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Colmar and Little Venice
Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France
Colmar is the most picturesque town in Alsace, with colourful half-timbered houses, flower boxes and canals.
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Praia do Norte big waves, Nazaré
Nazaré, Leiria, Portugal
Nazaré's North Beach is famous for the biggest surfable waves in the world, created by an undersea canyon that funnels the Atlantic swell.
Natural features
The Knysna Heads
Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa
Two huge sandstone cliffs guarding the narrow, dangerous channel between the Indian Ocean and the Knysna lagoon.
Historic sites
Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle, Dorset, United Kingdom
The dramatic ruin of a royal castle on a steep hill in a gap in the Purbeck Hills, above a village of grey stone cottages.
Natural features
Iguazú Falls (Argentine side)
Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina
The Argentine side has about 80% of the falls, with walkways over and under them.
Historic sites
Pompeii
Pompei, Naples, Italy
The Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and rediscovered in the 18th century, preserved in astonishing detail: streets with …
Natural features
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Newlands, Western Cape, South Africa
One of the world's great botanic gardens, on the slopes of Table Mountain, devoted to South Africa's native plants, including proteas.
Tours and activities
Kandy to Ella train
Badulla District, Uva, Sri Lanka
One of the world's most scenic train rides, about 7 hours through the hill country, past tea plantations, waterfalls and mountains.
Historic sites
Amphitheatre of El Jem
El Jem, Mahdia, Tunisia
One of the largest Roman amphitheatres in the world, built around 238 AD, remarkably intact, with space for 35,000 spectators, a UNESCO site.
Natural features
Abisko National Park
Norrbotten, Sweden
A national park in Swedish Lapland, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, famous as one of the best places in the world to see the northern lights, than…
Natural features
Volunteer Point penguins, Falklands
Falkland Islands
The largest king penguin colony in the Falklands, on a white-sand beach, with gentoo and Magellanic penguins too.
Natural features
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Plitvička Jezera, Lika-Senj, Croatia
Sixteen terraced lakes, joined by waterfalls and cascades, in a forested valley in central Croatia.