Poland’s Primeval Forest: Puszca Bialowieza
The Białowieża National Park is the oldest national park in Poland is famous as the place where the European Bison has been successfully reintroduced into the wild.
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Byzantine Crimea
The Crimea is a peninsula of towering peaks, balmy seas and a colourful population. The Russian Tsars and Soviet elite spent summers here, in its Cold War heyday when it was a workers’ paradise, and with its Mediterranean-style climate it’s still the perfect holiday retreat.
Read moreSEVASTAPOL and the Crimean War
Sevastopol nestles near the foot of the western side of the Crimean Peninsula. It has been home to navies and – in Soviet times – was a key port for the Russians.. For such a strategic military location, it is surprisingly scenic, especially if you arrive by boat where a gentle hill rises behind a quaint fishing harbour.
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Crimean Sites of the Tatars
The Crimea is a peninsula of towering peaks, balmy seas and a colourful population. The Russian Tsars and Soviet elite spent summers here, in its Cold War heyday when it was a workers’ paradise, and with its Mediterranean-style climate it’s still the perfect holiday retreat.
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