Tag: mountains
When soaring hills or mountains meet water, it is an opportunity for visual drama. That’s what you will see on the Seward Highway scenic byway that runs south of …
Have you ever been to a Burel factory? Most people have heard of Merino wool but not many know about Burel, Portugal’s unique fabric. Burel – Portuguese Wool The …
Northwest Highlands Geopark: a place where sea and mountain frame day to day community, where history, geology, exploration and wilderness meet. In case you might be thinking the word …
Shenandoah. You may know the song. What do you know of the US national park that shares its name, though? Shenandoah National Park is in Virginia, in the northwest …
If you happen to find yourself in the eastern side of the Czech Republic, a great activity is hiking Lysa Hora in the Beskid mountains. You can get there …
The first thing I notice is that Juan Wayne, the resident tortoise, is missing. There’s a sign propped up next to the guestbook in the shared kitchen describing his …
Štramberk is known as the Moravian Bethlehem, located in the Beskydy Mountains of the Czech Republic. Aside from just being gorgeous, this is a village where you can eat …
As autumn makes its way across Canada, there are places in just about every province where you may enjoy the blaze of changing colors. Up for exploring? Here are …
Mist rising from the trees and waters, fog lying in the valleys, clouds wreathing the mountain heads: Shaconage, place of blue smoke, these mountains were called by the First …
If you want to really understand the Himalayas before your trek in Nepal, or you need a mellow recovery activity after, take an excursion to the International Mountain Museum …
A bit more than one hundred years ago, workers began putting stones together to build a wall in a remote area of what is now Northern Ireland. Eighteen years …
The road to Fort William, in the western highlands of Scotland, travels along the banks of Loch Lomond and rises up through the mountains near Glencoe. The road, and …