Tag: “Medieval Village”

23 places found.

  1. Lindos

  2. Hahoe Folk Village

    The Hahoe Folk Village, located near Andong, South Korea, is a living historical village that provides an excellent glimpse into pre-modern Korean life. Be sure to get there before 3:00, as that's when the daily Andong Mask Dance performance begins, and it is a must see!

  3. Stradun

    The polished limestone pedestrian street through Dubvronik's Old Town is trafficked by tourists and locals alike. Also known as the placa, it starts at the Pile Gate and Fountain Onofrijeva and runs down to the .

  4. Knezev Dvor

    Just south of Luza Square is the Rector's Palace. It was the seat of the Ragusan (previous name for Dubrovnik) government.

  5. Old town

    Jules Verne, the father of science fiction, in search of unique places for his novels, chose Rovinj as a setting for some chapters of his novel 'Mathias Sandorf'. Just as he was, many a writer has through centuries equallv been enchanted by Rovinj and its beauties.

  6. Hvar, Croatia

    Hvar is an Island off the coast of Croatia. It's probably the most know out of the whole chain, but still relatively untapped if you ask me...

  7. Piso Firme, Bolivia

    Piso Firme is a small village on the edge of the National Park Noel Kempf Mercado in Bolivia. Noel Kempf Mercado is a National Park which is part of the greatest (inter)National Park in the world, the Amazone.

    Pink freshwater dolphins, river otters, turtoises, tapirs, several cat-species and ziljions insects

    In Piso Firme there is just electricity from dusk till ten o'clock in the evening; there is one small shop where they bake bread; and all the animals, dogs, pigs, horses and cows walk around freely.

  8. Karakoo

    Karakoo (pronounced kara-koh) is a small village of a few thousand, located a few miles from the southern shore of Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk Kul. This rural community survives mainly off of farming and herding.

  9. Historic Port, Quarter & Souks

    The city we know as Byblos in the Western world is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon, called Jbeil (جبيل Ǧubayl) in Arabic. It is believed to have been founded around 5000 BC, and according to fragments attributed to the semi-legendary pre-Trojan war Phoenician historian Sanchuniathon, it was the first city ever built, and even today is believed by many to be the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world.

    It is mentioned in the Bible in 1 Kings 5:32, referring to the nationality of the builders of Solomon's Temple.

    So, it's old.

  10. Tate Mountain

    The Tate community is build around a small lake atop a mountain. It is a beautiful and quiet place hidden away in North Georgia, apart from any large cities.