Historic sites
Centro Histórico and Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico
The historic heart of Mexico City, built over the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, with the vast Zócalo square, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Templo May…
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Natural features
Königssee and St Bartholomä
Schönau am Königssee, Bavaria, Germany
A long, emerald-green lake surrounded by steep mountains in Berchtesgaden National Park, often called Germany's most beautiful.
Historic sites
Burg Eltz
Treis-Karden, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
A storybook castle hidden in a wooded valley above the Moselle, owned by the same family for more than 850 years and never destroyed.
Historic sites
Torre Grossa and Piazza della Cisterna, San Gimignano
San Gimignano, Siena, Italy
San Gimignano is a small medieval hill town in Tuscany, famous for its skyline of stone towers, built by rival families as status symbols; 14 of the …
Natural features
El Nido and the Bacuit Archipelago
El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
Limestone islands rising from turquoise water at the northern tip of Palawan, with lagoons, beaches and coves.
Attractions
Michelangelo's David, Galleria dell'Accademia
Florence, Italy
The Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence is home to Michelangelo's David, the 5 m marble statue carved between 1501 and 1504, displayed under a skylit…
Walks and treks
Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States of America
The view from the South Rim is stunning, but walking down into the Grand Canyon is unforgettable: you descend through layer after layer of rock up to…
Historic sites
Robben Island
City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
The island prison where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 of his 27 years in prison, a UNESCO site.
Natural features
Tsomgo (Changu) Lake, Sikkim
Gangtok, Sikkim, India
A glacial lake at 3,753 m on the road from Gangtok towards the Nathu La pass on the Tibet border.
Tours and activities
Big Sur and Highway 1
Monterey, California, United States of America
One of the world's great drives, along the rugged California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains drop into the Pacific.
Walks and treks
Lake District and Catbells
Keswick, Cumbria, United Kingdom
England's largest national park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of lakes, fells and stone villages that inspired Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter.
Natural features
Kew Gardens
Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, in south-west London, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, hold one of the largest collections of living plants in the wor…