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Montserrat Monastery
Monistrol de Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain
A Benedictine monastery perched on a mountain of strange, saw-toothed rock pinnacles, about an hour from Barcelona.
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Lakes of Covadonga, Picos de Europa
Cangas de Onís, Asturias, Spain
Two glacial lakes, Enol and Ercina, high in the western Picos de Europa, surrounded by mountain pastures where cows graze.
Walks and treks
Mount Kinabalu
Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia
Malaysia's highest mountain, 4,095 m, in Kinabalu Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sabah, Borneo.
Historic sites
Aït Benhaddou
Ouarzazate, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
A fortified village (ksar) of earthen kasbahs climbing a hill above a river on the old caravan route, a UNESCO site, used in films such as Gladiator …
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)…
Attractions
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane
Fig Tree Pocket, Queensland, Australia
Opened in 1927, Lone Pine is the world's first and largest koala sanctuary, with more than 100 koalas in a bush setting on the Brisbane River at Fig …
Natural features
Tsomgo (Changu) Lake, Sikkim
Gangtok, Sikkim, India
A glacial lake at 3,753 m on the road from Gangtok towards the Nathu La pass on the Tibet border.
Historic sites
Boudhanath Stupa
Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal
One of the largest stupas in the world, a great white dome with the all-seeing eyes of the Buddha painted on its tower, the centre of Tibetan Buddhis…
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…
Natural features
Huka Falls, Taupō
Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand
The Waikato River, New Zealand's longest, squeezes from about 100 m wide into a narrow rocky chasm just 15 m wide, then thunders over an 11 m drop in…
Historic sites
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Berlin's most famous landmark: a neoclassical gate of 1791, topped by the Quadriga, a chariot drawn by four horses.
Natural features
Dune du Pilat
La Teste-de-Buch, Gironde, France
Europe's tallest sand dune, about 100 m high and nearly 3 km long, between the Atlantic Ocean and a pine forest at the entrance to the Arcachon Bay.