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Panorama of the columns at the ruins at Tintern Abbey in Wales

The Ruins of Tintern Abbey in Wales

June 18, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

On a tour through South Wales in 1792 the great English landscape painter J.M.W. Turner turned out several sketches of the ruins of Tintern Abbey. Having seen Turner’s romantic watercolour […]

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Wales
View of Conwy Castle in Wales from the beach beside the castle

Conwy Castle and its Medieval Town Walls in Wales

May 18, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Conwy Castle, where you can walk along some of the best-preserved medieval town walls in Europe and admire the views of the town and water. Our first view of Conwy […]

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Wales
Cashel Hore Abbey in Ireland

The Ruins of the Rock of Cashel & Hore Abbey in Ireland

October 12, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

October 11. After appreciating the Cahir Stone Fort and its beautiful gardens we carried on to the ruins of the Hore Abbey and the Rock of Cashel in Ireland. A view […]

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Ireland, Road Trip
Laugharne Castle in Wales

Different Ways of Looking at Laugharne Castle in Wales

August 20, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 11 Comments

I’m looking every which way at Laugharne Castle in Wales. When I first come upon a castle ruin I walk around it, looking at it first from one side, And […]

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Wales
Path running through the trees in Killarney National Park in Ireland

The Wilder Side of Killarney National Park in Ireland

August 8, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 10 Comments

October 7, 2015. Driving through the barren Ballighbeama Gap to Killarney National Park, our first stop in the park was Muckross Abbey.This was followed by a walk (and drive) on the […]

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Ireland, Road Trip
Muckross Abbey in Killarney National Park, Ireland

The Ruin of Muckross Abbey in Killarney National Park, Ireland

August 1, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 9 Comments

October 7, 2015. Our first stop in Killarney National Park was the ruin of Muckross Abbey. A sacred ash grows up the middle of Muckross Abbey in Killarney National Park in […]

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Ireland, Road Trip
Clunia Roman Mosaic Floor

Clunia, an Extensive Roman Ruin in Spain

November 2, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

October 15, 2014, morning. CLUNIA, A ROMAN RUIN We started our soggy day by heading to Clunia, a Roman ruin that had existed as a town for several hundred years […]

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Experiencing History, Road Trip, Spain
Downhill Demesne ruins in Ireland, UK

The Ruin and Grounds at Downhill Demesne in Ireland, UK

October 6, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

September 23, 2015. Early afternoon. Downhill Demesne is in Ireland, UK, near the town of Castlerock. I thought I’d add this sign of Castlerock as it happens to be exactly of […]

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Ireland, Road Trip
Ruin of a church combined with an art gallery in the Museo Pedro Coronel in Zacatecas, Mexico

The Coronel Brothers’ Museums, Ruins & Great Art (Zacatecas, Mexico)

February 1, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

The Coronel brothers are responsible for two great art museums in the city of Zacatecas, Mexico. Housed in the ruins of a 17th century ex-convento are Rafael Coronel’s collection of masks, puppets and works by Diego […]

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A coloured wall with doors in Mascota, Mexico

Mascota, One of Mexico’s Pueblos Mágicos Near Puerto Vallarta

November 21, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

As of 2016 there are 111 small towns in Mexico that have been declared Pueblos Mágicos, the Mexican equivalent of a UNESCO Heritage Site. Mascota is one of them, located […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Mexico, Weekly Photo Challenge

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