El Salvador, A Mining Town Shaped Like A Roman Helmet
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 28, 2014
Located at an elevation of more than 2,400 meters in the foothills of the Andes and in the middle of the Atacama Desert, the town of El Salv...
Showing posts with the label Towns
The Medieval Market Square of Bernkastel-Kues
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2014
The German town of Bernkastel-Kues is located in the Moselle Valley, halfway between Cochem and Trier. This attractive little town, often re...
The Perched Villages of Cote d'Azur
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2014
One of the most endearing attractions of Côte d'Azur, also known as the French Riviera, in the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast ...
Juzcar, The Spanish Village That Painted Itself Blue
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 6, 2014
Juzcar is a small town and municipality in the autonomous province of Andalusia, 113 km away from the city of Malaga and 25 km from Ronda. O...
Zalipie, The Painted Village
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2014
Zalipie is a village in southeastern Poland, 68 km east of the regional capital Kraków, known for its wonderfully painted houses. The trad...
The Colorful Island of Burano, Italy
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2014
Burano is an island in the Northern Venetian Lagoon, just 40 minutes away from Venice by boat. Burano is an old fishing village, and the fis...
The Mock Village of Copehill Down
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 12, 2014
Copehill Down on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, may look like a typical English village, but on closer inspection something doesn’t ...
Empuriabrava, Spain’s Own Venice
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 11, 2014
Empuriabrava is an unusual town on the coast of Girona, the Costa Brava in Spain. It is one of the largest residential marina in the world w...
Popeye Village in Malta
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 30, 2014
When Walt Disney and Paramount Pictures decided to make a movie based on the popular cartoon strip Popeye, the production team picked the op...
Fenghuang - The City Frozen in Time
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 9, 2013
The ancient town of Fenghuang is located in the southwest corner of the west of Hunan province, in China, at the foot of a mountain along th...
Italy's Earthquake Ravaged Ghost Towns
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 1, 2013
You'll have heard, no doubt, of Pompeii, the Roman town perfectly preserved in a moment when nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted. T...
7 Highest Cities in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2013
Like the microscopic bacteria, human beings too have learned to evolve and flourish in extreme conditions – from the scorching heat of the S...
Houtong Cat Village, Taiwan
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2013
Houtong is a small mining town located in Rueifang District of Taiwan, a district renowned for its rich, well-preserved railway culture with...
Street Art in Lodz, Poland
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2013
Over the last few years, the Polish city of Lodz, is slowly transforming into a permanent exhibition of street art in public spaces. It star...
The White Towns of Andalusia
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 4, 2013
In southern Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, between the Atlantic in the west and the Mediterranean in the east, lies some o...
The Old Town of Ghadames
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 29, 2013
Ghadames, known as the “pearl of the desert”, is an oasis town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in southwestern Libya. It is...
The Doomed Village of Doel And Its Amazing Street Art
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2013
Doel is a 700 year old village situated near the river Scheldt in Belgium, that is currently facing the threat of demolition. Its only crime...
Villa Epecuen: The Town That Was Submerged For 25 Years
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2012
Back in the 1920s, a tourist village named Villa Epecuen was established along the shore of Lago Epecuen, a salt lake some 600 kilometers so...
Hamburg, the City of Bridges
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 16, 2012
Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and considered to be one of the most beautiful in the country. It is also a popular tourist de...
The Beautiful Alpine Town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2012
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany, in the heart of the Alps. Garmisch and Partenkirchen were ori...
