On a hill near the town of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England, a giant figure of a naked man wielding a club lies on a hillside. Also known as “the Rude Man” due to the nakedness of the figure and its erect penis well shown, the Cerne Abbas Giant has…
Naarden is a small town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands, and represents a perfect example of the star-shaped fortification style that became common in Europe during the 16th century. In 1300, Naarden was the first city to obtain city rights in the Het Gooi region. Along…
Near the city of Osoyoos, between the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys in British Columbia, and close to the US/Canada border, a lake sacred to the Native Americans attracts visitors from all around the world. The ‘Spotted Lake’ is a saline endorheic alkali lake composed of 365 separate pools of highly…
Southeast of Serra da Estrela is enchanting Monsanto, an ancient fortified village nestled on the slopes of the “Monsanto” (from the Latin “Mons Sanctus” or “Holy Mount”), a steep hill that reaches 758 meters of height. Voted in 1938 the “most Portuguese village in Portugal”, the peculiar athmosphere of this…
Visitors of New Zealand can’t miss the spectacular Waitomo Glowworm Caves, definitely one of this country’s most amazing tourist attractions. These limestone caverns, full of grottos and incredible rock formations, as well as the underground river are lit by the blue-green luminescent light radiated by a myriad of Arachnocampa luminosa,…
240 kilometers east of the coasts of Somalia, and 380 kilometers south of the Arabian Peninsula lies a small archipelago. Socotra (also spelled Soqotra), its largest island, is vastly uncontaminated thanks to the fact that it has been opened to tourism only recently. Being very isolated, Socotra has a…