January 9, 2012
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Štrbské Pleso – a favorite ski, tourist, and health resort in the High Tatras mountains in Slovakia Updated: January 9, 2020 | By Claire | More Despite the recent natural disasters that occurred in 2004 in the High Tatras National Park, Štrbské Pleso is still one of the most visited tourist destinations in Slovakia. In […]
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Categories: Nature, Slovakia
February 7, 2011
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Stratená – where to stay during your trip to Slovak nature paradise Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Stratená is a mountain village in the eastern Slovakia and it is probably the best place to stay during your trip to National Park of Slovak Paradise. Stratená is located in the district of […]
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Categories: Nature, Slovakia
January 26, 2011
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Sarek National Park is the largest area of unspoiled wilderness in Europe — a vast, roadless mountain kingdom in Swedish Lapland where 2,000-metre peaks, massive glaciers, and deeply carved U-shaped valleys create a landscape so rugged and remote that it has been called “Europe’s last wilderness.” Part of the Laponian Area UNESCO World Heritage site, […]
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Categories: Nature, Sweden
October 3, 2010
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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 […]
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Categories: Nature, Slovakia
August 24, 2010
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Pieniny National Park in Poland Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Pieniny National Park (Polish: Pieniński Park Narodowy) is a protected area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, in the heart of the Pieniny Mountains. Pieniny National Park is one of the smallest Polish National Parks, lying in the southernmost part of […]
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Categories: Nature, Poland
June 20, 2010
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Écrins National Park in France – one of the most popular ecotourism destinations Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More You will find Écrins National Park in the South East part of France. The park is perhaps one of the most popular ecotourism destinations in the region, with almost 1 million visitors making […]
Tags: barre-des-ecrins, dauphine-alps, drac, durance, ecrins-national-park, france, glacial-fields, grenoble, lakes-2, national-park, nature, pastures, rivers, romanche, valleys, woodlands
Categories: France, Nature