Walcher Waterfall (Walcher Wasserfall) is the highest waterfall in Austria — a dramatic series of cascades plunging over 500 metres in total drop down the steep eastern slopes of the Hohe Tauern National Park near the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. Fed by the Walcherbach stream, this multi-tiered giant thunders through a wild alpine gorge surrounded […]
Jasovská cave – national natural monument of Slovakia Updated: June 10, 2020 | By Claire | More 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 […]
Gouffre de Padirac is one of France’s most extraordinary natural wonders — a vast limestone chasm 103 metres deep in the Lot region of southwestern France that leads to an underground river navigable by boat through a labyrinth of spectacular cave chambers, stalactite formations, and crystalline pools. Discovered in 1889 by the explorer Édouard-Alfred Martel […]
Peričnik waterfall – one of the most beautiful and famous waterfall in Slovenia Updated: May 25, 2020 | By Claire | More Peričnik Waterfall is one of the most beautiful and famous waterfalls in Slovenia. It is situated in the Julian Alps, about 5 km from the village of Mojstrana. Falls from the Ice Age […]
The Rappenlochschlucht and Alploch Gorges near Dornbirn in Vorarlberg, Austria, form one of Central Europe’s most spectacular gorge systems — a dramatic sequence of narrow canyon passages, thundering waterfalls, and towering limestone walls carved by glacial meltwater over millions of years. The Rappenlochschlucht in particular features one of the highest accessible gorge walls in the […]
Pirin National Park in one of the highest mountains in Europe | Bulgaria Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Pirin National Park is a part of one of the highest mountains in Europe – Pirin Mountains located in southwestern Bulgaria. The highest mountain peak is Pirin Vichren (2914). The big area of […]
Therme Erding – Europe’s biggest thermal water world and sauna paradise | Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More Therme Erding is a gigantic thermal world, which lies in Bavaria close to München, offers not only the longest European slide, but also the largest sauna paradise in the world. It is also […]
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The Škocjan Caves in Slovenia are one of the most extraordinary underground wonders on Earth — a UNESCO World Heritage site where the Reka River thunders through a massive subterranean canyon 146 metres deep. Forget tiny stalactite-filled passages; Škocjan delivers an underground spectacle on a truly colossal scale, with chambers so vast they could swallow […]
Bärenschützklamm – the most impressive and the best developed gorge in Styria, Austria Updated: September 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Bärenschützklamm is a gorge located in Fischbacher Alps, near the town of Mixnitz, about 35 km from the capital of Styria – Graz. The brook, which flows through a gorge creates very nice […]
Jägala Falls is Estonia’s widest and most powerful waterfall — a dramatic 8-metre-high, 50-metre-wide curtain of water thundering over a limestone escarpment just 25 kilometres east of Tallinn. While Valaste Waterfall may be taller, Jägala is arguably the more impressive spectacle, particularly during the spring snowmelt and after heavy rain when the falls transform from […]
