Giant turtles on La Digue
It is said that nowhere in the world are there as many giant tortoises as in the Seychelles. They are undoubtedly among the most extraordinary creatures on earth. After becoming extinct in many habitats, they still survive in the Seychelles today. The oldest of them, the world-famous Esmeralda, is said
Usedom, bathtub of the Berliners
Usedom is the second largest German island. With an average of 1,906 hours of sunshine a year, Usedom is the sunniest area in Germany. The perfect holiday destination is the 42 km long and up to 70 m wide fine sandy beach of the Baltic Sea coast. It is no
Cretan pottery villages
As late as the 19th century, the whole of western Crete was still being supplied by about 50 potter families in Margarites with the same clay vessels that filled the magazines of the Minoan palaces three and a half millennia ago. In every Cretan household there were several of the