Eight great Euro wonders in your sights

EDITED BY NIGEL THOMPSON ANDREW EAMES reveals how to see some of the more unusual Unesco World Heritage Sites within Europe

Croatia’s hot interior sounds an unlikely setting for a dazzling waterland, but Plitvice’s 16 terraced lakes and 90 waterfalls, about a two-hour drive south of Zagreb, constitute one of Europe’s most beautiful national parks.

The water comes from the karstic Velebit mountains, and its high mineral content keeps it crystal clear, so with blue skies and forest surrounds the result is a kaleidoscope of stunning colours and reflections, threaded by long boardwalks.

Plitvice is the first stop on KE Adventure’s small group tour Walking Croatia’s Coast and Mountains, a six-day itinerary that starts in Zagreb and ends in Split on the coast.

KE Adventure Travel (0176 861 5821/ keadventure.com) offers six days from £1,295, including most meals and return flights from the UK.

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The Hanseatic trading system was a medieval version of the EU, based in northern Europe. Its most striking remnant is the row of wooden warehouses on the quayside in Norway’s fjord port of Bergen.

While mostly they are now home to shops and artist

BEAUTY SPOT: Boardwalks meander across the waterfalls at the lower lake of Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia SPLASH OF COLOUR:The waterfront at Bergen, Norway How to see it: