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Ranging from Bratislava to Korman in southwestern Slovakia, Zitny Ostrov (Rye Island) is Europe’s biggest river island. It is so large that most visitors are not aware of being on an island. It lies between the Danube, and its slower flowing off-shoot the Little Danube, in the Danubian Plain.
Several rivers flow across it and the [...]

One of Mexico’s biggest islands, Cozumel, lies 20 km (12 miles) from the mainland, and 60 km (36 mi) south of Cancun. It’s a flat, limestone formation in the shape of a handgun, and punctured by dozens of cenotes (water-filled holes), many with their own marine life, which are an extra attraction for tourists and [...]