Europe's most mysterious features of the 10 towns - Bowen Preview

Europe's most mysterious features of the 10 town July 30, 2010

escape from the reality of Europe's ten most unique small town most of the original ecology of the mysterious island of Greece


medieval church, winding path of the streets, endless vineyards, as well as distant snow-covered Alps,learn italian language, but no cars roaring off, disturb your tranquility. Every warm morning, whenever he woke up, and then leisurely enjoy the bread is baked, soft cheese and fresh orange juice, which is the modern experience of many city people do not seek it? So spend a few nights, hides the European town bar. Town can give you more adventurous, surprise and beauty, as well his history and folklore, as some scenes are still maintained its original appearance hundreds of years ago, but has never been vandalism before, to find this place to be last few days, let the soul settle down, making my mind calm.


Top10 romantic cliff Aegean - Greece folegandros town (Folégandros)


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unique Folégandros, the Greek Cycladic Islands located in the quiet town where nothing in common with the other adjacent, there are no more than two-story building, there is no hiding the yacht harbor pier , and no fancy boutiques or restaurants. In Folégandros this remote island on the Aegean Sea, you can only see the waves beating the pebble beach, chasing each other goats in the hills, an ancient wooden windmill in the wind's breeze to uphold the spinning.


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for those who already tired of the way full of people bound tourism, Folégandros few of the most original of this Greek island ecology, is a perfect haven of tranquility. The center of town is located in a 200-meter-high cliff. Here blue water as ever, was also the Travel Channel named one of the world's ten most famous beaches.


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Population: 700


How to reach: fly to Santorini, and then outside the city of Piraeus from Athens to the ferry port.


Accommodation: have a nautical theme Anemomilos apartment, located in the village of Hora a cliff edge, a single room 1070 yuan. Near the port in Karavostasi there a company called Anemi hotel, double room 2,100.


Food: Irini's grocery store by day, night turned into the restaurant, the general supply of home cooking, two dining 380 yuan.


artist's paradise


Top9 artistic genius of the dream destination - Sweden Arild town (Arild)


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Arild is located in southwestern Sweden, a fishing village on the peninsula, has many natural beauty, but the most famous attractions are man-made. In 1980, Swiss artist Lars Vilks started under a hill up from the bay to collect driftwood nailed together, built a very strange building in the completed piece of areas he even announced an independent kingdom, and for taking named Ladonia. In the police tried to tear down the buildings, the artists Christo and Joseph Beuys to intervene to protect the down. Today's public art exhibits has been officially named Nimis, this maze of 100-meter-long tunnel and more than 10 meters high ground climbing tower composed of a fearless explorer wait to challenge.


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Arild who started from the 20th century until now are well-known resort and has been very popular with painters and other artists welcome. Artist Lars Vilks built up with the effort Nimis, although some seem vulnerable, unique style makes him the Swedish version of the Los Angeles Chinese Zita.


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Population: 537


How to reach: the two-hour drive from Copenhagen and then take the ferry.


accommodation and food: the 17th century Rusthallargarden hotel (double room 1,224 yuan, 710 yuan two meals) of the restaurant cranberry cake.


seafood dinner is a major feature here


Top8 Spain's Seafood Kitchen - Spanish guetaria Town Getaria


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here is 24 km away from San Sebastian Basque port of a small town, where Spanish may be the next destination, which is Getaria. It is famous for its abundant seafood, the Bay of Biscay produced a small amount of squid and halibut alarming wide variety of grilled seafood.


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to Getaria travel, is your opportunity to enjoy food, you can dress like the locals, like cream-colored cashmere wear, squeezed into the mouth of chewing steak restaurant Great steak, indulge in a very unique carnival Spain being. Meal leisurely meal accompanied by a bottle of white Rioja wine, there is a better place than Getaria it?


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Population: 2600


How to reach: Getaria 24 km west of the San Sebastian.


Accommodation: Saiaz Getaria hotel offers four-poster bed, you can also see Gaztetape beach sea view double room RMB 1000.


Food: You can set the table in the restaurant Elkano, Elkano is one of Spain's most famous steak restaurant.


fresh ocean flavor


Top7 close contact with the blue sea - 荷兰泰尔斯 Hayling Island (Terschelling)


town description


Although there are 136 km away from Amsterdam, Terschelling it is still a traveler's paradise. Terschelling has built 19th century villa with a chevron, and roofs with clapboard houses, these buildings can be Brandaris the light beacon, this lighthouse was built in 1549, the Netherlands, the oldest remaining lighthouse. Summer months, from nightfall until the middle of the night, the locals are like sitting on the harbor side of the small restaurants while sipping a Jupiler beer while looking forward to a brighter future.


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ships and terschelling several centuries, have maintained a close relationship. The island was a pilot training center, reputable Willem Barentsz Maritime Institute is located right here. If you want to go to a relaxing area, then this will be your ideal choice. Here a variety of activities held throughout the year, the most famous of which is held annually in June Oerol Street Theatre Festival (\race. In addition, visitors can also yacht port in West Terschelling, driving yacht out to sea and enjoy the fresh ocean flavor.


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Population: 4702


How to reach: From March to November, every day, and Fuli Lan ferry departure from Harlingen to Terschelling.


Accommodation: on the harbor side of the Wellness Hotel Caracol hotel has three rooms, the walls are smooth brush, equipped with Seacell Teng bed, double room 1900 yuan.


Food: De Gri? restaurant has oysters offer two dining 560 yuan.


medieval-style castle


Top6 historical space of easy walking - 苏格兰亚伯 Dole Town (Aberdour)


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Aberdour is a beautiful coastline in southern Scotland has a long history of the village who was once described as \In Aberdour, cars are welcome, but if you want to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the city, and there may well preserved way street riding, you have to make what car?


each year in August, the quiet Aberdour should usher in the International Tourism Festival Edinburgh many visitors, but in other seasons, Aberdour is a busy small town, where there are well-protected with several the century-old pedestrian street, medieval churches and castles, of course, there are supermarkets, as well as for the comfort you spend time at the pub. Even an offer witchcraft supplies store, defied the church in Edinburgh and England is located between the center of the church.


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Aberdour taste there are too many places worth slowly: 13 century-old castle - Aberdour Castle Colorful flowers hiding in a valley full of years, it is Scotland's oldest preserved castle. Sheng Feilun Church St Fillan's Church was built in the 12th century, is the best preserved medieval church in Scotland. Aberdour's Victoria train station, quite famous in Scotland, this very beautiful station also preserved the original appearance of Scotland's most traditional station. Aberdour also has many 17th to 19th century houses.


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Population: 1680


How to arrive: 30 minutes by train from Edinburgh to Aberdour.


accommodation and food: Woodside hotels offer Scottish tartan wool decorated room, double room 950 yuan, passenger ship plate decorated with 19th-century Highland bar for local beer, two meals 326 yuan.


food town


Top5 Food irresistible temptation - the Italian town of Norcia (Norcia)


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in the east central Umbria, Italy, the tradition continues from generation to generation manual cooking. Here, Pecorino cheese to aging two years, trained dogs to sniff out truffles in the forest in the smell of honey is derived from the plain red flowers in full bloom. Norcia the most prestigious restaurants than cinghiale, and this preserved the strong aroma of wild boar in the floating up from the deli, lingering in the streets of the town. Stood in front covered with smoked deli ham, you will find the owner are always busy cut pickled pork, pickled this perfect method has been used nearly eight centuries. They will each spring town square to celebrate with this meat section of St. Benedict.


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world-famous Italian cuisine, Norcia is known as the meat capital of Italy, Italy, sale of pigs meat shop called Norcineria, it comes from Norcia (Norcia) the name, we can see Norcia Italy's reputation in the. Locals will proudly tell you that in the meat, they do anything. Of course there are other well-known food Norcia, as a kind of butter, ham, mushrooms and sausage made sauce, with pasta, tastefully. In norcia, you will surprised to find that, as long as it rains, even a little drizzle, the woods and fields full of various fungi on the local people to use specially trained dogs to pick mushrooms, what it would be a scene it might as well go to Norcia to see it in person.


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Population: 5,000


How to reach: Norcia is located 110 km northeast of Rome.


Accommodation: Seneca hotel has 24 rooms to choose from, 16th century style palace decorated double room 1600 yuan.


Food: Il Granaro del Monte hotels provide installation of the truffle dish, pasta, two dining 480 yuan.


indigenous: local Norceria Brancaleone food store owner Fabrizio Marini recommend visitors each year, the truffle festival held in 23 months time for sightseeing.


gentle country town


Top4 sleep in a soft home - France chassignoles (Chassignolles)


town description


few years ago, when Harry Lester (London, Anchor & Hope, former President and owner of the hotel) in the French Auvergne region of walking scenery, the immediately shot in the town bought a 3 Chassignolles years on behalf of the small hotel opened in stone. In fact, back in the fifties of last century when, Chassignolles the United States on the widely welcomed by Maasai elite, there are buried in the green volcanoes and endless stretches of meandering river and the river is said to have strange effects on healing.


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If Chassignolles not paradise, then where is it? The largest national park in France in 1000 meters above sea level the village, is for you to pass the time lazily constructed. Cows grazing leisurely on the grass, hay piled next to the farm in various shapes, like a piece of natural art, street fragrance of wild flowers in full bloom race. Sitting in a new inn renovation, the window is a 12th century Romanesque church built in the picturesque beauty ... ... Chassignolles rush of the city always attracted people to the countryside.


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population: 86


How to reach: from Clermont - Ferrand to Le Puy - en-Velay in the midst of get off Chassignolles.


accommodation and food: Chassignolles hotel has a French antique white decorated room, double room 520 yuan; hotel restaurant features dishes such as Auvergne pounti (pork, Switzerland, together with plum jam and bread beet) and tart Boletus, restaurant menus are updated every day, two meals of about 224 yuan.


local characteristics: may wish to walk to the Durbiat, took almost half an hour. Durbiat is a smaller village, there is a remnant of the castle, the local small hotel chef will make you a picnic basket full of food, enjoy it slowly.


town is the largest wine


Top3: wine romantic reverie - Germany Stauffen town (Staufen im Breisgau)


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town, this place is closed the edge of the Black Forest in southern Germany, if you want to spend a holiday full of wine, here is another ideal, but the destination. Starting from Strasbourg, full of vineyards across the mountains, when you see a naive naked statue of Bacchus beckons to you, small town downtown from there. Both sides of the streets leading to the commercial market are pink house, the market is the center of town hall, the hall to the front engraved with the year 770 under the title Gothic inscriptions. Avenue on both sides of the open bar everywhere.


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Here you can easily find an outdoor bar to sit down and chat with locals and enjoy the wine here. But for those who like drunken revelers who want to remind you that there is a local legend, anyone who accidentally fell into the irrigation canals inside, and he will be doomed to marry a local. So if you're single, if one day suddenly want to get married, then do not bother to try his luck here. In addition, the legend of Faust is the year where a hotel was sold to the devil to the soul.


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Population: 7739


How to arrive: 75 minutes drive from Strasbourg to get to Staufen.


accommodation and food: Kreuz-Post Hotel hotel, rooms with painted patterns of textile decoration, double room 920 yuan. Restaurant features dishes with duck breast, delicious bread and blood sausage mushroom rice, two dining 810 yuan.


medieval town


Top2 medieval time in the shuttle - the United Kingdom Lavenham town (Lavenham)


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Lavenham Lavenham may be Britain's smallest town has. Small town pride local people have made more than 300 old houses and lined with jewelry shops and tea house colors (supply scones and thick cream), do not underestimate the humble shop, they can all England village on the list of endangered sites. Umbria, Italy Hotel Palazzo Terranova famous former owner Sarah Townsend would have to deeply fascinated, she even near Buxhall in Lavenham opened a tavern.


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loved history for visitors, many Suffolk County Towns and Villages will undoubtedly make you a great time. Lavenham is England's best preserved medieval villages, of which about 320 were included in the heritage of wooden architecture, by the British government protection. This unique village is Henry III was created 750 years ago, after hundreds of years, a large number of businessmen came to this village, wooden houses in the start of the business, to 1524, Lavenhami had become Britain's most affluent one of 14 large villages.


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Population: 1760


How to reach: from London to Liverpool train station every day more trains to the Stowmarket,spaghetti sauce recipes, only 22 km away.


accommodation and food: Lavenham Great House Hotel town center, double room RMB 1000. Buxhall Coach House Hotel is the choice of another roost, double room with two bedrooms, a fireplace and a large kitchen, double 2,400 yuan. Great House Hotel, is one of the best hotels Suffolk County, its restaurant serves traditional British cuisine, two dining 680.


hidden in the vineyards of the estate


Top1 sleep in the vineyards of the estate - the Italian town of Paul Gregory (Bolgheri)


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starting from the Viale dei Cipressi have a 3-mile-long straight road, the road on both sides of cypress trees planted 2540, this road through Bolgheri, a siege in southern Mali Ma in Tuscany vineyard among the small towns. In addition to the road of high drama, the central square at the local coffee shop della Posta, is a very special red wine bar, the wine began brewing in the eighties of last century, is comparable to the current French Bordeaux red wine, and relatively affordable, They only about 100 yuan. 8 km to the southeast from the Bolgheri's Bibbona home called Sant'Elena hotel, there are 15 rooms available for accommodation, provided with a canopy bed, stone fireplace and the best pasta. In Magona Hotel, chef Omar Barsacchi and Gionata d'Alessi will you enclose a traditional Tuscan - Mali Ma cuisine (Italian ravioli filled with tomato soup).


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Bolgheri this hidden in the vineyard of the estate, its history dates back to park the 8th century, and now most of the buildings were rebuilt after 1496. In addition to red wine, which is also known as Italy's most beautiful places, from 11 to each of the second year in May, tens of thousands of migratory birds stay here. Wide sandy beaches and dense forests here and the city will separate, so that here a real paradise for nature lovers.


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Population: 1,000


How to reach: By car from Pisa, Italy, 64 km south, to get to Bolgheri.


Accommodation: Sant'Elena hotel, double room 2,000 yuan.


Food: Magona hotels, two meals RMB 1000.


local characteristics: it is like the mayor Fabio Tinti endemic Casentino wool coat, you can buy in Arte e Moda.