Crete is the largest island in Greece and a super favorite of holidaymakers. In addition to stunning beaches, Crete also pampers the tourist with delicious food and great cultural attractions. Read Rantapallo’s destination guide and plan your own holiday. The fabulous island...
A different Turkey – experience the amazing scenery of Cappadocia. Cappadocia in Turkey is an area in the highlands of Central Anatolia, known for its special rock formations and underground cities. Cappadocia is a magnificent masterpiece of the forces of nature...
According to COUNTRYAAH, in 1309-77 the popes predominantly resided in Avignon due to the constant factional struggles in Rome. After pressure from Philip IV of France, Pope Klemens V moved the Pope to Avignon, which became part of the Pope’s vassals...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The UK consists partly of highlands in the north and west and partly of lowland areas, especially in the south-east. The highlands are built up of old and hard rocks, while the lowland part of the...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Ukraine is mainly a southern part of the Eastern European plain. Only smaller areas are mountainous. The Ukrainian plains have an average height of 175 m above sea level. and includes several highland...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Most of Turkey belongs to a protruding peninsula between the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean. In general, it is a highland with an average height of 1,100 m above sea level, divided into streams and...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Switzerland is largely mountainous and high, with an average height of 1,350 m above sea level. A wealth of different types of habitat exists, and three major landform regions can be discerned. At...
Nature Terrain Types Sweden’s topography has features that are similar to Norway and Finland, while Danish features are found only in southwestern Skåne. The geographical distribution of relief types and landform regions is dependent on the large-scale geological development for a...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Spain occupies most of the Pyrenees peninsula. The central part of the country consists of extensive plateaus, the so-called mesetan, with an average height of about 600 m above sea level. The large...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Slovenia is largely a mountain country, especially in its northern part with numerous foothills from the Eastern Alps. The Karawanks long chain forms part of the border with Austria with the highest peak...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, the Slovak landscape is dominated by the Western Carpathians (see Carpathians). Several parallel chains with intermediate valleys and streams meet the northern and middle parts of the country. At the far north are...
1882-1905 Independence According to COUNTRYAAH, at the Berlin Congress in 1878, the European powers recognized the full independence of Serbia and Montenegro, and they remained respectively. 1882 and 1905 transformed into kingdoms. During the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 13, Serbia,...
Nature The landscape of San Marino is dominated by a large central portion of sedimentary bedrock, Monte Ticino, whose highest peak Monte Titano reaches 756 m above sea level. The mountain with its three peaks, each crowned by a castle, is...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The huge geographical extent of the Russian Federation makes the landscape extremely varied. Plains have their largest distribution in the northern parts, west of Jenisei, while mountain scenery, plateaus and larger hill areas occur most in...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The interior of Romania is made up of a triangular mountain country, Transylvania, which in the east and south is bounded by the Carpathians. The rest of Romania’s surface consists of plains, mainly in the south...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Portugal forms a continuation of the Spanish mesetas and ridges in the form of a slope area towards the Atlantic. Plateaus and ridges with a longitudinal extension in the northeast – southwest direction...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Poland is a lowland area, apart from the mountainous border regions in the south. More than three-quarters of the land area is less than 200 m above sea level. and forms the eastern...
Nature Terrain Types Norway’s long coast is unique to Europe and offers impressive scenery where the sides of the fjords rise like high, almost vertical walls, often adorned with foamy waterfalls. On the continental shelf outside there are more than 50,000...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock In the central part of Northern Macedonia, a lowland, which flows through the river Vardar with its tributaries, spreads, among other things. Crna and Bregalnica. Here plateaus dominate from 600 to 900 m above sea level,...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, most of the Netherlands is a low lying plain, covered by thick layers of loose soils. Only in the border area to the Ardennes at the far south-east is the terrain higher and...
Nature According to BRIDGAT, Montenegro has a remarkably rich plant and animal life due to the great topographic variation, different climates and the geographical position on the border between different ecological zones. The country has 7,000–8,000 vascular plants (of which about...
Nature According to COUNTRYAAH, the Monaco Cliff is a steep limestone cliff with abundant, subtropical vegetation. The Monte Carlo cliff is not as steep; previously there were former limestone caves, which are now destroyed. According to BRIDGAT, the climate is a...
Nature According to COUNTRYAAH, Moldova is part of the Russian platform and is mainly confined by the river Prut in the west, which joins the Danube at the far south. In the eastern part flows Dnestr; both rivers and several smaller...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Malta is located on a seabed that extends from Sicily to Tunisia. The islands are built up of tertiary sand and limestone deposits, which slope slightly to the northeast. The southwest part of...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Luxembourg is often divided into a northern area, Ösling, which covers one third of the country, and Gutland, which comprises the southern two-thirds. The eastern border of the country is marked by the...
Attractions in London You can probably visit London several times a year throughout your life without taking in all the attractions and sights. There is so much to choose from that we should be very careful to say that the attractions...
Attractions in Ljubljana For many, walking around the old town of Ljubljana is the biggest attraction in itself. Strolling around in narrow cobbled streets surrounded by small houses with baroque facades, and then finding open spaces with beautiful fountains and bustling...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Lithuania is mainly a low lying plain, covered with a thick moraine layer. The bedrock consists of sedimentary rocks and has very little significance for the design of the topography. It is the...
According to COUNTRYAAH, Liechtenstein, despite its small size, can be divided into three topographically different areas: the Rhine canal, which is located at about 450 m above sea level. the castle Vaduz and the mountains, which with the summit Grauspitze reach...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Latvia is mainly a flat area with a rolling landscape rising to the east. Some more hilly areas occur, among which the Vidzeme heights in the middle part are highest; Gaizin Mountains reach...
According to COUNTRYAAH, Kosovo’s international law status was unresolved for eight years after the invasion. The country remained formally part of Yugoslavia, but the United Nations failed to decide on its future. The situation was locked in because the Kosovar Albanian...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Italy is a mountainous country with two mountain ranges, the Apennines and parts of the Alps, within its borders. Bergen continues to be multi-urban with hill areas, and together these two landform types...
According to COUNTRYAAH, the religious tensions that have marked Ireland’s history for many centuries began in the 17th century when extensive immigration took place by British Protestants (especially Presbyterians from Scotland) who settled in the northeastern corner of the country and...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Iceland is a young lava plateau with no less than 200–300 volcanoes, of which about 30 are active. Geologically, the island differs radically from the closest land areas of Greenland, Scotland and Norway....
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Characteristic of Hungary’s landforms are mainly extensive lowland areas. Hungary is surrounded by alpine mountain ranges such as the Carpathians in the north and east, the Eastern Alps in the west (see Alps) and the Dinaric...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Through the strong disintegration of the coast, Greece is characterized by its proximity to the sea. Only a small part of the country’s interior has more than 80 km to the coast. A large number of...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The whole of northern Germany is occupied by the northern German lowlands, which are lower than 200 m above sea level. It is mainly covered by soil layers deposited by the inland ice sheets and formed...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Along the borders of France, a number of mountain regions rise: the Pyrenees in the south, the Alps, the Jurassic Mountains and the Vosges in the east. Highland areas are also found in the interior of...
Nature Plant and animal life as well as nature conservation According to COUNTRYAAH, Finland, the land of a thousand lakes, belongs to the bait. The miles of forests are dominated by pine, spruce and birch with hints of aspen, gray eel,...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock From a 300-700 m high, cross-steep west side, the upper side of each island often slopes steeply to the southeast until it dives below the sea surface in a slightly sloping slope. Slættaratindur (882 m asl)...
