Natural features
Kaieteur Falls, Guyana
Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana
One of the world's most powerful waterfalls, where the Potaro River plunges 226 m in a single drop into a gorge in the rainforest, about four times t…
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Hunza Valley
Karimabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
A green valley high in the Karakoram, surrounded by peaks over 7,000 m, including Rakaposhi and Ultar.
Historic sites
Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen, Morocco
A mountain town in the Rif whose medina is painted in every shade of blue.
Historic sites
Colmar and Little Venice
Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France
Colmar is the most picturesque town in Alsace, with colourful half-timbered houses, flower boxes and canals.
Natural features
Cape Reinga (Te Rerenga Wairua)
Northland, New Zealand
The northern tip of the North Island, where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific Ocean in a line of clashing waves off the point.
Natural features
Cape Point and Boulders Beach penguins
Western Cape, South Africa
The dramatic cliffs of Cape Point, in Table Mountain National Park, with a lighthouse and the Cape of Good Hope nearby.
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Avenue of the Baobabs
Toliara, Madagascar
A dirt road lined with towering Grandidier's baobab trees, up to 800 years old, near Morondava on the west coast.
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.
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
Lascaux IV cave paintings
Montignac, Dordogne, France
The cave of Lascaux, discovered in 1940, holds some of the finest prehistoric paintings in the world: bulls, horses and deer painted about 17,000 yea…
Historic sites
Himeji Castle
Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan
The finest surviving feudal castle in Japan, called the 'White Heron' for its brilliant white walls and roofs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Val d'Orcia
Castiglione d'Orcia, Siena, Italy
The classic Tuscan landscape of rolling hills, cypress-lined roads, golden wheat fields and hilltop towns, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern T…