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Registan, Samarkand
Samarkand, Samarqand, Uzbekistan
The great public square of Samarkand, framed by three monumental madrasas from the 15th to 17th centuries, covered in blue and turquoise tilework, on…
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Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane
Fig Tree Pocket, Queensland, Australia
Opened in 1927, Lone Pine is the world's first and largest koala sanctuary, with more than 100 koalas in a bush setting on the Brisbane River at Fig …
Natural features
Barafundle Bay and Stackpole
Hundleton, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
A secluded bay of golden sand and clear water, backed by dunes and pine trees, reached only on foot.
Natural features
Route des Crêtes and Cap Canaille, Cassis
Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
A spectacular road along the top of the highest sea cliffs in mainland France, from Cassis to La Ciotat.
Historic sites
Gravensteen and the Ghent Altarpiece, Ghent
Gent, East Flanders, Belgium
Ghent is a lively university city with a medieval centre to rival Bruges.
Natural features
Central Park, New York
Manhattan, New York, United States of America
A park of 341 hectares in the middle of Manhattan, designed in the 1850s, with lakes, meadows, woodland and landmarks such as Bethesda Terrace and Fo…
Natural features
Aitutaki lagoon, Cook Islands
Cook Islands
A triangular lagoon of brilliant turquoise with tiny islands such as One Foot Island, where you can get your passport stamped.
Natural features
Mount Yasur volcano, Vanuatu
Isangel, Tafea, Vanuatu
One of the most accessible active volcanoes in the world, on Tanna Island, where you stand on the crater rim at dusk and watch lava bombs explode.
Historic sites
Sighișoara Citadel
Sighișoara, Mureș, Romania
One of the best-preserved inhabited medieval citadels in Europe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with colourful houses, cobbled lanes, and nine survivi…
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Château de Chambord
Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France
The largest and most extravagant of the Loire châteaux, built from 1519 for King François I as a hunting lodge.
Historic sites
Old Bukhara
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
A holy Silk Road city with more than 140 monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Buildings
Florence Cathedral and Brunelleschi's Dome
Florence, Italy
Florence's cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore, with its marble façade of green, white and pink, and its huge red-brick dome by Filippo Brunelleschi, co…