Natural features
Manuel Antonio National Park
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
A small, popular park on the Pacific coast where rainforest meets white-sand beaches.
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Panama Canal and Miraflores Locks
Panama City, Panamá, Panama
The canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific, opened in 1914.
Historic sites
Real Alcázar of Seville
Sevilla, Spain
A royal palace begun by the Moors and rebuilt by Christian kings in the Mudéjar style, with richly tiled and carved halls, courtyards with pools, and…
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…
Historic sites
Badshahi Mosque and Lahore Fort
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
One of the largest mosques in the world, built in red sandstone by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1673, facing the Lahore Fort across a square.
Historic sites
Oaxaca City and Monte Albán
Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, Mexico
Oaxaca is a colonial city famous for its food, including seven moles, mezcal and markets.
Historic sites
Three Towers of San Marino
San Marino
San Marino, one of the world's oldest republics and smallest countries, sits on Monte Titano, crowned by three medieval towers: Guaita, Cesta and Mon…
Historic sites
D-Day beaches and Normandy American Cemetery
Bayeux, Calvados, France
On 6 June 1944, Allied forces landed on five beaches along this coast in the largest seaborne invasion in history.
Natural features
Blyde River Canyon and the Panorama Route
Mpumalanga, South Africa
One of the largest canyons in the world, green and forested.
Places to stay
Icehotel, Jukkasjärvi
Kiruna, Norrbotten, Sweden
The world's first ice hotel, rebuilt every winter since 1989 from blocks of ice from the Torne River, with art suites carved by artists from around t…
Tours and activities
Sydney Harbour Bridge and BridgeClimb
The Rocks, New South Wales, Australia
The 'Coathanger', a steel arch bridge opened in 1932.
Buildings
Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
A vast neo-Gothic building on the bank of the Danube, completed in 1904, with 691 rooms and a great central dome, the symbol of Budapest.