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Rocks and Coves at Cap de Creus

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Morning sun over a rocky cove opposite Cadaqués Old Town, Catalonia, Spain

The Cap de Creus peninsula marks the easternmost point of mainland Spain. Like a backbone, the eastern foothills of the Pyrenees meet the Mediterranean coast here. West of a line from El Port de la Selva to Roses, the coastal mountains separate Cadaqués and the Cap de Creus Natural Park from the rest of the Costa Brava. Until the construction of the only access road in the 19th century, Cadaqués was only accessible by sea. Numerous long-distance hiking trails, for example, along the main ridge of the Pyrenees to the Atlantic, begin or end here.
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The cliffs and bays of Porteils

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Sunrise over a bay with rugged rocks on the Mediterranean coast near Collioure, Côte Vermeille, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

In the south of France, just before the Spanish border, the eastern foothills of the Pyrenees meet the Mediterranean. This is where the extensive sandy beaches of Occitania end at Argelès-sur-Mer and transition into the rocky and bay-filled Côte Vermeille. In the hinterland, the peaks of the Massif des Albères reach over 1,200 metres in altitude, a paradise for hiking and cycling. Even the first stretch of coast at Porteils, between Argelès-sur-Mer and Collioure, offers a beautiful hike. The coastal path runs in a constant series of ups and downs, past spectacular rocks and bays, to one of the most picturesque seaside resorts in Roussillion.
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Lake Molveno – first glimpse of the Brenta

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Clouds drifting around the rock towers of the Brenta Dolomites in front of autumn-coloured mountain forest, Molveno, Trentino, Italy

On the way for an autumn visit to Lake Garda, I had chosen the Paganella plateau and Lake Molveno as a stopover this time. The Brenta massif has been on my tour list for a long time, so I wanted to get a first personal impression of the mountains. We left the motorway at Mezzacorona, then headed west into the narrow Noce Valley and then wound our way up and southwards via Andalo to Molveno. Read more

Out and about in Tjurpannan Nature Reserve

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Glowing sunset over the rocks in Tjurpannan Nature Reserve in the archipelago of the Swedish west coast

A hike through Tjurpannan Nature Reserve on Sweden’s west coast culminates the beauty of this coastal landscape in a small area. Heathland and freshwater lakes, smooth-polished granite cliffs, islands and the open sea. Read more

Rugged rocky coast in the west of Sardinia

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Mediterranean natural beauty – Rugged, colourful rock formations in the surf of the deep blue Mediterranean on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy

Sardinia boasts varied, often wild, rugged and colourful rocky coasts. Shaped by erosion, you’ll find the most daring and imaginative shapes with a wide range of surface textures – from smooth and rounded, rough and porous to razor-sharp and pointed. The rocks also glow in every colour of the spectrum. Together with the deep blue and turquoise of the sea and sky, the reds and yellows of algae and lichens and the green of the vegetation, the result is an often surreal, psychedelic play of colours – completely natural, without any mind-altering drugs. Read more