Historical Ruins Archives - That Wanderlust https://thatwanderlust.com/category/best-of/historical-ruins/ Captivating travel stories Wed, 03 Feb 2021 08:57:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://thatwanderlust.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cropped-Thatwanderlust_logo-32x32.jpg Historical Ruins Archives - That Wanderlust https://thatwanderlust.com/category/best-of/historical-ruins/ 32 32 55266371 Rock carvings in Tanum on the Swedish West Coast https://thatwanderlust.com/rock-carvings-tanum-swedish-west-coast/ https://thatwanderlust.com/rock-carvings-tanum-swedish-west-coast/#respond Thu, 26 Jul 2018 09:52:02 +0000 http://thatwanderlust.com/?p=12723 westcoast-smogen-camping-visitsweden-thatwanderlust-renate-camping-tanum-vikings-rock Viking rock carvings on Sweden’s West Coast. Are you visiting the West Coast of Sweden? You can’t miss out on seeing the Viking rock carvings in Tanum! [wp_geo_map] The West Coast On the West Coast of Sweden you can find rock carvings from the Vikings. The area of Tanum is covered in granite rocks where […]

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]]> https://thatwanderlust.com/rock-carvings-tanum-swedish-west-coast/feed/ 0 12723 The Kalmar Castle – Back in time in Sweden https://thatwanderlust.com/the-kalmar-castle-back-in-time-in-sweden/ https://thatwanderlust.com/the-kalmar-castle-back-in-time-in-sweden/#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:17:08 +0000 http://thatwanderlust.com/?p=12181 thatwanderlust-guided tour-Kalmar Castle-sweden A guided tour in Kalmar Castle ‘Are you here for the English tour?’ A young man asked us as he shook our hands and then led us to the first royal room of the Castle. It was a place I had wanted to learn about for the last two years. During my previous visits to […]

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]]> https://thatwanderlust.com/the-kalmar-castle-back-in-time-in-sweden/feed/ 2 12181 Travel Guide: How to explore Athens in 2 days https://thatwanderlust.com/travel-guide-how-to-explore-athens-in-2-days/ https://thatwanderlust.com/travel-guide-how-to-explore-athens-in-2-days/#comments Sat, 26 Aug 2017 15:54:12 +0000 http://thatwanderlust.com/?p=11950 athens-thatwanderlust-guide The last few years I’ve been in Greece quite a bit, but I have never been to Athens before! This year’s travel-route to our summer-season destination had to include Athens. We had 2 days to see most of the ancient city of Athens. Thom and I decided to do the PADI advanced freediving course in […]

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]]> https://thatwanderlust.com/travel-guide-how-to-explore-athens-in-2-days/feed/ 2 11950 Overlooking the jungle from the ancient Mayan pyramid of Coba https://thatwanderlust.com/overlooking-jungle-ancient-mayan-pyramid-coba/ https://thatwanderlust.com/overlooking-jungle-ancient-mayan-pyramid-coba/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2016 23:08:56 +0000 http://thatwanderlust.com/?p=11310 Coba, Mexico Climbing to the top of Coba’s pyramid, which is the highest Mayan pyramid of the Yucatan Peninsula. It gives a majestic view of the Mexican jungle surroundings. It’s Friday morning when we hop on one of the ADO buses in Tulum to head for Coba. The night before we had already bought our […]

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]]> https://thatwanderlust.com/overlooking-jungle-ancient-mayan-pyramid-coba/feed/ 0 11310 My 5 favorite things to do in Tulum https://thatwanderlust.com/5-things-tulum/ https://thatwanderlust.com/5-things-tulum/#respond Sat, 03 Dec 2016 08:00:01 +0000 http://thatwanderlust.com/?p=9812 We just spent a week in Tulum visiting the archaeological site of Tulum, snorkeling in Gran Cenote, getting an epic dive experience at The Pit and Cenote Dos Ojos, relaxing at the nearby beach, swimming with big sea turtles at Akumal and on our last day we made a worthwhile trip to the famous Chichen […]

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]]> https://thatwanderlust.com/5-things-tulum/feed/ 0 9812 An unsolved mystery of the colossal Olmec heads https://thatwanderlust.com/colossal-olmec-heads-la-venta/ https://thatwanderlust.com/colossal-olmec-heads-la-venta/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:08:48 +0000 http://thatwanderlust.com/?p=9944 Laventa_museo_villahermosa_olmecs_mexico One of the first people to have lived in Mexico were the Olmec people and you can find their history in the Mexican province of Tabasco. In the city of La Venta colossal Olmec heads made out of rocks were found by archeologists, which nowadays are located at the nearby Villahermosa. There they are exhibited […]

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]]> https://thatwanderlust.com/colossal-olmec-heads-la-venta/feed/ 0 9944 How to explore the Pirate island Saria, arrr! https://thatwanderlust.com/explore-pirate-island-saria-arrr/ https://thatwanderlust.com/explore-pirate-island-saria-arrr/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2016 15:27:57 +0000 http://thatwanderlust.com/?p=9442 Saria_karpathos_travelblog_greece Have you ever heard about the small island of Saria (in modern Greek Σαρία)? It is a rocky, volcanic island on the northern side of Karpathos. With only a couple of Shepherds living in Saria it is still said to be an uninhabited island. The history of the name In ancient times the islands Karpathos […]

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]]> https://thatwanderlust.com/explore-pirate-island-saria-arrr/feed/ 6 9442 Öland and its many cool surprises https://thatwanderlust.com/oland-many-cool-surprises/ https://thatwanderlust.com/oland-many-cool-surprises/#respond Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:41:59 +0000 http://thatwanderlust.com/?p=9735 It’s weekend and that means I get to do some sightseeing with my boyfriend’s family. Today we’re driving up to Kalmar to cross the bridge to the island called Öland. That is if the weather allows us to do so. We tried yesterday, but it was way to foggy in the entire area. Today it […]

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