I love OATs: Outdoors, Art & Travel
What are your most favourite places that you’ve been to?, I get asked a lot. One place always makes the list: Durmitor National Park in northwest Montenegro. It’s impossible to leave out this UNESCO World Heritage Site thanks to its stunning landscape composed of rugged peaks, pine forests, and lakes. I spent seven days in …
If one day I woke up inside the Groundhog Day movie and I had to choose one place to hike and wander around in a never ending loop I would choose the hiking trails of Durmitor National Park. The park is located in northwest Montenegro and is part of the Dinaric Alps. 25 hiking trails …
No other scenic road in Montenegro pulled more Oohs and Aahs from me than the Durmitor Ring (Durmitorski Prsten), one of the four “Panoramic Roads” traversing the country. With mountains that seem to be jagged with a giant blade, deep canyons, and tiny villages sitting on expansive meadows, the Durmitor Ring offers wonderful sightseeing and …
Surrounded by more pines than bees around a honeycomb, Black Lake (Crno Jezero) in northern Montenegro, is a sight to behold. It’s the largest and most visited of the 18 glacier lakes in Durmitor National Park. Why? First, it’s a stone throw away from Žabljak, the main town inside the national park. Which means it’s …
Like the polygraph test of a pathological liar, the high peaks and low valleys of La Gomera mountains stretch as far as your eyes can see. Measuring only 370 square kilometres (143 square miles), the second smallest of the Canary Islands is big in outdoor adventures. The island, including its marine park, is a Biosphere …
Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands and it’s also where you’ll find Spain’s highest peak (Mount Teide). Amongst the unique things to do in Tenerife you’ll find beautiful botanic gardens, beaches where you can escape the crowds, hiking trails crossing desert regions and cloud forests, and excursions to see marine life. During the …
