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Introduction to Digitourist

The Digitourist website (or app) can be a great help to plan your vacation. Digitourist provides tourist information throughout (almost) whole Europe. We searched endlessly and gathered all the (possibly) worth seeing tourist activities to use in this one simple concept.

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When visiting the website you can fill in any location in Europe to start exploring the area. When you get redirected to the area you selected, you will see different colored pins on the map. Each color represents a different touristic category (points of interest, museums, zoos, attraction parks, action and walks). You can make any combination of different selections by clicking on the icons on the right side to start searching in the categories you are interested in.

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The right side of the website there is a scrollbar. This scrollbar can be used for a fast orientation on the map. You get an overview of what you can do in the surroundings. The cross arrow you see on the map is the orientation point (center).

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The beautiful and ancient Melrose Abbey in Scotland

Truly a place of legends, Melrose Abbey is one of the most historically significant architectural structures in Scotland.

Only a very small fragment survives of the first abbey church. The present building of beautiful rose-coloured stone dates almost entirely to the post-1385 rebuilding. Nevertheless, this is regarded as one of the most magnificent examples of medieval church architecture anywhere in the British Isles.

Melrose Abbey

Highlights of the interior include the ornate stone vaulting over the presbytery, the elegant piers and the window tracery: the carved stone separating the glass.

The exterior is decorated with some of the most beguiling sculpture to be found on any medieval church building. It includes demons and hobgoblins, lute-playing angels, cooks with ladles, and of course the famous bagpipe-playing pig.

Melrose Abbey is a magnificent ruin on a grand scale, with lavishly decorated masonry.

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It was founded by King David I in 1136, as the first Cistercian monastery in Scotland. The spot was chosen due to its association with the early Christian monastery at nearby Old Melrose founded by St Aidan in about 640.

The abbey grew rich on the wool trade, suffered through the Wars of Independence, and was substantially rebuilt in the 1380s. It continued in use as an abbey until the Protestant Reformation of 1560. After that, the existing monks were allowed to stay on: the last one died in 1590.

The abbey is the burial place of Robert the Bruce’s heart, which is marked with a commemorative carved stone plaque. Visitors can also visit a small museum housing a display of artefacts found within the abbey.

Visit the Melrose Abbey website or click here to explore the area.

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A must visit, la Cathedrale Notre Dame de Amiens

la Cathedrale Notre Dame de Amiens is a Roman Catholic cathedral and seat of the Bishop of Amiens.

It is the 19th largest church in the world

la Cathedrale Notre Dame de Amiens

Medieval cathedral builders were trying to maximize the internal dimensions in order to reach for the heavens and bring in more light. In that regard, the Amiens cathedral is the tallest complete cathedral in France, its stone-vaulted nave reaching an internal height of 42.30 metres

It also has the greatest interior volume of any French cathedral, estimated at 200,000 cubic metres.

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  The cathedral was built between 1220 and c.1270 and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981.  Although it has lost most of its original stained glass, Amiens Cathedral is renowned for the quality and quantity of early 13th-century Gothic sculpture in the main west façade and the south transept portal, and a large quantity of polychrome sculpture from later periods inside the building.

Watch the Cathedrale Notre Dame de Amiens on our website or see more in this area.

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Experience the London Eye of England

The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London.

It is currently Europe's tallest Ferris wheel, the entire structure is 135 metres (443 ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (394 ft).

It is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over 3.75 million visitors annually, and has made many appearances in popular culture.

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The wheel's 32 sealed and air-conditioned inside the passenger capsules. These are attached to the external circumference of the wheel and rotated by electric motors. Each of the 10-tonne capsules represents one of the London Boroughs, and holds up to 25 people, who are free to walk around inside the capsule, though seating is provided.

Find out al there is to do in London on our website!

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What you need to know about Musée du Louvre

The Louvre or the Louvre Museum  is one of the world's largest museums and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city. it is also the world's most visited museum, and received more than 9.7 million visitors in 2012, that is 15.000 visitors a day!

The Musée du Louvre contains more than 380,000 objects and displays 35,000 works of art in eight curatorial departments with more than 60,600 square metres dedicated to the permanent collection. The Louvre exhibits sculptures, objets d'art, paintings, drawings, and archaeological finds.

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I thought I would be able to see the entire collection in one day, that was before I found out that the total size of the museum is 14km! It is a must to see even if you are not an art lover!

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Visit the Louvre website or see here all the beautiful things you can do on in Paris!

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The beautiful Grotte des Demoiselles, France

Located in the heart of the Languedoc region, these limestone caves are host to a wide variety of unique mineral formations and a perfect year-round place for all ages to visit.

This adventure will take you through caverns with stunning
giant stalactites and stalagmites, translucent draperies, calcite flows and folds.

As you descend to the impressive cathedral cavern measuring 120 meters long and 52 meters high, the "Mother-Child" nature-made sculpture and the "organ pipes" will come alive and sparkle thanks to the new lighting system installed this year.

During your visit, their guides offer valuable and captivating information on science, history and geology with funny anecdotes and unforgettable stories.

Audio guides are also available in a number of languages!

After your underground visit, soak up the beautiful views of the surrounding mountains, Just the perfect way to contemplate these natural treasures and share your pictures and impressions!

Visit Grotte des Demoiselles on our website.

Nacionalni Park Plitvicka Jezera - Plitvicka Jezera - Croatia

Nacionalni Park Plitvicka Jezera is the largest national park in Croatia with a estimated 1.1 million visitors each year.

Nacionalni Park Plitvicka Jezera

The national park is world famous for its lage arranged in cascades.
Currently 16 lakes can be seen from the surface, these lakes are a result of the confluence of several small river and subterranean karst rivers. the lakes are all internconnected and follow the water flow.

Watch a small video of the Nacionalni Park Plitvicka Jezera

The waters flowing over the limestone and chalk created over thousands  years dams wich turned into a series of beautful lakes, caves and waterfalls. The forests in the park are home to bears, wolves and many rare bird species.

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