Plitvice Lakes National Park
Croatia
Plitvice is the park of sixteen terraced lakes in the Croatian interior, two hours from Zagreb and three from Split or…
20 tickets & tours
Europe
Best national parks in Europe
10 national parks in Europe, ranked by why it makes the list from the catalogue data. Each page tells you what to see, which tour or ticket to book and when to go.
| # | Park | Country | Why it makes the list |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | Croatia | The most beautiful lake system in Europe, best at opening time or under snow. |
| 2 | Cinque Terre National Park | Italy | Five villages, terraced cliffs and a coastal path, with a train for when your legs give out. |
| 3 | Vatnajökull National Park | Iceland | Europe's largest ice cap, with glacier walks, ice caves and Dettifoss in the north. |
| 4 | Teide National Park | Spain | A volcanic caldera at 2,000 metres and the highest peak in Spain, by cable car or on foot. |
| 5 | Durmitor National Park | Montenegro | Limestone peaks, glacial lakes and the Tara canyon, the deepest in Europe. |
| 6 | Picos de Europa National Park | Spain | Spain's first national park: the Cares gorge, the Covadonga lakes and mountain cheese. |
| 7 | Triglav National Park | Slovenia | The Julian Alps, the emerald Soca and Lake Bohinj in Slovenia's only national park. |
| 8 | Lake District National Park | United Kingdom | England's highest fells and deepest lakes, and the landscape that invented the love of mountains. |
| 9 | Saxon Switzerland National Park | Germany | Sandstone towers above the Elbe, the Bastei bridge and ladders through the gorges. |
| 10 | Thingvellir National Park | Iceland | A rift valley between two continents and the site of the world's oldest parliament. |
Cinque Terre National Park
Liguria, Italy
Cinque Terre National Park protects the five fishing villages and terraced cliffs of the Ligurian coast between Levanto…
211 tickets & tours
Vatnajökull National Park
Iceland
Vatnajökull National Park covers the largest ice cap in Europe and a vast tract around it, some fourteen per cent of…
8 tickets & tours
Teide National Park
Canary Islands, Spain
Teide is the volcano at the centre of Tenerife and the most visited national park in Spain, and it is reached from…
48 tickets & tours
Durmitor National Park
Montenegro
Durmitor is the mountain park of northern Montenegro around the town of Žabljak, three hours from the coast at Kotor or…
18 tickets & tours
Picos de Europa National Park
Asturias, Spain
The Picos de Europa are a compact block of limestone peaks twenty kilometres from the Bay of Biscay, shared by…
8 tickets & tours
Triglav National Park
Slovenia
Triglav is Slovenia's only national park, the Julian Alps between Bled, Kranjska Gora and Bovec, and it is sold…
16 tickets & tours
Lake District National Park
England, United Kingdom
The Lake District occupies the mountainous heart of the county of Cumbria, in the north-west of England, a compact…
56 tickets & tours
Saxon Switzerland National Park
Germany
Saxon Switzerland is the sandstone park on the Elbe south-east of Dresden, forty minutes from the city by train and two…
13 tickets & tours
Thingvellir National Park
Iceland
Thingvellir lies forty-five kilometres, about three quarters of an hour by a good road, north-east of Reykjavik, and it…
176 tickets & tours