Are you planning to visit Portugal and want to explore the outdoors? If so, you’ll want to visit Peneda-Gerês National Park, a one of a kind place and Portugal’s only National Park. Located in the Northwest of the country, Peneda-Gerês National Park, or Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês in Portuguese, is a hidden gem and one not visited too often by tourists, with only a few exceptions during the summer months. Most…
Plitvice Lakes National Park is Croatia’s most famous nature destination and also one of the most visited in the country with over 1 million tourists passing through to admire its cascaded lakes every year. Also known as Plitvička Jezera in Croatian, Plitvice Lakes is the biggest of the 8 National Parks in Croatia, one of the oldest in Europe, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 16 lakes of the park are known…
Hiking is one of our favourite activities and when on our week-long visit to Wales last Summer we had the opportunity to tackle one of the country’s most recognised mountain peaks – Pen y Fan. At 886m, Pen y Fan is not very high, yet the magnificent views over to the rest of the mountains of Brecon Beacons National Park make this relatively short and not so strenuous hike a popular…
Valle de Viñales is a real Cuban gem. Best-known for its plantations that grow the world famous Cuban tobacco, this valley in the Sierra de los Organos has a lush karst landscape surrounded by mountains that blew us away the second we arrived there. The mogotes (limestone outcrops), basically hills that pop off the ground of the valley, can reach up to 300 m and are one of the features that make the…
A road trip in California is not complete without a visit to Yosemite, one of the most beautiful National Parks of the USA and a World Heritage Site. Located on the slopes of Sierra Nevada, Yosemite is massive and multiple visits are needed to properly experience it. And for those with time constraints, 3 days in Yosemite is the perfect introduction to the Park! Yosemite is simply spectacular. There’s no other…
