The Wisteria Tunnel is a part of the beautiful Kawachi Fuji Gardens, located in Kitakyushu, Japan. The delicate flowers forming an elegant tunnel of pastel-coloured wisteria flowers give one the illusion of dreaming of an elegant fairy princess and her one-horned white steed prancing alongside. With two kinds of Wisteria Tunnels spread over 80 metres […]
Lake Reschen is an artificial lake in the western portion of South Tyrol, Italy. With its capacity of 120 million cubic metres, Lake Reschen is the largest lake not only in the province but also above a 1,000 metres in the Alps. The lake is famous for the steeple of a submerged 14th century church
The Swallow’s Nest Castle is a decorative castle located at Gaspra, a small spa town between Yalta and Alupka, in Crimea, Ukraine. Built around 1912, the castle was built in a neo-gothic design. Overlooking the Cape of Ai-Todor on the Black Sea coast the Swallow’s Nest Castle is one of the most popular visitor attractions
Predjama Castle is a Renaissance castle built within a cave mouth in South-central Slovenia. Built in Gothic style under a natural rocky arch with a high stonewall to make access difficult, the castle was first mentioned in the year 1274 with the German name Luegg, when it was acquired and expanded by the Luegg noble
Castle Flossenbürg is a castle almost in ruins, located in Flossenbürg, in Bavaria, Germany. The ruins of the Flossenbürg Castle lie in the same place as the site for the concentration camps that were used from 1938 until 1945. The beautiful castle was built around 1100; however, it was destroyed in the Thirty Years’ War,
Adelei Penguins, the sliding and diving birds, are the main inhabitants of the Antarctic. They cannot run or walk very fast, but they slide well on smooth ice surface on their bellies and can travel a long distance like this. Their wings are in form of flippers that help them to swim in the icy
Æroskøbing is a quaint town in central Denmark, located on the island of Ærø. A city that makes one crane one’s neck towards the heavens, Æroskøbing looks like it has been plucked from the pages of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale. The houses add to the charm of the place, with woozily angled bungalows and strikingly
The climate of the Antarctic is so harsh that it is not suitable for dense vegetation. Plants found in this region are non-woody and simple like algae, mosses, liverworts, lichens and microscopic fungi. There are a few types of insects such as mites and spring tails that feed on the Antarctic plants. The animals have
Bled is the resort town in the Carniolan region in Slovenia in the foothills of the Julian Alps. The town is set along the glacial Lake Bled. There is an ancient castle overlooking the lake in the cliff called the Castle Bled. It houses a museum, a chapel as well as a printing press. A
Reine is a quaint fishing village located on the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county of Norway. Though tiny yet this village is extremely picturesque and is often referred to as ‘The most beautiful place in the world’. Red and white traditional fisherman’s huts, that have been converted for tourists, dot the shores and the surrounding
Queyras Valley is a small region in the French Alps nearing the border of Italy. This valley is a quiet, untouched haven where one can have a peaceful holiday. The valley can be divided into two parts–one stretching towards the Italian side and the other towards the French side. The region has a Nature Park
Antarctica, the coldest, driest and windiest continent, is an ice-covered region with several small associated islands. This continent is mostly glaciated. The tiny ice crystals that form in the Antarctic region are purely water. There is no salt in it. So, the frozen glaciers and icebergs are pure water. This means the more the ice
Bergen is the second largest, historic city in Norway. The city was founded more than 900 years ago and goes back to the Viking era. Seven mountains and fjords including Sognafjord (country’s largest and deepest fjord) surround the city centre. The city retains an old world charm with coloured wooden houses on the old wharf
The Latefossen Waterfalls are the twin waterfalls near Odda region, in Norway. The twin falls make a thunderous noise as they flow from an altitude of 340 metres. The two falls join each other and flow under the old stone arch bridge. The bridge has six arches and it is here that the view is
San Gimignano is small hill town surrounded by medieval stonewalls in the Tuscany area of Italy. Walking through Piazza della Cisterna, the triangular town square surrounded by medieval houses actually puts you back in the 13th century. The town square has a well that dates back to 1364 and even a part of the paving