{"id":20586,"date":"2016-04-05T15:34:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T14:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=20586"},"modified":"2021-06-25T16:07:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:07:42","slug":"10-natural-wonders-of-europe-by-motorhome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/10-natural-wonders-of-europe-by-motorhome\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Natural Wonders of Europe by Motorhome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Travelling Europe and North Africa by motorhome has&nbsp;given us an&nbsp;opportunity to visit some of the most magnificent natural wonders. Writing this post has driven home to me just how lucky we are, and how much I love this lifestyle. The wandering continues, and we&#8217;re sure to see more incredible sights as we go, and these are 10&nbsp;of the most awe-inspiring nature spots&nbsp;we&#8217;ve visited to date.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re in no particular order, and please do let us know your favourite European natural locations; where&nbsp;would be on your list?<\/p>\n<h2>1. Picos de Europa, Spain<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20588 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/D45-052-Lago-Enol-in-Picos-Mountains.jpg\" alt=\"Lago Enol in Spain's Picos de Europa Mountains\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/D45-052-Lago-Enol-in-Picos-Mountains.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/D45-052-Lago-Enol-in-Picos-Mountains-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/D45-052-Lago-Enol-in-Picos-Mountains-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lago Enol in Spain&#8217;s Picos de Europa Mountains<\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s northern coastline seriously surprised us with the beautiful&nbsp;Picos de Europa mountains. Just a few miles inland from the coast, they&#8217;re easily accessible by motorhome (keep an eye out for the odd overhanding rock). &nbsp;There&#8217;s an aire at Cangas de Onis (N43.348503, W5.126967) which makes a good base for forays up into the hills, and great value <em>men\u00fa del d\u00eda<\/em> is available in the town.<\/p>\n<p>We can highly recommend Lago Enol, Lago Ercina and the Cares Gorge (check in with tourist info before try to drive all the way to the gorge though, the road gets a bit small). For more info, <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/mountains-oh-yeah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click&nbsp;here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>2.&nbsp;Mount Etna, Sicily<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20594 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08176-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Etna, Sicily\" width=\"1064\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08176-1.jpg 1064w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08176-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08176-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08176-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08176-1-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08176-1-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1064px) 100vw, 1064px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mount Etna, Sicily<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, you can drive a big old motorhome up the side of an active volcano. Mount Etna in Sicily is just as beautiful to look at from the coast or pretty much anywhere on the eastern side of Sicily, but sleeping high on it was something special.<\/p>\n<p>We stayed on both the south side, which has a cable car lift up the lava flows to take you closer to the hot stuff at the top, and on the northern side which has plenty of lava itself, and is just as wondrous.<\/p>\n<p>For more info on the south side, <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/from-winter-sun-to-a-frozen-wasteland-on-mount-etna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>, and for the north side, <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/in-a-sea-of-lava-on-the-north-slopes-of-etna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>. We also stayed at a motorhome campsite on the coast at Giardini-Naxos (N37.822255 E15.263367, more&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/every-dog-owners-worst-nightmare-rat-poison-in-giardini-naxos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">info here<\/a>), which was a friendly and low cost spot.<\/p>\n<h2>3.&nbsp;Dune du Pilat, France<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20590 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC07605.jpg\" alt=\"Dune du Pilat, France\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC07605.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC07605-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC07605-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC07605-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC07605-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dune du Pilat, France<\/p>\n<p>After maybe ten forays into France by campervan and motorhome over the years, we finally came across the Dune du Pilat. It wasn&#8217;t exactly hiding, it&#8217;s the biggest sand dune in Europe, and it is HUGE!<\/p>\n<p>When we arrived in August, we arrived in gridlock. Ah, France in August, maybe not the best time to go see a whacking great tourist attraction, as all of Paris must have been there. Once we&#8217;d found somewhere to park beneath the trees, the experience was a lot of **out of breath** fun, and well worth the hassle.<\/p>\n<p>After clambering about on the sand we headed to a nearby aire at&nbsp;Parentis-En-Born, (N44.34405 W1.09870), for more info,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/pockets-full-of-sand-the-highest-dune-in-europe-dune-du-pilat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click&nbsp;here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>4. The Seven Rila Lakes, Bulgaria<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20598 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08429.jpg\" alt=\"Three of the 7 Rila Lakes, Bulgaria\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08429.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08429-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08429-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08429-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC08429-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>Adam and Sophie&#8217;s fabulous <a href=\"http:\/\/europebycamper.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">europebycamper.com<\/a> blog put us onto this beautiful spot in Bulgaria. Unusually for mountain roads, the one here gets drastically better the higher you get, which is a relief as the lower section wasn&#8217;t too wide!<\/p>\n<p>The route&nbsp;leads to a broad car park (N42.24274 E23.32441), which was cheap, the guard was happy for us to overnight, and it was a short walk to the chair lift up to the bottom of the lakes. Give yourself a good few hours if you want to get high enough to see all the lakes, it isn&#8217;t a simple wander along. Stick some climbing boots on too, and maybe take a Mars Bar and some water (or a bottle of vodka, as Ju spotted one lady sharing out for fellow walkers)! For more info, <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/team-daves-summit-attempt-the-7-rila-lakes-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%bc-%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%bb%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8-%d0%b5%d0%b7%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>5. The&nbsp;Pelion Peninsular, Greece<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20600 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC06523.jpg\" alt=\"Pelion Peninsular, Greece\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC06523.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC06523-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC06523-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC06523-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC06523-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pelion Peninsular, Greece<\/p>\n<p>I just had a minor argument with myself over this one, as the choice for best beautiful scenery in Greece is a tough one! For instance, the Mani Peninsular is an equally unspoiled paradise (<a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/into-the-deep-mani-areopolis-%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%b5%cf%8c%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%b7-and-the-diros-caves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have a look-see here<\/a>), but the Pelion won out for me as it felt just that little more remote and untouched by mass tourist.<\/p>\n<p>My favourite spot is pictured here, a tiny bay at&nbsp; Lambinou (N39.36015 E23.21332). The roads across the peninsular aren&#8217;t huge, and are fairly steep at times, but nothing our non-turbo 1993 Hymer B544 couldn&#8217;t handle. The cove has a small car park where we stayed for free for a couple of nights, walking almost no distance to the beach past a great little restaurant which we can also vouch for! For more info, <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/kissos-to-lambinou-stunning-road-stunning-destination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>6. The Adriatic&nbsp;Coast, Croatia<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20602 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4626-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset over the Adriatic, Croatia\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4626-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4626-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4626-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC_4626.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sunset over the Adriatic, Croatia<\/p>\n<p>Another argument: which particular part of the Croatian coast is best? Short answer: pretty much all&nbsp;of it. From what we&#8217;ve seen, the spots which aren&#8217;t laid-back and beautiful are few and far between. I&#8217;m sat in Croatia as I write this, the lapping of the sea just a few feet away. The clean, calm turquoise of the Adriatic is a sight to behold, and is fun to snorkel about in; just keep an eye out for urchins, the spiky fellows are everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>The coast here is akin to the best sections in Greece, only for us motorhome wanderers there is one big difference. In Greece you can free-camp almost everywhere. Here they&#8217;re rather more careful to ensure you stay in campsites, although there is a great range from the gargantuan to the tiny to choose from. We&#8217;re keen on the smaller ones, and keep our costs down travelling out of season with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campingcard.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACSI card<\/a>. As I can&#8217;t pick a favourite Croatian spot, <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/category\/croatia-motorhome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here are all the blog posts<\/a> we&#8217;ve written about the country.<\/p>\n<h2>7. The&nbsp;Aiguille du Midi, France<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20603 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC05963.jpg\" alt=\"View from the Aiguille du Midi, France\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC05963.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC05963-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC05963-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC05963-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC05963-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View from the Aiguille du Midi, France<\/p>\n<p>The Aiguille du Midi is a spike of rock jutting into the sky high above Chamonix in the French Alps. At some point in the past, some brave fellows have dragged a cable car&#8217;s heavy metal wire up it, which means we got to experience&nbsp;the views normally reserved for those sporting crampons and clinging to ropes.<\/p>\n<p>The cable car isn&#8217;t cheap, but it is worth it. Every last cent. Make sure you get up early to miss the crowds, and go on a clear day to really get your fix of views over Mont Blanc and the northern Alps.<\/p>\n<p>We had the luck to be invited to stay with a fab couple in Chamonix when we went up to the Aiguille (<a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/living-the-high-life-in-chamonix-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">see this blog post<\/a>), but there is an aire below the cable car station during the summer, or you can stay alongside the road in winter (N45.92827, E6.87674 ), as we did a few weeks ago (<a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/lining-up-for-the-kandahar-chamonix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog post here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>8. The Erg Chebbi, Morocco<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20605 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/D115-022-camels-at-Erg-Chebbi.jpg\" alt=\"Erg Chebbi, Morocco\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/D115-022-camels-at-Erg-Chebbi.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/D115-022-camels-at-Erg-Chebbi-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/D115-022-camels-at-Erg-Chebbi-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Erg Chebbi, Morocco<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, OK, Morocco is <em>technically<\/em> in Africa and not Europe, but I just couldn&#8217;t leave the Erg Chebbi dunes out. These pale high sands are fairly well commercialised, but in an easy-going way. They remain quite incredible to sleep alongside, dreamlike; the photo to the left was taken from our motorhome window. We couldn&#8217;t quite believe we were allowed to sleep in such a magnificent location at the&nbsp;Kasbah Hotel Tombouctou, right on the edge of the Sahara desert, wow (N31.12817 W4.01261).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s obviously a fairly long drive to the Sahara, but easily done in an unmodified 20 year old, 2.8 tonne, non-turbo motorhome. The last couple of km are on &#8216;piste&#8217; road, with some minor corrugations, but very easy to get over with no damage. The rest of the route is on tarmac, and there are plenty of fuel stations along the way. For more info, <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/sahara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>9.&nbsp;Kravica Waterfalls, Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20608 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/100_2319.jpg\" alt=\"Kravica Waterfalls, Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/100_2319.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/100_2319-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/100_2319-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/100_2319-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/100_2319-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kravica Waterfalls, Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina<\/p>\n<p>Neither of us knew quite what to expect when we drove into Bosnia, but it certainly wasn&#8217;t this. Having been mildly ripped off by the insurance chap at the border, and being mildly worried we&#8217;d bitten off more than we could chew entering a previously war-torn country, the sun wasn&#8217;t helping by attempting to cook the three of us alive.<\/p>\n<p>So finding these falls, not just wonderful to look at but also providing a cool paradise sunken below the scorched earth above, was a heart-warming surprise. The locals were there in droves too, sitting drinking at a small cafe, splashing about or leaping from the heights. One couple was even having wedding photos taken. We grabbed our swimmers and joined in (except for&nbsp;the leaping, my back couldn&#8217;t take it&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p>The car park attendant, who also seemed to own the adjacent bar, was happy for us to stay the night for a few quid (N43.15849 E17.60839). For more, <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/a-mixed-bag-of-bosnia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>10.&nbsp;Sustenpass, Switzerland<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20610 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02428-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Glaciers Off the Sustenpass, Switzerand\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02428-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02428-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02428-1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02428-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02428-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Glaciers Off the Sustenpass, Switzerand<\/p>\n<p>It would be difficult to put together a list like this without including Switzerland. Although I could also say that about Austria, Portugal, or several other countries which aren&#8217;t&nbsp;on the list. Well there are so many locations whose sight invokes pure joy in me across Europe, not all of &#8217;em could make it, and I really loved this location in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>A Swiss couple put us onto it, or we&#8217;d never have found it. Down a tiny toll road from the main Sustenpass route, it eventually ends in a bowl of mountains surrounded by glaciers. Overnighting isn&#8217;t stricly allowed, and if it snowed we were going to be very stuck indeed! Maybe the risk added to the pure thrill of being and sleeping there (N46.71368 E8.41629)? More in the <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/swiss-wine-leads-to-glaciers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OK, that&#8217;s it, phew! As above, if you&#8217;ve other natural locations you think should make it to the top ten list, feel free to add them below!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers, Jay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travelling Europe and North Africa by motorhome has\u00a0given us an\u00a0opportunity to visit some of the most magnificent natural wonders. 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