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Sennen Cove
St Just, Cornwall, United Kingdom
A wide crescent of white sand and turquoise water at the far western tip of Cornwall, sheltered by Pedn-men-du headland.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming, United States of America
The world's first national park, founded in 1872, on a volcanic plateau with more than half of the world's geysers, including Old Faithful, which eru…
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Ha Long Bay
Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam
Nearly 2,000 limestone islands and pillars rise from the emerald water of the Gulf of Tonkin, making one of the most spectacular seascapes in the wor…
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Middle Rhine Valley and the Lorelei
Bornich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
The stretch of the Rhine between Bingen and Koblenz is lined with steep vineyards, medieval castles on almost every hilltop, and pretty wine villages…
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Star Ferry and Victoria Harbour
Yau Tsim Mong, Hong Kong
Green and white ferries that have crossed Victoria Harbour between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island since 1888, one of the world's great short ferry ride…
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Killarney National Park
Killarney, Kerry, Ireland
Ireland's first national park, with lakes, woods and mountains next to the town of Killarney.
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Tsingy de Bemaraha
Mahajanga, Madagascar
A stone forest of jagged limestone pinnacles, a UNESCO site, explored with guides using via ferrata cables, ladders and rope bridges.
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Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland
Ilulissat, Avannaata, Greenland
A fjord choked with giant icebergs calved from Sermeq Kujalleq, one of the fastest glaciers in the world, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Yasawa and Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Ba, Fiji
Chains of volcanic islands west of Viti Levu, with white beaches, coral reefs and resorts from backpacker to luxury.
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Ras Mohammed and Red Sea diving
Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt
A national park at the southern tip of Sinai with some of the best coral reefs in the world, and the famous SS Thistlegorm wreck nearby.
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Monument Valley
Utah, United States of America
Red sandstone buttes towering over the desert on the Arizona-Utah border, in the Navajo Nation, the backdrop to countless Western films.
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Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Founded in 1863 and set in a loop of the Avon River, beside Hagley Park, these are some of the finest gardens in New Zealand.