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Slovenia has dozens of world class ski resort. Slovenian ski centers and winter resorts attract Alpine and tour skiers, cross-country skiers, borders, sledgers. The biggest skiing center is Maribor, which in an area 270 m above sea level beside the Drava River. Many tourists choose to spend their winter holidays on the snow, more than 40 km of ski tracks offers different winter adventures with all grades of difficulty at an altitude of 325 m to 1327 m above sea level.

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La Pleta is an luxury health hotel located in the heart of the Pyrenees, in the Baqueira-Beret Ski Resort. It’s one of Spain’s premier 5 Star ski hotel, member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World. La Pleta is situated at slopes to height 1.750 m above sea level and only 3 hours from the Barcelona Airport. The hotel is surrounded by a picturesque mountain scenery that takes the breath away. La Pleta, by Rafael Hotels, is the Pyrenees top destination, ideal for making a trip to the mountain.

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Location: Stranja Mountain area, the town of Berkovitsa - at the northern foothill of the Mountain. It is at a distance of 89 km to the north of Sofia, Bulgaria.  Mt.Kom(2016) in the immediate proximity to the border with Serbia, and the Black Sea Cape Emine – the eastern end of the mountain and the country.
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Today Kilimanjaro is an exotic destination, which is threatened by degradation from climate change. Every year travel industry sends about 30, 000 climbers toward Kilimanjaro’s summit.
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Glaciers, waterfalls, wild mountain streams, mountain lakes, Alpine moors, Alpine flora and traditional agriculture have made it into a high valley of spectacular beauty. Lauterbrunnen is a small unspoilt village in Switzerland nestled between the towering walls of a sheer-sided valley that is famed for its waterfalls. This Alpine valley - Lauterbrunnen is situated in the impressive glaciated valley with the beautiful mountain ranges of Jungfrau, Shilthorn, and Breithorn on its doorstep. It is the departing point to the famous car-free resorts of Wengen and Murren, as well as the Jungfraujoch -Top of Europe (the highest train station in Europe) and the Schiltorn/Piz Gloria (made famous by James Bond).

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One of the greatest morning scenes in Texas, USA, is found just south of the Guadalupe Mountains, where the first rays of sun transform the dramatic eastern escarpment of El Capitan into a brilliant copper-orange curtain of light. The Guadalupe Mountains are part of one of the finest examples of an ancient marine fossil reef on Earth. Geologists come here from around the world to marvel at this extraordinary natural phenomenon, which formed approximately 250 million years ago in the geologic period know as the Permian. Today, El Capitan is the most distinct landmark within Guadalupe Mountains National Park, with trails around the base and near other mountains providing great views of the mountain.
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Mountain range Vitosha is the closest mountain range in the territory of Sofia, Bulgaria city. On 5 kilometers from the center of Boiana. The waterfall of Boiana stored a river a beautiful waterfall in the mountain range is most great. The Boiana river is below tame, but Up starts to rage on and be changed on an enormous waterfall.

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