Ten kilometers from Alcoy in the north of the province of Alicante lies the Parque Natural del Carrascal de la Fuente Rojo nature reserve. There are several hiking trails in this area. One of the most popular goes to the top of El Menejador, which rises 1,356 meters above sea level. From there you can see the valley through which the Polop river flows, with the Sierra de Mariola mountain range on the other side and the city of Alcoy at the bottom of the valley to the east. Yo

The eastern part of Altea's coastline has always been a beach with a promenade (paseo) within it. For decades, however, parts of the western coastline - Playa de Bol - have been taken over by a road and a parking lot. In 2023, work began on converting the parking lot into a beach. Now the city has 800 meters longer coastline. In addition, both the paseo and the beach have become wider. Playa de Bol has once again become a real beach. This post describes the entire Altea paseo

Between the ninth and sixth centuries BC, the Phoenicians had a large city called Herna in an area of ​​the Sierra de Crevillente mountain range in Spain. An archaeological excavation has provided a lot of information about how the city was organized. It was a whopping 40 hectares and was surrounded by a strong wall. Today, this is a great destination for a hike where you can learn about the history on an archaeological route while walking in a beautiful and distinctive mount

Morro de Toix is ​​the extreme tip of the Sierra Bernia mountain range where it flows into the Mediterranean Sea between Altea and Calpe. From the Mirador Morro de Toix you can see much of the northern Costa Blanca. It only takes 10 minutes to walk up there, and from there a bird watching route leads on a 1.4 km long hiking trail up to a mast station. Morro de Toix separates the Marina Alta area from the Marina Baixa. On one side is Calpe, on the other is Altea. From the Mira

A few kilometers from the village of Castell del Castells, an hour's drive inland from the Costa Blanca near Benidorm, lies a natural...

One kilometer north of the coastal town of Grebbestad on Sweden's west coast lies a burial ground from the Late Iron Age covered in...

Until the last ice age thirty thousand years ago, muskoxen were a natural part of the fauna of Norway. But the strain that lives on...

A hundred meters outside the town of Hamburgsund on Sweden's west coast in Bohuslän lies the five-kilometer-long and three-kilometer-wide...

Five kilometers from the center of Strömstad is Daftö Resort. It is a large and modern campsite with much of what one could wish for in a...

Denne fotturen på 1,5 km på turveier langs Frognerelva gjennom Vigelandsparken og ned til Skøyen passer fint for hele familien.

Denne korte fotturen på Oljeberget ved Strömstad egner seg for hele familien. På toppen får du fin utsikt over sentrum og skjærgården rundt.

In 2023, Norway's first treetop path opened in Hamaren activity park in Fyresdal. It is a 2-meter-wide wooden footbridge on stilts that...

Denne rundturen til toppen av Vardåsen egner seg for alle i normalt god fysisk form. Den går for det meste på sti ti skog. Flott utsikt.

Denne fine sandstranden med gressplen og tursti er egnet for hele familien. Parkeringsplass like ved. Toaletter på stedet.

Denne fotturen på grusveger på en bilfri øy i indre Oslofjord passer for alle. Her får du fine naturopplevelser i naturvernområdet.

A little south of Smögen on Bohuslän's west coast lies an island where people have for centuries subsisted on fishing, farming and boat...

Hornborgasjön is a large shallow lake in western Götaland, Sweden, best known for the large influx of cranes during the spring and autumn...

Hoffselva receives its water flow from the areas around Holmenkollen, Voksenkollen and Vettakollen. The waterway flows through...

Most people know Kolsåstoppen in Bærum, and then you usually think of Søndre Kolsåstopp, which rises 342 meters above sea level. But...

Just 41 km from the city of Murcia lies an area of ​​237 square kilometres where drought combined with heavy rainfall over millions of...