cultural-heritage, dike, dordrecht, dutch-tourist, emergencies, folktale, kinderdijk, lek, lek-river, lekkerland, mid-twentieth-century, netherlands, nineteenth-century, polder, pumps, rotterdam, saint-elizabeth, saturdays, south-holland, terrible-storm, tourist-destination, tourist-sites, town, two-areas, unesco, unesco-world, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, village, windmill, windmills, windmolen, wooden-cradle, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Netherlands, Sights
September 23, 2010
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Tivoli – place of entertainment for wealthy Romans | Italy Updated: December 25, 2020 | By Claire | More Where the Aniene River falls from the Sabine hills, is where you will find the ancient city of Tivoli. Located only 30 kilometres from Rome, one can see the entire city in all of its glory […]
Tags: 16th-century, architectural-heritage, city, fountains, grottoes, italian-renaissance-garden, italian-town, italy, nymphs, place-of-entertainment, renaissance-architecture, roman-emperor-hadrian, rome, sabine-hills, summer-playground, tivoli, town, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-sites, villa-adriana, villa-d-este, wealthy-romans
Categories: Italy, Sights
September 23, 2010
by europeexplored
Riga – the biggest and most vibrant city in the Baltics | Latvia Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia, the biggest and most vibrant city in Baltics, and an important seaport, situated on the mouth of the Daugava. It is also the largest […]
Tags: 14th-century, baltics, biggest-and-most-vibrant-city-in-the-baltics, chandeliers, city, classical-styles, coastal-resort, daugava, day-trip, gauja, historical-events, individuality, latvia, masterpieces, red-army, riga, rundale, stained-glass-windows, town, travelled-roads, trip-destinations, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, uplands
Categories: Latvia, Sights
September 18, 2010
by europeexplored
Poloniny National Park is Slovakia’s most remote and wild protected area — a UNESCO-listed wilderness of primeval beech forests, high mountain meadows (poloniny), and traditional wooden churches in the far northeast of the country, where the borders of Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine meet. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site as part of the “Ancient and […]
Tags: beech-forests, buffer-zone, eastern-carpathians, landmarks, mountain-meadows, mountain-ranges, national-park, nature, poland, poloniny, poloniny-national-park, potok, sea-level, skala, slovakia, state-borders, ukraine, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, wooden-churches
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
