Naxos is a Greek island, the largest island in the Cyclades. Naxos is a popular tourist destination, with several easily accessible ruins. It has a number of beautiful beaches. Agriculture is an important economic sector with various vegetable and fruit crops as well as cattle breeding, making Naxos the most […]
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Pristina is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is estimated that the current population of the city stands between 500,000 and 600,000, it has a majority Albanian population. Pristina International Airport is 18 km from Kosovo.
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia. According to the 2002 census, it has approximately 500,000 inhabitants, today Skopje is a modern city with a wide range of cultural monuments. Skopje has one international airport: Skopje Alexander the Great Airport located in the Petrovec Municipality, […]
Tenerife, a Spanish island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, which is also one of the busiest Spain resorts and the first of Canary Islands.Tenerife also has one of the world’s […]
Second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia, Thessaloniki is a free port, the gateway to the Balkan hinterland. Thessaloniki International Airport, “Macedonia”, formerly known as Mikra Airport, is located about 15 km southeast of the city centre of Thessaloniki. It is linked to the […]
Capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo is famous for its traditional religious diversity, with adherents of Islam, Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Judaism coexisting there for centuries. Sarajevo International Airport, also known as Butmir Airport, is located 6 km (3.8 mi) southwest of the railway station in Sarajevo, in […]
Dubrovnik is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic. George Bernard Shaw was enchanted by this beautiful city, about which he said “those who seek paradise on Earth should come to Dubrovnik and see Dubrovnik”, as well as, famously, describing it as “the pearl of the Adriatic”. […]
Varna is a major tourist destination, business and university centre, and seaport. It is the second most important economic centre for Bulgaria after Sofia. Varna International Airport is situated on the western outskirts, about five miles (9km) from the city, public bus 409, which passes through central Varna serves the […]
Belgrade lies on two international waterways, at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where Central Europe’s Pannonian Plain meets the South European Balkans. It is one of the oldest cities in Europe, with archeological finds tracing settlements as early as the 6th millennium BC. Named after the famous […]
Palermo International Airport, also known as Falcone-Borsellino Airport, Punta Raisi Airport: dedicated to Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, two anti-mafia judges killed by the mafia in early 1990s, is located 32 km (19 miles) west of Palermo (Punta Raisi). The airport can be reached by trains departing from the railway […]
Part of an industrial area on the Costa del Azahar, Valencia is the third largest city in Spain. The famous Spanish dish paella originated in the Valencian region. Valencia Airport is situated 9 km (5.6 mi) west of downtown Valencia, the shuttle service (Aerobus) to city centre takes only 20 […]
Istanbul, former Byzantium and Constantinople, is one of the most important tourism spots of Turkey. Istanbul is also a megacity, as well as the cultural and financial centre of Turkey. Atatürk International Airport is the major international airport in Istanbul, located on the European side of the city, 24 km […]