25 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Mangalia (
Turkish : Mankalya), ancient Callatis (other historical names: Pangalia, Panglicara, Tomisovara), is a
city and a port on the coast of the
Black Sea in the south-east of
Constanța County ,
Northern Dobruja ,
Romania .
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24 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Saturn is a
seaside resort on the
Romanian Black Sea coast . It is located one kilometer north of
Mangalia and about 40 kilometers south of
Constanța , near the
Bulgarian border .
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23 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Eforie (historical names (for Eforie Sud): Băile Movilă, Carmen-Sylva, Vasile Roaită) is a town and a holiday resort on the
Black Sea shore, in
Constanța County ,
Northern Dobruja ,
Romania . It is located about 14 km (8.7 mi) south of
Constanța .
Techirghiol Lake lies nearby.
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22 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Neptun is a summer resort on the
Romanian seacoast , on the
Black Sea , six kilometres (3 1⁄2 miles) north of
Mangalia . It is part of a string of such resorts,
Olimp ,
Jupiter ,
Cap Aurora , and
Venus .
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21 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Vama Veche (historical names: Ilanlâk, Ilanlâc,
Turkish : Ilanlık) is a village in
Constanţa County ,
Romania , on the
Black Sea coast, near the
border with Bulgaria , at 28.57 E
longitude , 43.75 N
latitude . It is part of the commune of
Limanu and in 2002, it had a population of 178. Vama Veche administratively belongs to the commune Limanu. The town is located in
Dobrogea , on the shore of the
Black Sea , less than one
kilometer from the border with
Bulgaria .
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20 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Bon voyage , Theme Weeks
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The
Romanian Black Sea resorts , or the
Romanian Riviera , stretch along the Black Sea coast from the
Danube Delta at the northern end down to the
Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the south, along 275 kilometers of coastline.
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28 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Kauaʻi, anglicized as Kauai, is one of the main
Hawaiian Islands . It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km²), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the
21st-largest island in the United States . Kauaʻi lies 73 miles (117 km) northwest of
Oʻahu , across the
Kauaʻi Channel . The island’s
2020 population was 73,298. Styling itself the “Garden Isle”, Kauaʻi is the site of
Waimea Canyon State Park and
Na Pali Coast State Park . It forms the bulk of
Kauai County , which also includes the small nearby islands of
Kaʻula ,
Lehua , and
Niʻihau .
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27 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Lanai (
Hawaiian : Lānaʻi) is the sixth-largest of the
Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is colloquially known as the
Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide
pineapple plantation . The island’s only settlement of note is the small town of
Lanai City . The island is 98% owned by
Larry Ellison , cofounder and chairman of
Oracle Corporation ; the remaining 2% is owned by the state of Hawaii or individual homeowners.
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26 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Hawaii (
Hawaiian : Hawaiʻi) is the
largest island in the United States , located in the eponymous
state of
Hawaii . It is the southeasternmost of the
Hawaiian Islands , a chain of
volcanic islands in the
North Pacific Ocean . With an area of 4,028 square miles (10,430 km²), it has 63% of the Hawaiian
archipelago ‘s combined landmass. However, it has only 13% of the archipelago’s population. The island of Hawaiʻi is the third largest island in
Polynesia , behind the
north and
south islands of New Zealand.
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