Naples, Italy

Naples in Italy, an ancient port on the Mediterranean sea. With just short of a million citizens, is the third most populous municipality. Metropolitan Naples is Italy’s second most populous metropolitan area. Naples represents one of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage site with an unmatched heritage as a place of exchange between…

Jökulsárlón, iceland

Jökulsárlón literally means glacier lagoon. At the time when first settlers arrived in Iceland, the edge of Breiðamerkurjökull, an outlet glacier of the great glacier Vatnajökull, is thought to have been 20km further north than it is now. The climate began to cool in about the year 1200, the cold spell reaching a peak in…

Upper Normandy – France

Upper Normandy comprises the eastern half of Normandy in northern France. The lower valley of the River Seine runs through this region, which combines the administrative départments of Eure and Seine-Maritime.  Rouen — the historical capital of the region Les Andelys — an historic medieval town, the site of a remarkable castle and churches Clères  — a small village, with a zoological park,…

Lake Constance, Bavaria – Germany

The popular tourist region of Lake Constance (German: Bodensee) spans three countries. It is the third biggest lake in Central Europe and is on the path of the Rhine River. The lake shore is shared between the German federal-states Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, the Austrian federal-state Vorarlberg and Eastern Switzerland. Germany Most of the German part…

Ohrid, Macedonia

Ohrid is a town in southwestern North Macedonia on the shore of Lake Ohrid. A town of vast history and heritage, it was made a UNESCO heritage site in 1980. Nestled between high mountains up to 2,800 m and Lake Ohrid, it is not only a place of historic significance but also of outstanding natural beauty. Ohrid is the…