Natural features
Classical Gardens of Suzhou
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Suzhou's classical gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are miniature landscapes of ponds, rocks, pavilions and windows framing views.
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Baía dos Porcos and the Atalaia natural pool, Noronha
Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil
Baía dos Porcos is a tiny cove next to Sancho, with rock pools and views of the Dois Irmãos ('two brothers') rock peaks rising from the sea, one of t…
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
Marienplatz and Munich Old Town
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
The heart of Munich since the 12th century, overlooked by the neo-Gothic New Town Hall, whose Glockenspiel plays at 11 am and 12 noon (also at 5 pm f…
Natural features
Natural Bridge, Springbrook National Park
Tallebudgera Valley, Queensland, Australia
A rock arch over Cave Creek, formed when a waterfall wore a hole through the roof of the cave beneath it, so that the creek now pours through the hol…
Historic sites
Conques
Firmi, Aveyron, France
A medieval village of stone houses with slate roofs clinging to a steep hillside, around the Romanesque abbey church of Sainte-Foy, a great stop on t…
Tours and activities
Road to Hāna and Haleakalā, Maui
Hana, Hawaii, United States of America
The Road to Hāna winds along Maui's north-east coast over 59 one-lane bridges, past waterfalls, rainforest and black-sand beaches such as Waiʻānapana…
Historic sites
National Mall, Washington, D.C.
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States of America
A long park between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, lined with monuments and the free museums of the Smithsonian Institution.
Historic sites
Château d'Angers and the Apocalypse Tapestry
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
A massive fortress with 17 striped towers of dark schist and white stone, built by Saint Louis in the 13th century.
Historic sites
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Berlin's most famous landmark: a neoclassical gate of 1791, topped by the Quadriga, a chariot drawn by four horses.
Walks and treks
Jotunheimen and the Besseggen Ridge
Innlandet, Norway
Jotunheimen, 'home of the giants', is Norway's great mountain national park, with the country's highest peaks, including Galdhøpiggen (2,469 m).
Historic sites
Chichén Itzá
Chichén-Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico
A great Maya city in Yucatán, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, with the stepped pyramid of El Castillo, where at the equinoxes the shadow o…