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Mount Pilatus
Alpnach, Obwalden, Switzerland
A mountain above Lucerne, 2,128 m, with sweeping views of the lake and the Alps.
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Transfăgărășan Highway
Cârţişoara, Sibiu, Romania
A spectacular mountain road across the Făgăraș Mountains, Romania's highest, built in the 1970s for military reasons, twisting up through hairpin ben…
Historic sites
Old Havana
La Habana Vieja, Havana, Cuba
The colonial heart of Havana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with four great plazas, baroque churches, crumbling and restored mansions, and 1950s Amer…
Natural features
Turquoise Bay, Cape Range National Park
Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
A white-sand beach in Cape Range National Park where the Ningaloo Reef comes right up to the shore, making it one of the best places in Australia to …
Natural features
Karijini National Park
Western Australia, Australia
A park of deep red gorges cut into the ancient rock of the Pilbara, with waterfalls, cold clear rock pools and fern-lined chasms.
Buildings
Rila Monastery
Rila, Kyustendil, Bulgaria
Bulgaria's most famous monastery and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, founded in the 10th century by the hermit St Ivan of Rila and rebuilt after a fire…
Walks and treks
Caminito del Rey
Ardales, Málaga, Spain
A walkway pinned to the walls of the El Chorro gorge, once called the world's most dangerous path, and rebuilt safely in 2015.
Buildings
Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna
Hietzing, Vienna, Austria
The Habsburgs' 1,441-room summer palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where Empress Maria Theresa, Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth (Sisi)…
Buildings
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Manhattan, New York, United States of America
The 93 m statue, a gift from France in 1886, stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor.
Historic sites
Pont du Gard
Vers-Pont-du-Gard, Gard, France
A Roman aqueduct bridge built in the 1st century AD to carry water across the Gardon river to Nîmes.
Tours and activities
Farewell Spit tour, Collingwood
Tasman, New Zealand
Farewell Spit is a 30 km sandspit at the northern tip of the South Island, curving between the wild west coast and the calm tidal flats of Golden Bay.
Attractions
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
One of the oldest amusement parks in the world, opened in 1843 in the heart of Copenhagen, with gardens, historic and modern rides, including a woode…