At 22,270 square kilometres, Etosha is Namibia's largest and most famous national park and one of the largest reserves in Africa. About a fifth of the area is taken up by Etosha Pen, a salt marsh depression, along the southern edge of which there are watering places where you can almost always see all kinds of animals, of which there are up to 114 species. Etosha has the world's only population of black rhinoceros, up to three hundred animals, and the very rare black-footed impala antelope.
Khan-Al-Khalili is a large market in the Muslim neighbourhood of Cairo, one of the city's striking landmarks. The square that Khan-Al-Khalili occupies was originally the site of the Saffron Tomb mausoleum, the burial place of the Fatimid caliphs. Emir Al-Khalili ordered the destruction of the Fatimid cemetery in 1382 in order to build a large caravanserai. At that time, this was the central... read more
The Catholic Church of the Visitation in the Jerusalem suburb of Ein Karem is named after one of the most beautiful Gospel episodes - Mary's visit to Elizabeth.
read moreIn the heart of Athens, northwest of the Acropolis, lie the ruins of the Ancient Agora. During the period of ancient Greece (from about the beginning of the 6th century BC) it was the political, financial, administrative, cultural and religious ce... read more
