Natural features
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Plitvička Jezera, Lika-Senj, Croatia
Sixteen terraced lakes, joined by waterfalls and cascades, in a forested valley in central Croatia.
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Anse Source d'Argent, La Digue
La Digue, Seychelles
One of the most photographed beaches in the world, with pink granite boulders, white sand and a shallow turquoise lagoon.
Walks and treks
Heaphy Track
West Coast, New Zealand
New Zealand's longest Great Walk, 78 km through Kahurangi National Park from the Aorere valley in Golden Bay to the wild West Coast near Karamea.
Natural features
Cliffs of Moher
Clare, Ireland
Ireland's most famous natural sight: sheer cliffs rising up to 214 m out of the Atlantic, running for 14 km along the County Clare coast.
Attractions
Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand's national museum, with Māori and Pacific treasures, a marae, a colossal squid, the Gallipoli exhibition with giant figures made by Weta …
Natural features
Coron, Palawan
Coron, Palawan, Philippines
An island famous for Kayangan Lake, a clear lake surrounded by limestone cliffs, Twin Lagoon and the wrecks of Japanese ships sunk in 1944, which are…
Natural features
Bazaruto Archipelago
Inhambane, Mozambique
Islands of white dunes and turquoise water off Vilanculos, a marine park with dugongs, manta rays and coral reefs.
Buildings
Reichstag dome, Berlin
Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
The home of the German parliament, the Bundestag, crowned by a glass dome designed by Norman Foster when the building was restored in 1999.
Natural features
Mizen Head Signal Station
Cork, Ireland
Ireland's most south-westerly point, where a footbridge crosses a deep chasm to the old signal station on a rocky island, with the Atlantic crashing …
Historic sites
Banaue Rice Terraces
Banaue, Ifugao, Philippines
Rice terraces carved into the mountains of northern Luzon by the Ifugao people around 2,000 years ago, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech
Marrakesh, Marrakech, Morocco
A garden of cacti, palms, bamboo and lily ponds created by the French painter Jacques Majorelle from the 1920s, around his studio painted in an inten…
Historic sites
Valley of the Temples, Agrigento
Agrigento, Italy
The remains of the ancient Greek city of Akragas, with some of the best-preserved Greek temples outside Greece, standing along a ridge above the sea …