Natural features
Waimea Canyon, Kauaʻi
Kekaha, Hawaii, United States of America
Called the 'Grand Canyon of the Pacific' by Mark Twain: a gorge about 16 km long and up to 900 m deep, with red, orange and green walls and waterfalls.
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Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Florence, Italy
One of the world's great art museums, in a Renaissance building beside the Arno, with masterpieces such as Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Primavera,…
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Charyn Canyon
Almaty, Kazakhstan
A canyon 154 km long carved by the Charyn River, with red rock formations; the Valley of Castles section has a walk of about 3 km down to the river b…
Historic sites
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert and the Pont du Diable
Saint-Jean-de-Fos, Hérault, France
A medieval village tucked into the wild gorges of the Hérault, around the Romanesque abbey of Gellone, founded in 804 and a stop on the Way of St Jam…
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Sark
Sark, Guernsey
A tiny island with no cars, only tractors, bicycles and horse-drawn carts, with high cliffs, coves and wildflowers.
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Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley, California, United States of America
A glacial valley in the Sierra Nevada with granite cliffs such as El Capitan and Half Dome, and waterfalls including Yosemite Falls, one of the talle…
Buildings
Milan Cathedral (Duomo)
Milan, Italy
One of the largest churches in the world, a Gothic cathedral that took nearly six centuries to complete, covered with more than 3,000 statues and 135…
Natural features
Geirangerfjord
Stranda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
One of the world's most famous fjords, a narrow arm of the sea between cliffs up to 1,400 m high, with waterfalls such as the Seven Sisters and the S…
Historic sites
Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand
Samarkand, Samarqand, Uzbekistan
An avenue of mausoleums climbing a hillside, built from the 11th to the 19th centuries, with some of the most beautiful glazed tilework in Central As…
Walks and treks
Valbona to Theth Hike
Bashkia Malësi e Madhe, Shkodër, Albania
A classic one-day hike over the Albanian Alps (the Accursed Mountains), between the remote villages of Valbona and Theth, crossing the Valbona Pass a…
Natural features
Tayrona National Park
Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
Beaches and jungle where the Sierra Nevada mountains meet the Caribbean, with boulder-strewn coves such as Cabo San Juan.
Walks and treks
North Gorge Walk, Point Lookout
Queensland, Australia
An easy 1.2 km boardwalk loop around the headland at Point Lookout, on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah), and one of the best wildlife walks in Q…