Fjord

Far from her home in the tourist mecca of Tenerife, Cati Padilla is one of the growing number of travelers escaping heatwaves for cooler holidays in Nordic countries.

Countries like Norway and Sweden in northern Europe are now promoting "coolcations" to attract visitors to their temperate climates.

As tourists flock to Greenland to take in its breathtaking icebergs and natural beauty, authorities are mulling ways to control crowds to protect the fragile environment, already threatened by global warming.

Home to polar bears, the midnight sun and the northern lights, a Norwegian archipelago perched high in the Arctic is trying to find a way to profit from its pristine wilderness without ruining it.

Put the words 'Europe' and 'adventure' in the same sentence and you're undoubtedly going to think along the lines of Norway's fjords, Croatia's Plitvice Lakes, or the Greek Islands. Well known and annually visited by thousands of tourists, the aforementioned destinations are among Europe's top satisfaction-guaranteed adventure havens.

The travel magazine Travel&Leisure presented postcard-perfect villages which still remain hidden preserving their beauty.

The first requirement of a beautiful village is a scenic location, whether among the Norwegian fjords or the sun-splashed Greek isles, the magazine says.