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Tikal
Petén, Guatemala
One of the greatest Maya cities, deep in the rainforest of Petén, with temple pyramids rising above the canopy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Sa Pa rice terraces
Sa Pa, Lào Cai, Vietnam
A mountain town in the far north-west, surrounded by spectacular rice terraces and villages of Hmong and Dao people.
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Cap Blanc-Nez and Cap Gris-Nez
Sangatte, Pas-de-Calais, France
Two great headlands on the Opal Coast facing England across the narrowest part of the Channel: the white chalk cliffs of Blanc-Nez and the grey rocks…
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Mount Stewart
Greyabbey, Ards and North Down, United Kingdom
A neoclassical house on the shore of Strangford Lough, with one of the finest gardens in Europe, created by Edith, Lady Londonderry, in the 1920s.
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Temple of Literature, Hanoi
Hanoi, Hà Nội, Vietnam
Founded in 1070 as a temple to Confucius, it later became Vietnam's first university.
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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.
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Galle Fort
Galle, Southern, Sri Lanka
A fortified old town built by the Portuguese and Dutch on a headland on the south coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with ramparts, a lighthouse, c…
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Morskie Oko, Tatra Mountains
Zakopane, Lesser Poland, Poland
The largest and most beautiful lake in the Tatra Mountains, a deep green-blue glacial lake beneath granite peaks, including Rysy, the highest mountai…
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Niagara Falls (US side)
Niagara Falls, New York, United States of America
The American and Bridal Veil Falls, part of the great Niagara Falls on the border with Canada.
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Taj Mahal, Agra
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
The white marble mausoleum built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, completed around 1653, one of the most beautiful buildin…
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Zion National Park
Toquerville, Utah, United States of America
A deep red and cream sandstone canyon carved by the Virgin River in southern Utah.
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Tiger Leaping Gorge
Yunnan, China
A deep gorge where the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) races between the Jade Dragon and Haba snow mountains, up to 3,900 m deep.