Europe

Reading Time: 12 minutesWelcome to a guitar-shaped island that claims to be the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love! An island with an amber-coloured sweet dessert wine, commandaria, …

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe vibrantly painted monasteries of the Bucovina (or Bukovina) region, located in northeastern Romania, are known for their exquisitely decorated walls. Interior and exterior walls, as well …

Reading Time: 3 minutesSituated in the Julian Alps of the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia, just about 55 km northwest of the capital, Ljubljana, you will find Slovenia’s turquoise …

Reading Time: 9 minutesLapland or Sápmi, is an ethno-cultural region which stretches over northern Fenno-Scandinavia (northern regions of Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Russia). It is also known as “the land …

Reading Time: 4 minutesSomewhere in the middle of nowhere, about 1,643 km west of Lisbon, Portugal, some 1,500 km from the African coast and 1,925 km southeast of Canada’s Newfoundland, …

Reading Time: 10 minutesMassive bone-white and orange-yellow rock formations jutting out to gigantic proportions, surrounded by verdant valleys and low-hanging morning fog – complete with a vast network of World …

Reading Time: 7 minutesNotre Dame, FRANCE: Over the last few hours, on the evening of April 15, 2019 (Paris, France time) we watched in disbelief on live television as one …

Reading Time: 3 minutesAdventure traveller Kate McCulley who claims to “travel the world for a living” describes Montenegro as “the most beautiful country in Europe”. Kate has been to 76 …

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Republic of Iceland, located in the North Atlantic Ocean, has a population of almost 320,000 with Reykjavík as its largest city where approximately two-thirds of the …

Reading Time: 3 minutesKosovo is generally described as a “partially recognised state” and a disputed (with Serbia) territory since it formally declared independence from Serbia in February 2008. This landlocked …