Pena National Palace

The Pena National Palace (Portuguese: Palácio Nacional da Pena) is the oldest palace inspired by European Romanticism. It is located in the civil…

Predjama Castle: Integrated in a Cave!

The Predjamski Castle is integrated in a cave and is truly spectacular! llama Castle’ (Slovene: Predjamski grad or Grad Predjama, German: Höhlenburg…

The Incredible Taung Kalat Monastery

Southwest of Mount Popa is Taung Kalat built atop an extinct volcano plug, the Buddhist monastery of Taung Kalat is one of the most breathtaking sites…

Villa di Pratolino

This beautiful work of art is situated in the gardens of what was once the Villa di Pratolino, a Renaissance patrician villa in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy…

Rock of Aiguilhe

Perhaps one of the most remarkable sights in France, a chapel perched on a volcanic plug. This is the Rock of Aiguilhe, on the edge of the town of Puy…

Puerto Vallarta

From the blue waters and white sands of Mismaloya to the secluded shores and jade backdrop of Majahuitas, it would be easy to call Puerto Vallarta heaven…

Sicily

Sicily is the largest of the Italian islands, separated from the Continent by the Strait of Messina and surrounded by the Ionian, the Tyrrhenian and…

Wales

Wales packs a lot of physical beauty into its small mass of land: its mountain ranges, lush valleys, ragged coastline, old-fashioned market towns and…

Siem Reap

Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia, and a popular resort town as the gateway to Angkor region Siem Reap…

Sweden

Sweden is the largest of the Scandinavian countries, with an area twice that of Britain (and roughly that of California), but a population of barely…

Belgium

Belgium, with its historic cities – most famously Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent – are the equal of any in Europe. Squeezed in between France…

Yorkshire, England

Yorkshire England is a vast and varied region of more than three and a half million acres and a population of almost 5 million. That’s more people than…