The train ride glides over another record-reach marvel including the Balkan's largest lake ... the train almost vanishes into the Dinaric Alps, charging through canyons, teetering on stilts ...

Surrounded by the snow-blanketed Dinaric Alps, Split looks gorgeous on a crisp winter day, and it's market stalls, quirky shops and cobbled streets are an enchanting place to go Christmas shopping.

The animals, which can weigh up to 50st (320kg), are also found in a pocket of the Alps which covers Austria ... The largest wolf population is the Dinaric-Balkan group (around 4,000) which ...