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Wadi Rum
Aqaba, Jordan
A desert valley of red sand and towering sandstone mountains, where Lawrence of Arabia passed and films such as The Martian were shot, a UNESCO World…
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Taj Mahal, Agra
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
The white marble mausoleum built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, completed around 1653, one of the most beautiful buildin…
Natural features
Perito Moreno Glacier
Santa Cruz, Argentina
A huge glacier, 5 km wide and 60 m high, in Los Glaciares National Park, which advances across Lake Argentino and calves icebergs with a roar.
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Balos Lagoon, Crete
Kíssamos, Crete, Greece
A shallow turquoise lagoon of white and pink sand between the Gramvousa peninsula and a rocky cape, at the far north-west tip of Crete.
Historic sites
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany
One of the best-preserved medieval towns in Europe, on the Romantic Road in Franconia.
Historic sites
Kronborg Castle, Helsingør
Helsingør, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
A Renaissance castle on the narrowest point of the Øresund strait, where Danish kings collected tolls from passing ships.
Natural features
Jeju Island and Hallasan
Jeju, South Korea
A volcanic island off the south coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with Hallasan, South Korea's highest mountain (1,947 m), lava tubes such as the …
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Praia do Norte big waves, Nazaré
Nazaré, Leiria, Portugal
Nazaré's North Beach is famous for the biggest surfable waves in the world, created by an undersea canyon that funnels the Atlantic swell.
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Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss
Rangárþing eystra, Iceland
Two of Iceland's most beautiful waterfalls on the south coast.
Natural features
Pont d'Arc and the Gorges de l'Ardèche
Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, Ardèche, France
A huge natural stone arch, 54 metres high, spanning the Ardèche river at the entrance to its gorges, where limestone cliffs rise 300 metres above the…
Buildings
Catherine Palace and the Amber Room, Pushkin
Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia
The summer residence of the Russian empresses at Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), 25 km south of St Petersburg.
Historic sites
Ruins of St Paul's and Senado Square, Macau
Macau
The stone façade of a 17th-century Jesuit church, all that's left after a fire in 1835, standing at the top of a grand staircase, the symbol of Macau.