Historic sites
Palace of Knossos, Crete
Irákleion, Crete, Greece
The great Bronze Age palace of the Minoan civilisation, Europe's oldest city, linked to the legend of King Minos and the Minotaur's labyrinth.
Where to next?
Facts on every country in the world, and 2,178 travel tips for places to go in 217 of them.
Top travel tips
See all tips
Historic sites
Temple of the Tooth, Kandy
Kandy, Central, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's most sacred Buddhist temple, in the royal palace complex beside Kandy Lake, housing a relic of the Buddha's tooth.
Historic sites
Roman Baths, Bath
Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom
A remarkably well-preserved Roman bathing complex built around natural hot springs, with the steaming green Great Bath at its centre, surrounded by G…
Historic sites
Hardwick Hall
Glapwell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
"Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall": an Elizabethan prodigy house built in the 1590s for Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest women in England, who…
Walks and treks
Caminito del Rey
Ardales, Málaga, Spain
A walkway pinned to the walls of the El Chorro gorge, once called the world's most dangerous path, and rebuilt safely in 2015.
Historic sites
Boudhanath Stupa
Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal
One of the largest stupas in the world, a great white dome with the all-seeing eyes of the Buddha painted on its tower, the centre of Tibetan Buddhis…
Natural features
Pamukkale Travertines and Hierapolis
Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey
Pamukkale ('cotton castle') is a hillside covered in dazzling white terraces of travertine, formed by calcium-rich hot springs flowing down the slope…
Tours and activities
Cabot Trail, Cape Breton
Nova Scotia, Canada
A 298 km loop road around northern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, through the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, with ocean cliffs, Acadian and…
Tours and activities
Bonaire National Marine Park
Bonaire, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
The whole coastline of Bonaire is a marine park, with some of the best shore diving in the world: yellow stones mark dive sites along the road.
Natural features
Kata Tjuta and the Valley of the Winds
Yulara, Northern Territory, Australia
A group of 36 huge red domes about 50 km from Uluru, in the same national park, and many visitors think it's even more impressive.
Historic sites
Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur
Rajasthan, India
One of the largest forts in India, rising sheer from a rocky hill above the 'Blue City' of Jodhpur, with ornate palaces, an excellent museum and view…
Natural features
Doubtful Sound
Southland, New Zealand
A remote, quiet fiord in Fiordland, three times longer than Milford Sound, reached by boat across Lake Manapōuri and a bus over Wilmot Pass.