Buildings
Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Twin skyscrapers 452 m high, the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004, linked by a skybridge on the 41st floor.
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Natural features
Vallée de Mai, Praslin
Baie Sainte Anne, Seychelles
A palm forest, a UNESCO site, home to the coco de mer palm with the largest seed in the plant kingdom, and the rare black parrot.
Historic sites
Stone Town, Zanzibar
Zanzibar, Zanzibar West, Tanzania
The old Swahili trading town of Zanzibar, a UNESCO site, with carved doors, the House of Wonders, the Old Fort, the former slave market and the Forod…
Natural features
San Vito Lo Capo
San Vito Lo Capo, Trapani, Italy
A fishing village on the north-west tip of Sicily with one of Italy's most beautiful beaches: about 3 km of soft white sand and Caribbean-like water,…
Historic sites
Paphos Archaeological Park
Paphos, Paphos (Pafos), Cyprus
A UNESCO-listed site by the harbour of Paphos, with some of the finest Roman mosaics in the Mediterranean, in the floors of four grand villas, showin…
Natural features
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Volcano, Hawaii, United States of America
Two of the world's most active volcanoes, Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
Historic sites
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
A fortress on an extinct volcano above Scotland's capital, the home of the Scottish crown jewels (the Honours of Scotland) and the Stone of Destiny.
Natural features
Cape Reinga (Te Rerenga Wairua)
Northland, New Zealand
The northern tip of the North Island, where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific Ocean in a line of clashing waves off the point.
Walks and treks
Cap Blanc-Nez and Cap Gris-Nez
Sangatte, Pas-de-Calais, France
Two great headlands on the Opal Coast facing England across the narrowest part of the Channel: the white chalk cliffs of Blanc-Nez and the grey rocks…
Natural features
Benagil Cave, Algarve
Lagoa, Faro, Portugal
A huge sea cave on the Algarve coast with a round hole in its roof that lets a shaft of sunlight onto a hidden beach.
Buildings
Tsuglagkhang Complex, McLeod Ganj
Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India
The main temple of the Tibetan community in exile, next to the residence of the Dalai Lama, in McLeod Ganj above Dharamsala.
Historic sites
Machu Picchu
Cusco, Peru
The 15th-century Inca citadel on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba valley, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.