Historic sites
Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
A French Renaissance-style château built in the 1870s and 1880s for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to display his collection of art and to entertain.
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Jurassic Coast and Durdle Door
Wool, Dorset, United Kingdom
England's only natural World Heritage Site, a 150 km stretch of coast in Dorset and Devon whose cliffs show 185 million years of geological history, …
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
Aitutaki lagoon, Cook Islands
Cook Islands
A triangular lagoon of brilliant turquoise with tiny islands such as One Foot Island, where you can get your passport stamped.
Historic sites
Château d'Angers and the Apocalypse Tapestry
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
A massive fortress with 17 striped towers of dark schist and white stone, built by Saint Louis in the 13th century.
Attractions
MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), Hobart
Berriedale, Tasmania, Australia
Australia's most talked-about museum, created by gambler and collector David Walsh and carved into a sandstone cliff beside the Derwent River.
Natural features
Capri and the Blue Grotto
Capri, Naples, Italy
A glamorous island in the Bay of Naples, with dramatic cliffs, the Faraglioni rock stacks and the hilltop villages of Capri and Anacapri.
Natural features
Viñales Valley
Viñales, Pinar del Río, Cuba
A green valley of tobacco farms and limestone hills (mogotes), a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Bastei Bridge, Saxon Switzerland
Lohmen, Saxony, Germany
A stone bridge built in 1851 linking towering sandstone pillars 194 m above the River Elbe, in Saxon Switzerland National Park.
Historic sites
Rovinj Old Town
Rovinj, Istria, Croatia
A colourful fishing town on a small peninsula on Istria's west coast, with narrow cobbled lanes climbing to the hilltop church of St Euphemia, whose …
Historic sites
Trinidad, Cuba
Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
A perfectly preserved colonial town of cobbled streets and pastel houses, built on sugar wealth, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the nearby Valle d…
Natural features
Mana Pools
Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
A remote park on the Zambezi, a UNESCO site, famous for walking safaris, canoe trips, and elephants standing on their hind legs to reach the trees.