Tag: world heritage sites



Dunajec River Canyon in Pieniny national park in Slovakia

Dunajec River Canyon in Pieniny national park in Slovakia

Dunajec River Canyon is a gorge and a famous tourist attraction on the borders between Poland and Slovakia. Due to its beauty and uniqueness of Dunajec River Canyon it is also on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The canyon separates the Małopolska Voivodship (Poland) and Prešov Region (Slovakia). It is a natural phenomenon […]

Updated: June 29, 2020 | By | More

Stonehenge – the well-known prehistoric stone monument in England, United Kingdom

Stonehenge – the well-known prehistoric stone monument in England, United Kingdom

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the Wiltshire, about 3.2km west of Amesbury and 13km north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze […]

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Tower of London – Royal Palace, fortress, prison, place of execution, arsenal, Royal Mint, Royal Zoo and jewel house | United Kingdom

Tower of London – Royal Palace, fortress, prison, place of execution, arsenal, Royal Mint, Royal Zoo and jewel house | United Kingdom

There are four World Heritage Sites that are among the leading sights of London, and of those the Tower of London provides arguably the most fascination for tourists. It is a historic castle on the bank of the Thames, founded in 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest, and one of the most popular tourist […]

Updated: June 10, 2020 | By | More

Las Médulas in Spain – the most important gold mine in the Roman Empire

Las Médulas in Spain – the most important gold mine in the Roman Empire

Las Médulas was in the Roman Empire the most important gold mine. It is located in Spain, just few kilometres from the town of Ponferrada, near the borders with Portugal. The mining started already in the 1st Century. The Romans used the hydraulic mining technique. After two centuries of extremely profitable mining the Romans departed […]

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Kronborg Castle in Denmark – the place of William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Hamlet

Kronborg Castle in Denmark – the place of William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Hamlet

If you take the ferry from Helsingør to Helsinborg, it’s hard to miss the fortified castle of Kronborg at the coast. It became famous mainly because its corridors and rooms were used for William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet. It is known as Elsinor in Shakespeare’s tragedy. That’s why the most of tourists are from England. The […]

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Nesebar – one of the oldest ancient centers in Europe | Bulgaria

Nesebar – one of the oldest ancient centers in Europe | Bulgaria

Nesebar – Pearl of the Black Sea – is the ancient town and a major seaside resort on the coast of the Black Sea in Bulgaria. You can get to Nesebar by bus or boat from the coastal resorts such as Pomorie, or by plane or train to Burgas and then by bus. Nesebar is […]

Updated: May 15, 2020 | By | 1 More

The windmills of Kinderdijk – one of the best known Dutch tourist sites | Netherlands

The windmills of Kinderdijk – one of the best known Dutch tourist sites | Netherlands

Kinderdijk is a small village lying on the Lek and Noord rivers near Rotterdam and Dordrecht in the Netherlands. It’s a very popular destination for its large network of windmills. The 19 windmills (windmolen) at Kinderdijk are on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1997. The windmills at Kinderdijk date from the 18th century […]

Updated: April 2, 2020 | By | More


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