Posts Tagged ‘UNESCO’
Largest monolithic structure in UNESCO Ellora caves on Deccan Odyssey day 3
After another delicious breakfast onboard Deccan Odyssey luxury train, we disembarked at 8.45 am in Aurangabad city to explore UNESCO Ellora caves. I learned from our guide that Aurangabad is a Muslim name, similarly to other city names ending up with “Abad”. One million inhabitant city Aurangabad is situated nearly 500 m above sea […]
20 things to know about UNESCO Zehra Church – Church of Holy Spirit Žehra Slovakia
I bet that most people have not heard of the Spis region in Eastern Slovakia. And those who have, might know the Spis castle which is probably the biggest castle complex in Central Europe. The Spis castle (Spišský hrad) is not the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in the area, but there’s another 3 within […]
Krasnohorska cave – the most adventurous cave in Slovakia
Did you know that: There’s 5,000 to 7,000 caves in Slovakia? ONLY 18 Slovak caves are open to visitors? 44 Slovak caves are National Natural Monuments in Slovakia? 6 Slovak caves were proclaimed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites? It is said that Slovakia is the European country with the most caves per inhabitant. […]
UNESCO wooden church Ruska Bystra in Eastern Slovakia
I am not sure if you know it but there is a number of wooden churches spread around Eastern Slovakia where I was born. All of these churches are unique because originally they were built with no nails. Shame is, that due to reconstruction some nails were added to prevent churches from falling. We are […]
41 reasons to visit Cuba
Traveling around South America and Central America, I met people from all over the world and all of them planned to visit different countries. But I found out that many of them plannedcheap holidays to Cuba among other exotic countries.I always wanted to visit Cuba as well, but each time another country has come first […]
A ride through Chiloe island – the second biggest island in South America
Wooden churches of Quinchao island
During our 3 day road trip around Chiloe island, we (me and Rachele and Gabor from www.surfingtheplanet.com) spent a couple of hours exploring the island Quinchao. We took a car ferry from Dancahue (a port on Chiloe island) to Quinchao for 3,000 pesos per car and saw a very cool rainbow on the ferry, one […]
Photos of Primeval beech forests UNESCO Slovakia
Unfortunately, Slovakia is not very well-known for its beautiful nature but it definitely should be. Besides my family and friends, our nature is what I miss the most from home when I’m traveling. My very favorite forest where I often go is in the volcanic Vihorlat mountains. The middle part of it is now a […]