Walks and treks
Huascarán and Laguna 69
Yungay, Áncash, Peru
The Cordillera Blanca is the highest tropical mountain range in the world, in Huascarán National Park.
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Attractions
Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
Vatican City
One of the world's greatest art collections, built up by the popes, with classical sculpture, the Raphael Rooms, the Gallery of Maps, and, at the end…
Natural features
Matterhorn and Gornergrat, Zermatt
Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland
The Matterhorn, 4,478 m, is the most famous mountain in the Alps, rising alone above the car-free village of Zermatt.
Tours and activities
Soča Valley
Bovec, Slovenia
The emerald-green Soča River flows through a valley in the Julian Alps, one of the best places in Europe for rafting, kayaking and canyoning.
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.
Historic sites
Panama Canal and Miraflores Locks
Panama City, Panamá, Panama
The canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific, opened in 1914.
Historic sites
Annecy old town and lake
Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
Annecy's old town has canals, flower-lined bridges and pastel houses, earning it the name 'Venice of the Alps'.
Historic sites
Plaza Mayor, Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain
Often called the most beautiful square in Spain: a vast 18th-century baroque square of golden sandstone, enclosed by arcades and balconies, with meda…
Tours and activities
Kilim Karst Geoforest Park mangrove tour, Langkawi
Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia
A boat trip through the mangroves and limestone cliffs of the Kilim Karst Geoforest Park, in the north-east of Langkawi, part of a UNESCO Global Geop…
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.
Walks and treks
Pico do Arieiro to Pico Ruivo, Madeira
Santana, Madeira, Portugal
A spectacular high-mountain walk on Madeira between its second and highest peaks, along a path cut into knife-edge ridges, through tunnels and up sta…
Natural features
Central Park, New York
Manhattan, New York, United States of America
A park of 341 hectares in the middle of Manhattan, designed in the 1850s, with lakes, meadows, woodland and landmarks such as Bethesda Terrace and Fo…