Walks and treks
High Tatras
Štrba, Prešov, Slovakia
The smallest alpine range in the world, with sharp granite peaks, glacial lakes and waterfalls, shared with Poland.
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Buildings
Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament
City of Westminster, Westminster, United Kingdom
Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church of English monarchs since 1066, and holds the tombs of kings and queens, and of Newton, Darwin and m…
Walks and treks
Watersmeet, Lynmouth
Lynton, Devon, United Kingdom
A lovely walk from Lynmouth up the wooded gorge of the East Lyn River to Watersmeet, where the East Lyn and Hoar Oak Water meet in a series of waterf…
Natural features
Hokitika Gorge
Hokitika, West Coast, New Zealand
A granite gorge where the Hokitika River runs a startling milky turquoise, coloured by fine 'glacial flour' ground from the mountains.
Natural features
Mykines puffin island
Vágar, Faroe Islands
The westernmost of the Faroe Islands, home to thousands of puffins and other seabirds in summer.
Historic sites
Lednice Castle
Lednice, Břeclav, Czech Republic
A romantic neo-Gothic château surrounded by a huge English-style park, at the heart of the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritag…
Natural features
Iguazú Falls (Argentine side)
Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina
The Argentine side has about 80% of the falls, with walkways over and under them.
Natural features
Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Founded in 1863 and set in a loop of the Avon River, beside Hagley Park, these are some of the finest gardens in New Zealand.
Attractions
Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
Singapore, Central Singapore
A futuristic garden beside Marina Bay with the Supertree Grove, giant tree-like structures up to 50 m tall covered in plants, linked by a skyway.
Historic sites
Font-de-Gaume and the Vézère valley
Saint-Cyprien, Dordogne, France
The Vézère valley around Les Eyzies holds an exceptional concentration of prehistoric caves and shelters, a World Heritage Site.
Tours and activities
Bioluminescent bays of Puerto Rico
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has three of the world's brightest bioluminescent bays, where tiny organisms glow blue when the water moves.
Natural features
San Blas Islands (Guna Yala)
Tubualá, Guna, Panama
An archipelago of about 365 small palm-covered islands on the Caribbean coast, governed by the indigenous Guna people.