Attractions
MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), Hobart
Berriedale, Tasmania, Australia
Australia's most talked-about museum, created by gambler and collector David Walsh and carved into a sandstone cliff beside the Derwent River.
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Dovedale
Ashbourne, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
A limestone valley in the Peak District, with steep wooded sides and strange rock formations such as Lion's Head Rock and Ilam Rock along the River D…
Historic sites
Sassi di Matera
Matera, Italy
Matera's Sassi are ancient districts of cave houses carved into the side of a ravine, inhabited for perhaps 9,000 years.
Historic sites
Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai, Thailand
A golden temple on a mountain above Chiang Mai, reached by a naga-lined staircase of 306 steps (or a funicular), with views over the city.
Buildings
Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament
City of Westminster, Westminster, United Kingdom
Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church of English monarchs since 1066, and holds the tombs of kings and queens, and of Newton, Darwin and m…
Tours and activities
Cenotes of the Yucatán
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
The Yucatán Peninsula has thousands of cenotes, natural sinkholes filled with clear fresh water, sacred to the Maya.
Walks and treks
El Chaltén and Fitz Roy
Santa Cruz, Argentina
Argentina's 'trekking capital', a small village beneath the granite spires of Mount Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre.
Natural features
Killarney National Park
Killarney, Kerry, Ireland
Ireland's first national park, with lakes, woods and mountains next to the town of Killarney.
Tours and activities
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.
Historic sites
Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur, Bagmati, Nepal
A medieval Newari city in the Kathmandu Valley with brick-paved squares, carved wooden windows, pottery workshops, and the five-tiered Nyatapola temp…
Natural features
Manuel Antonio National Park
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
A small, popular park on the Pacific coast where rainforest meets white-sand beaches.
Attractions
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Humlebæk, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
One of the world's most loved art museums, in a series of low buildings set in a sculpture park on the coast north of Copenhagen, looking across the …