The Bucegi Mountains are in the southern part of Romania’s famous Carpathian Mountains known as the “Pearl of the Carpathians”. These beautiful mountains offer skiing in winter and scenic hiking in the summer months.
The Rila Mountains are the highest mountain range in Bulgaria and are a popular tourist destination. During the winter there is skiing to be enjoyed and in summer there hiking trails to explore. We visited the Rila Mountains to hike the famously stunning 7 Rila Lakes trail.
Most people only visit York city and don’t realise that there is also a lot of fantastic sites and attractions in the nearby Howardian Hills which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The Howardian Hills features beautiful rolling countryside, quaint English villages, manor houses and abbey ruins.