4 Best Places to Visit in Kosovo | Top 4 Must See Attractions of Kosovo
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4 Best Places to Visit in Kosovo | Top 4 Must See Attractions of Kosovo

The Republic of Kosovo is a partially recognized country and a disputed area in Southeastern Europe. Kosovo became part of the Ottoman Empire from the 15th to the early 20th century. In the late 19th century, it came to be the center of the Albanian National Awakening. Following their defeat in the Balkan Wars, the Ottomans ceded Kosovo to Serbia and Montenegro.

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11 Best Places to Visit in Skopje | Top 11 Must See Attractions of Skopje, North Macedonia
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11 Best Places to Visit in Skopje | Top 11 Must See Attractions of Skopje, North Macedonia

Skopje is the capital and also the biggest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, social and economic hub. To me, it is hands down one of the most beautiful Eastern European capital cities. The massive architectures built under the redevelopment project 'Skopje 2014' (a €560 million controversial makeover in a country whose one-fourth population is unemployed and one-third lives below the poverty line) focused on reshaping Skopje to attract foreign investments has left the city surprisingly beautiful but non-Balkan.

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6 Best Places to Visit in Albania | Top 6 Amazing Must See Travel Attractions of Albania
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6 Best Places to Visit in Albania | Top 6 Amazing Must See Travel Attractions of Albania

With its doors closed to the world until the end of the 20th century, Albania, home to enticing history, gleaming coastline, ruffled hills and collection of fascinating Ottoman-era citadel towns, has always been Mediterranean Europe's enigma, a blurry dot on travel maps. However, with the end of an oppressive communist regime in 1991, Albania swung open its gateways to a land of enchantment.

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The Best Places to Visit in Slovenia | The Most Beautiful Must See Attractions of Slovenia
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The Best Places to Visit in Slovenia | The Most Beautiful Must See Attractions of Slovenia

With snow-capped peaks of the Julian Alps, gleaming emerald-green lakes, turquoise rivers, Venetian shoreline along the Adriatic Sea, and the underground magical world of Postojna and Škocjan caverns, tiny Slovenia (formerly a part of Yugoslavia and not to be confused with Slovakia that was previously a part of Czechoslovakia) certainly appears to be the 'Promised Land.' An extraordinary combination of climates brings cozy Mediterranean breezes to the foothills of the Alps, where it can also snow in summer. With more than half of its overall surface area still covered in woodland, Slovenia is one of the greenest nations in the world.

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Family Weekend Getaway Holiday in the Moselle (Mosel) Valley, Germany | Travel Itinerary, Tips and Tricks, Road Trip, and Hiking Route Map
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Family Weekend Getaway Holiday in the Moselle (Mosel) Valley, Germany | Travel Itinerary, Tips and Tricks, Road Trip, and Hiking Route Map

The Moselle Valley region offers families the opportunity to vacation by the Moselle, spend time with their families, have fun, be active, and learn new things right from a child-friendly guided tour of the Cochem Castle, the Reichsburg, to a ride on the chair lift up to the Pinnerkreuz, the fantastic viewpoint above the small town of Cochem, from where it's not far to hike to the Klotten Game and Leisure Park, which, among other things, has a large enclosure with wild animals, to a must-do boat ride from Cochem to Beilstein, that will leave you awestruck! So based on our personal experience, today I’m going to share with you the tips and tricks on how to get the most of this amazing piece of creation named the ‘Moselle Valley’ over a weekend with your family. Let the journey begin!

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The Chronicles of Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Best Places to Visit in Mostar and Surroundings
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The Chronicles of Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Best Places to Visit in Mostar and Surroundings

The ruggedly charming Balkan nation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (abbreviated as BiH) is known for its passionate human warmth, magnificent mountains, raftable rivers, impressive waterfalls, gorgeous Turkish-era stone architecture with quirky bars, inviting street-terrace cafes, traditional barbecue restaurants, and vibrant arts scenes.

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The Best of Belgrade | 3 Most Popular Attractions in Belgrade, Serbia
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The Best of Belgrade | 3 Most Popular Attractions in Belgrade, Serbia

Belgrade is a contemporary European city with a population of about 1.7 million. It is the administrative, cultural and political center of Serbia and is the seat of the Serbian parliament. Among the earliest cities in Europe and the only one built on the confluence of the two rivers Danube and Sava, Belgrade is the city that never sleeps.

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Complete Guide to Visiting Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle) in Transylvania, Romania | Everything You Need to Know to Visit Bran Castle | Legends, Truth, Fun Facts, Things to Do
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Complete Guide to Visiting Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle) in Transylvania, Romania | Everything You Need to Know to Visit Bran Castle | Legends, Truth, Fun Facts, Things to Do

Gazing majestically over the town from a rocky bluff, Bran Castle doesn’t fail to enthrall its visitors one single bit. Today, a whole industry has sprung up around calling it "Dracula's Castle," despite very little being in common with Bram Stoker’s Dracula or with Vlad Tepes (also known as Vlad the Impaler), the historical character rumored to have inspired Bram Stoker to give birth to the character.

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Instagrammable Romania | The Most Beautiful and Romantic Places to Visit in Romania
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Instagrammable Romania | The Most Beautiful and Romantic Places to Visit in Romania

Furrowed stone churches, bedazzling monasteries, groves of pine and deciduous trees, stretches of bright green meadow & a backdrop of the majestic Carpathian Mountains – probably these words better describe the fascinating countryside of Romania that’s otherwise steeped in legends of vampires, werewolves & other dark creatures of the night.

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Discover Slovakia | 18 Best Things to See in Slovakia
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Discover Slovakia | 18 Best Things to See in Slovakia

Let’s start our Slovak journey from the most scenic eastern part of the country. Driving through eastern Slovakia is a one-of-a-kind experience. As soon as you cross the Polish borders driving over all kinds of good, bad, and ugly roads amidst the beautiful Polish countryside, you enter the hilly landscape of rural Slovakia with widespread lush green meadows.

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A Weekend Getaway to Liechtenstein | 6 Best Places to Visit in Liechtenstein | Top 6 Most Beautiful Must See Tourist Attractions of Liechtenstein
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A Weekend Getaway to Liechtenstein | 6 Best Places to Visit in Liechtenstein | Top 6 Most Beautiful Must See Tourist Attractions of Liechtenstein

The Principality of Liechtenstein is a pristine slice of paradise wedged between the tourist-heavy Switzerland to the west and south and sparsely populated Austria to the east and north. With an area of just over 160 square kilometers and a population of 37,877, it is Europe's fourth-smallest and the world's sixth smallest country.

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Ultimate 7 Day Black Forest Road Trip Travel Guide with Itinerary, Tips, and Tricks | How to Spend a Week, Best Places to Visit, Top Things To See and Do in Black Forest, Germany
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Ultimate 7 Day Black Forest Road Trip Travel Guide with Itinerary, Tips, and Tricks | How to Spend a Week, Best Places to Visit, Top Things To See and Do in Black Forest, Germany

For most travelers, Black Forest is just about Cuckoo Clocks, Triberg Waterfalls, Lake Titisee, or big cities like Baden Baden, Heidelberg, Freiburg, and Feldberg, where you will find most of the crowd. But that surely is anything but the real ‘Schwarzwald.’ Experiencing the real Black Forest is by driving through dense and dark stretches of woodlands, serpentine climbing mountainous roads, lush green valleys, postcard-perfect villages while expecting to run across a wicked witch or huntsman, taking a break to pluck a few apples from the orchards, tasting wine while driving across the vineyard trails, or stopping the car in the middle of nowhere when you spot a deer.

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Venice and its Lagoon | 19 Best Places to Visit and Top Things to Do in Venice and its Islands | 19 Must See Tourist Attractions in the Venetian Lagoon
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Venice and its Lagoon | 19 Best Places to Visit and Top Things to Do in Venice and its Islands | 19 Must See Tourist Attractions in the Venetian Lagoon

In the middle of the Adriatic, the Lagoon of Venice is an adventurous attempt to create an evocative artwork glittering with miniature islands, marble palaces, monuments, piazzas, meandering roads, canals, bridges, gondolas, and silent waters. It is one of the most ancient and intricate examples of human-nature interactions, containing the highest concentration of tangible cultural items and aesthetic expressions accumulated over millennia. In 1987, Venice and its Lagoon was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site for the uniqueness of its historical, archaeological, urban, architectural, artistic, and cultural values, all of which are integrated into an extraordinary environmental landscape. Today I’m going to take you along with me on a ride across the 19 best places to visit and top things to do in Venice and its Lagoon. Let the journey begin!

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Complete Cinque Terre Travel Guide | Everything You Need to Know for Visiting Cinque Terre | Best Places to Visit, Top Things to See and Do in Cinque Terre, Italy
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Complete Cinque Terre Travel Guide | Everything You Need to Know for Visiting Cinque Terre | Best Places to Visit, Top Things to See and Do in Cinque Terre, Italy

Situated amidst one the most dramatic settings on the planet, the ingeniously constructed isolated hamlets of Cinque Terre (pronounced as Cheen-kweh Ter-reh), or "Five Lands," with no automobiles, winding lanes, seemingly impregnable cliff sides, perfectly preserved architecture, a network of stunning mountain trails, and a 19th-century railway line cutting through a series of coastal tunnels connecting the villages can spellbind even the most adept of eyes.

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