Natural features
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro, Arusha, Tanzania
The world's largest intact volcanic caldera, 600 m deep and 20 km wide, a UNESCO site, home to about 25,000 animals including black rhinos, lions and…
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Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul
Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
The grandest of Seoul's five royal palaces, built in 1395 for the Joseon dynasty, set against the mountains.
Natural features
Scala dei Turchi
Realmonte, Agrigento, Italy
A dazzling white cliff of soft marl rock on Sicily's south coast, eroded into the shape of a huge staircase descending into the turquoise sea.
Natural features
Corcovado National Park
Osa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
One of the most biologically intense places on earth, on the remote Osa Peninsula, with tapirs, all four Costa Rican monkey species, scarlet macaws a…
Natural features
Jeju Island and Hallasan
Jeju, South Korea
A volcanic island off the south coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with Hallasan, South Korea's highest mountain (1,947 m), lava tubes such as the …
Attractions
Alice Springs Desert Park
Larapinta, Northern Territory, Australia
A walk-through park at the foot of the West MacDonnell Ranges that shows the plants and animals of Australia's deserts in recreated habitats: sand co…
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.
Historic sites
Delphi
Delphi, Central Greece, Greece
The sanctuary of Apollo, home of the ancient Oracle, set on the steep slopes of Mount Parnassus above a valley of olive trees, considered by the anci…
Buildings
Tiger's Nest Monastery (Paro Taktsang)
Paro, Bhutan
Bhutan's most famous sight: a monastery clinging to a cliff 900 m above the Paro valley, where Guru Rinpoche is said to have arrived on the back of a…
Natural features
Lake Bled
Bled, Slovenia
A glacial lake beneath the Julian Alps, with a tiny island and a baroque church in the middle, reached by traditional wooden pletna boats; ring the '…
Historic sites
Carcassonne (La Cité)
Carcassonne, Aude, France
A fortified medieval city on a hill in Languedoc, with a double ring of walls and 52 towers, restored in the 19th century by the architect Viollet-le…
Historic sites
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
Delhi, India
The tomb of the Mughal emperor Humayun, built in the 1560s, the first garden tomb in India and an inspiration for the Taj Mahal, a UNESCO World Herit…