Search Results for Category: National Parks

With woods, gardens, fields, a dune, a mini amusement area with rides, and cycling courses sewing through the vast park, one can spend a full day enjoying a variety of activities and seasonal flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park. Among the fields of cosmos, zinnia, spider lilies and pampas grass, the hill filled with kochia – or summer cypress, broom cypress, if not burning bush – is perhaps the most rare and eye-catching to see in Japan. The hill of this fluffy-looking (but actually quite prickly) shrub, more often seen on brooms than on the ground in eastern Asia, creates a peculiar yet attractive view in autumn when the branches and stems turn bright red. Here, visitors are welcome to walk among the bushes and climb to the top of the hill to get a nice view down the red hill and across the large park. Although the most famous is its “autumn foliage”, the hill shows a different charm when the shrubs are still green, before turning ablaze. Source

The view in this pic is unbelievable

Click for enlarge 1280 x 840

Iceland is northern country which is best known by large number of geysers but that is not only attraction for tourists to come in this country. Gullfoss waterfall (or Golden Falls) is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. Gullfoss can be found in the canyon of Hvita river.

Despite the fact that in there were some efforts to build an electricity power plant in this place which would certainly ruin this beautiful feature, Gullfoss waterfall has survived and now it is protected area.

Gullfoss waterfall, together with neighboring Pingvellir and geysers of Haukadalur forms the place which is known as a Golden Circle and is one of the most visited touristic destinations in Iceland.