Tigre is a city located in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. It is situated at the confluence of the Luján and Tigre rivers, approximately 28 kilometers north of the city of Buenos Aires. With a population of around 380,000 in its wider Partido, the city is the main gateway to the Paraná Delta, one…
Porto Moniz is a municipality and a town located on the northwestern tip of the island of Madeira, Portugal. With a population of around 2,700 in the entire municipality, the town of Porto Moniz is one of the oldest settlements on the north coast. It is renowned for its spectacular natural swimming pools, which were…
Asos, also spelled Assos, is a village located on the west coast of the island of Kefalonia, which is one of the Ionian Islands in Greece. The village is a part of the Erisos municipal unit. With a small permanent population of just over 100 inhabitants, Asos is known for its incredible scenic beauty. It…
Cape Point is a dramatic and scenic promontory located at the southeastern corner of the Cape Peninsula, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is a key feature of the Table Mountain National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cape Point is not a town, but rather a protected nature reserve and a…
Ribeira Brava is a municipality and a town located on the southwestern coast of the island of Madeira, Portugal. With a population of around 13,000 in the entire municipality, the town of Ribeira Brava is nestled in a deep and narrow valley at the mouth of a river of the same name. The town serves…
Żabbar is a city located in the South Eastern Region of Malta. With a population of around 15,600 inhabitants, it is one of the larger towns in this part of the island. The city’s name is believed to derive from the Maltese word for “pruning,” a reference to the many families of pruners who lived…
Antisamos Beach is a famous beach located on the eastern coast of the island of Kefalonia, which is one of the Ionian Islands in Greece. It is situated in a secluded bay, just a few kilometers from the main port town of Sami. Antisamos is not a town or a village, but rather a spectacular…
Masca is a small mountain village located on the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands of Spain. It is a part of the municipality of Buenavista del Norte. With a small permanent population of around 90 inhabitants, Masca is renowned for its dramatic and picturesque setting. The village is situated at an altitude…
Mtskheta is a city in the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The city is located approximately 20 kilometers north of Tbilisi, at the scenic confluence of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers. With a current population of around 7,000 inhabitants, it is a small provincial…
The Corinth Canal is an artificial waterway in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth, a strip of land that separates the Peloponnese peninsula from the Greek mainland. This feat of engineering effectively turns the…
Faial is a civil parish located in the municipality of Santana, on the northern coast of the island of Madeira, Portugal. With a population of around 1,500 inhabitants, Faial is a small and picturesque parish. It is known for its dramatic green, mountainous landscape and its rich agricultural traditions. The name “Faial” comes from the…
Fgura is a town located in the South Eastern Region of Malta, situated just inland from the historic Three Cities. With a population of around 13,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most densely populated towns on the island. Unlike many other Maltese towns, Fgura does not have a traditional historic village core with winding…