▲Cairngorms National Park in Scotland was voted one of the top 20 places to visit in the world by National Geographic Traveler Magazine.

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The Curonian Spit is a 98 km sand dune that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea coast.

▲Located in Massif Central, the Cévennes National Park covers 321,380 hectares.

▲Cheile Nerei-Beușnița National Park is a large mountainous area mostly covered in dense forest.

▲Established in 1988, Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park was created to protect its extraordinary landscape.

▲Bialowieza National Park is in eastern Poland, close to the border of Belarus.

▲Durmitor National Park, located in the mountainous north-west of Montenegro, is a stunning limestone massif that runs along the border between Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

▲Gran Paradiso National Park was established after King Vittorio Emanuele II donated his personal hunting reserve to the state.

▲The spectacular rock formations of Göreme National Park are known as "fairy chimneys".

▲Écrins National Park is a beautiful region of mountains and glaciers covering an area of 91,800 hectares.

▲Hohe Tauern National Park is the largest nature reserve of the Alps and the second-largest national park in Europe.

▲Gargano National Park is home to several protected areas, including a marine reserve and a forest.

▲Killarney National Park was formed in 1932, making it Ireland's oldest national park.

▲Jotunheimen National Park is nicknamed "the home of giants" because 29 of Norway's highest mountains are located here.

▲Scotland's Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park was opened in 2002 by HRH Princess Anne.

▲Nudging the French border, Ordesa y Monte Perdido was the first national park in Spain.

▲The Pembrokeshire coast stretches 299 km from St. Dogmaels to Amroth.

▲The Lake District is by far the most popular national park in the UK, with over 16 million visitors a year.

▲Oulanka National Park is home to the most impressive waterfalls in Finland.

▲Snowdonia National Park is home to the tallest mountains in Wales and has over 350,000 people climbing its peaks every year.

▲Sarek National Park was classed as a World Heritage Site in 1996.

▲Established in 2014 on the main crest of the Northern Black Forest, this national park has an area of 10,062 hectares.

▲In the north-east of Portugal, between the Alto Minho and Trás-os-Montes, lies Peneda-Gerês, Portugal's only protected area.

▲Plitvice Lakes National Park, sometimes referred to as Croatia's "garden of Eden", is a regular feature on lists of most beautiful places in the world.

▲Timanfaya National Park is a volcanic zone in Lanzarote.

▲Valbonë is the name of the river that flows through the Albanian Alps.

▲Vatnajökull National Park is an active volcanic region that is home to the largest glacier in Iceland. The name Vatnajökull means "the river glacier".

▲Triglav National Park, named after its highest mountain, covers 4% of Slovenia's total land mass.

▲Saxon Switzerland National Park offers a majestic climbing environment with a total of 1,106 free-standing sandstone peaks.

▲Europe is home to some of the world's most spectacular national parks. From the glaciers of Iceland to the breathtaking waterfalls of Croatia, here are some of Europe's most magnificent national parks.

Breathtaking natural parks in Europe

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12/09/24 por StarsInsider

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Europe is home to some of the world's most spectacular national parks. From the glaciers of Iceland to the breathtaking waterfalls of Croatia, here are some of Europe's most magnificent national parks.