Puglia’s Adriatic coast is dramatic, especially between Polignano a Mare and Monopoli, where clear waters lap undulating cliffs and flow into the occasional sea cave.
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Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
29 May 2026
According to state officials, the property features steep canyons, limestone cliffs, rolling hills, and long stretches of the West Nueces River, all centered around a spring‑fed 30‑acre lake.
Just as the sun prepared to sink beyond the escarpments, its rays struck every piece of the fractured glass resting on top of the window frames, alighting all of them at once, as if they were shot with electricity.
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New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
This park is all escarpments, rivers, and old forests.
In late April, the board approved plans to install natural-looking wooden posts connected by metal chains between the sidewalk and the bluffs to encourage pedestrians to stay off the cliffs and use beach access stairs.
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Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
Pilots can cut down the left or right canyons, go up over the rock bluffs or down into a Krayt dragon tunnel.
Just beyond the tips of your toes, the precipices and terraces on the walls of the canyon plunged in a series of immense stair steps — down and down again for nearly 6,000 vertical feet.
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New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Just watch out for those precipices.
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Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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