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Sark
Sark, Guernsey
A tiny island with no cars, only tractors, bicycles and horse-drawn carts, with high cliffs, coves and wildflowers.
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Peleș Castle, Sinaia
Sinaia, Prahova, Romania
A fairytale neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian forest above Sinaia, built for King Carol I between 1873 and 1914, one of the first castles in E…
Historic sites
Amber Fort, Jaipur
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
A hilltop palace fortress overlooking Lake Maota, built of pale yellow and pink sandstone from 1592, with courtyards, gardens and the dazzling Sheesh…
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Jungfraujoch, Top of Europe
Lauterbrunnen, Bern, Switzerland
The highest railway station in Europe at 3,454 m, reached by a cog railway that tunnels through the Eiger.
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To Sua Ocean Trench, Samoa
Falefa, Atua, Samoa
A deep swimming hole in lush gardens on Upolu's south coast, reached by a long wooden ladder, connected to the sea by lava tubes.
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.
Buildings
Peterhof Palace and fountains
Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Peter the Great's palace on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, built to rival Versailles.
Buildings
Amiens Cathedral
Amiens, Somme, France
The largest Gothic cathedral in France, built in the 13th century, with a nave so vast that two Notre-Dames of Paris would fit inside.
Natural features
Mount Stewart
Greyabbey, Ards and North Down, United Kingdom
A neoclassical house on the shore of Strangford Lough, with one of the finest gardens in Europe, created by Edith, Lady Londonderry, in the 1920s.
Natural features
Glencoe
Fort William, Highland, United Kingdom
Scotland's most famous glen, a dramatic valley in the Highlands surrounded by steep mountains such as Buachaille Etive Mòr and the Three Sisters.
Historic sites
Vianden Castle
Vianden, Luxembourg
One of the largest fortified castles west of the Rhine, built between the 11th and 14th centuries on a rocky hill above the town of Vianden and the O…
Natural features
Exuma Cays and the swimming pigs
Black Point, The Bahamas
A chain of 365 cays with astonishingly clear turquoise water.