Natural features
Gorkhi-Terelj National Park
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
A national park of granite rocks, forests and grassy valleys about 70 km from Ulaanbaatar, the easiest place to taste the Mongolian countryside.
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Charyn Canyon
Almaty, Kazakhstan
A canyon 154 km long carved by the Charyn River, with red rock formations; the Valley of Castles section has a walk of about 3 km down to the river b…
Walks and treks
Caminito del Rey
Ardales, Málaga, Spain
A walkway pinned to the walls of the El Chorro gorge, once called the world's most dangerous path, and rebuilt safely in 2015.
Tours and activities
Victoria Falls (Zambia side) and Devil's Pool
Livingstone, Southern, Zambia
The Zambian side lets you walk the Knife-Edge Bridge in the spray and, from mid-August to January when the water is low, swim in Devil's Pool at the …
Historic sites
Sighișoara Citadel
Sighișoara, Mureș, Romania
One of the best-preserved inhabited medieval citadels in Europe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with colourful houses, cobbled lanes, and nine survivi…
Historic sites
Lindisfarne Castle
Bamburgh, Northumberland, United Kingdom
A Tudor fort on a rocky outcrop on Holy Island, turned into a holiday home by Edwin Lutyens for Edward Hudson, founder of Country Life magazine.
Buildings
Frauenkirche, Dresden
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Dresden's great baroque church, with its stone dome, collapsed after the bombing of the city in February 1945 and lay as a pile of rubble for nearly …
Natural features
Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A granite peak rising 396 m at the mouth of Guanabara Bay, reached by two cable cars via Morro da Urca, with views of Copacabana and Christ the Redee…
Natural features
Murchison Falls National Park
Buliisa, Uganda
Where the Nile forces itself through a 7 m gap and plunges 43 m.
Historic sites
9/11 Memorial and Museum, New York
Manhattan, New York, United States of America
Two large reflecting pools set in the footprints of the Twin Towers, with the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks of 2001 and 1993…
Natural features
Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France
A cable car from Chamonix climbs to the Aiguille du Midi, a granite peak at 3,842 m, in about 20 minutes, with one of the most spectacular views in t…
Buildings
Bourges Cathedral
Bourges, Cher, France
A World Heritage Gothic cathedral built around 1200, unusual for having no transept, so its five-aisled nave rises in one great sweep of light.