Natural features
Tobago Cays, Grenadines
Grenadines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Five uninhabited islands in a marine park protected by a reef, where you snorkel with green turtles in turquoise water.
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Powis Castle and Garden
Welshpool, Powys, United Kingdom
A medieval castle of red stone built by Welsh princes, perched on a ridge above famous Italianate terraced gardens, laid out over 300 years ago and p…
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Bonifacio, Corsica
Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, France
A citadel town perched on white limestone cliffs at the southern tip of Corsica, its houses overhanging the sea, with views across the strait to Sard…
Natural features
Karijini National Park
Western Australia, Australia
A park of deep red gorges cut into the ancient rock of the Pilbara, with waterfalls, cold clear rock pools and fern-lined chasms.
Historic sites
Tbilisi Old Town
Tbilisi, Georgia
Georgia's capital, with an old town of carved wooden balconies, churches, and the sulphur baths of Abanotubani, beneath the Narikala Fortress, reache…
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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
West Lake, Hangzhou
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
A famous lake surrounded by hills, pagodas, temples and gardens, celebrated by poets for centuries, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Historic sites
Rocamadour
Gourdon, Lot, France
A pilgrimage village that clings to a 150 m cliff above the Alzou canyon, with chapels and sanctuaries stacked one above the other.
Tours and activities
Ruta de las Flores, El Salvador
Juayúa, Sonsonate, El Salvador
A route of about 36 km through the coffee-growing mountains of western El Salvador, linking colourful colonial villages: Nahuizalco, known for wicker…
Natural features
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Plitvička Jezera, Lika-Senj, Croatia
Sixteen terraced lakes, joined by waterfalls and cascades, in a forested valley in central Croatia.
Natural features
Great Migration, Maasai Mara
Narok, Kenya
Every year about 1.5 million wildebeest, with hundreds of thousands of zebra and gazelle, follow the rains in a huge clockwise circuit between Tanzan…
Natural features
Stockholm Archipelago
Vaxholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Around 30,000 islands, islets and rocks stretch from Stockholm out into the Baltic, with red cottages, pine woods and smooth granite rocks.