Historic sites
Mogao Caves, Dunhuang
Dunhuang, Gansu, China
Nearly 500 Buddhist cave temples carved into a cliff in the desert near Dunhuang, an oasis on the Silk Road, with murals and statues painted over a t…
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San Blas Islands (Guna Yala)
Tubualá, Guna, Panama
An archipelago of about 365 small palm-covered islands on the Caribbean coast, governed by the indigenous Guna people.
Walks and treks
Ciudad Perdida (Lost City) trek
Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
A 4 to 5 day trek through the jungle of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta to the Lost City, built by the Tayrona around 800 AD, with stone terraces re…
Natural features
Étretat cliffs
Étretat, Seine-Maritime, France
Dramatic white chalk cliffs on the Normandy coast, with natural arches and a needle of rock standing in the sea, painted by Monet and Courbet.
Historic sites
Veliko Tarnovo and Tsarevets Fortress
Veliko Tŭrnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
The capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, with houses stacked up the cliffs above the winding Yantra River.
Historic sites
Roman Baths, Bath
Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom
A remarkably well-preserved Roman bathing complex built around natural hot springs, with the steaming green Great Bath at its centre, surrounded by G…
Food and drink
Pintxos bars in the Parte Vieja, San Sebastián
Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
San Sebastián's old town is packed with bars whose counters are piled with pintxos, the Basque version of tapas: small works of art on bread or skewe…
Natural features
Rhossili Bay
Crofty, Swansea, United Kingdom
A three-mile sweep of golden sand at the tip of the Gower peninsula, the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Britain, often voted one of the …
Natural features
Moorea
Windward Islands, French Polynesia
A lush island 30 minutes by ferry from Tahiti, with jagged peaks, Cook's Bay and Ōpūnohu Bay, and the Belvedere lookout.
Walks and treks
Roys Peak Track, Wānaka
Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand
A steep, zig-zagging climb of 1,250 m up farmland and tussock to the summit of Roys Peak (1,578 m), with one of the most famous views in New Zealand:…
Natural features
Sete Cidades, São Miguel, Azores
Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
Twin lakes, one green and one blue, filling a huge volcanic crater on the island of São Miguel in the Azores.
Attractions
Miniatur Wunderland, Hamburg
Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg, Germany
The world's largest model railway, filling several floors of an old warehouse with incredibly detailed miniature worlds: Hamburg, the Alps, Scandinav…