Situated below the mountain and Nature Park Učka, Opatija (old names: Sankt Jakobi, Abbazia) is a great choice for a vacation in summer and winter season.Beautiful nature, climate, parks, hotels & old Austrian villas, seaside promenade and beaches attract tourists from Europe and all over the world for more then 160 years. Opatija is the leadi... read more »
Between Cannes, St. Tropez and Monaco there are miles and miles of long promenades and beaches which are always kept in their best conditions, physically. Cote d Azur’s weather is well known for its quite warm temperature and mild climate throughout the whole year. The problem with Cote d Azur though is you can hardly find anyone speaking any la... read more »
The greatest and finest sanctuary of ancient Athens, dedicated primarily to its patron, the goddess Athena, dominates the centre of the modern city from the rocky crag known as the Acropolis. The most celebrated myths of ancient Athens, its greatest religious festivals, earliest cults and several decisive events in the city's history are all connec... read more »
[caption id="attachment_776" align="alignleft" width="218" caption="CLICK PICTURE FOR VIDEO"][/caption] It is a grand example of unique cycladic architecture set around a picturesque fishing-village bay. Totally whitewashed organic cube-like buildings fit closely together to form a kind of haphazard maze of narrow alley ways and streets. The ear... read more »
The cave was discovered during research conducted on the surface between 1946 and 1958. Some objects in the cave were dated as being one million years old. The region was under the control of the Hittite Empire between 1400 B.C. until the fall of the Hittites, after which many independent states were established in the region. Between the 11th a... read more »
Bodrum (from Petronium), formerly Halicarnassus (Turkish: Halikarnas), is a Turkish port town in Muğla Province, in the southwestern Aegean Region of the country. It is located on the southern coast of Bodrum Peninsula, at a point that checks the entry into the Gulf of Gökova, and it faces the Greek island of Kos. Today, it is an international c... read more »