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Inconspicuous Beauty: Discovering Hidden Gems in Europe
Europe is a magical continent overflowing with a vast number of beautiful countries, each with their own quirks, cultures and features that provide curious travelers and tourist with a lifetime of opportunity to explore and enjoy. It has become so popular that previously less visited countries and cities, such as those in Eastern Europe, have seen tourist numbers soar as people look more and more for destinations that are quieter, more authentic cities and towns that few other tourists are aware of. Getting out and about in these places is the chance to have cheap holidays but valuable travel experiences.
Unsurprisingly, this quest for the unknown, or even simply the little-known, is becoming more and more challenging by the day. There are, however, a number of these places left where tourists can go and enjoy themselves amongst a predominantly local crowd and where prices are geared towards the locals rather than hiked up to exploit visitors.
Here are just a few destinations that you can bump into on your European travels and not bump into swarms of tourists:
1. Lake Aachensee, Austria
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