Natural features
Kynance Cove
Mullion, Cornwall, United Kingdom
One of the most beautiful coves in Cornwall, with white sand, turquoise water and islands of dark red and green serpentine rock.
Where to next?
Facts on every country in the world, and 2,178 travel tips for places to go in 217 of them.
Top travel tips
See all tips
Attractions
Langkawi SkyCab and Sky Bridge
Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia
A cable car that climbs steeply up Gunung Mat Cincang, one of the oldest mountains in Malaysia, over the rainforest to a summit station at 708 m.
Historic sites
Spiš Castle
Spišské Podhradie, Prešov, Slovakia
One of the largest castle complexes in Central Europe, a ruined fortress spread over a limestone hill in eastern Slovakia, a UNESCO World Heritage Si…
Natural features
Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake
Kentish, Tasmania, Australia
The jagged peaks of Cradle Mountain rising above Dove Lake are Tasmania's most famous view, in the Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park, part …
Natural features
Lauterbrunnen Valley
Lauterbrunnen, Bern, Switzerland
A deep glacial valley with sheer rock walls and 72 waterfalls, including the Staubbach Falls, which drop 300 m right beside the village.
Historic sites
Delphi
Delphi, Central Greece, Greece
The sanctuary of Apollo, home of the ancient Oracle, set on the steep slopes of Mount Parnassus above a valley of olive trees, considered by the anci…
Attractions
Museum Island, Berlin
Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Five world-class museums on an island in the River Spree, together a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Blue Mountains and the Three Sisters
Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
A plateau of eucalyptus forest, sandstone cliffs and valleys west of Sydney, a UNESCO site, named for the blue haze of eucalyptus oil.
Historic sites
Château de Chambord
Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France
The largest and most extravagant of the Loire châteaux, built from 1519 for King François I as a hunting lodge.
Historic sites
Lacock Abbey and village
Lacock, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
A medieval nunnery turned into a country house, where William Henry Fox Talbot made the earliest surviving photographic negative in 1835, of an oriel…
Natural features
Zugspitze
Grainau, Bavaria, Germany
Germany's highest mountain, at 2,962 m, on the border with Austria above Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Natural features
Anavilhanas Archipelago, Rio Negro
Amazonas, Brazil
One of the largest river archipelagos in the world, with around 400 forested islands in the dark waters of the Rio Negro, protected as a national park.