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Prado Museum, Madrid
Retiro, Madrid, Spain
One of the world's great art museums, with the finest collection of Spanish painting: Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's 'black paintings' and The Third…
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Plaza Mayor, Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain
Often called the most beautiful square in Spain: a vast 18th-century baroque square of golden sandstone, enclosed by arcades and balconies, with meda…
Tours and activities
Nile felucca and cruise, Aswan
Aswan, Egypt
Sail the Nile at Aswan on a felucca, a traditional wooden sailing boat, past Elephantine Island and the Botanical Garden, at sunset.
Attractions
Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
Vatican City
One of the world's greatest art collections, built up by the popes, with classical sculpture, the Raphael Rooms, the Gallery of Maps, and, at the end…
Buildings
Tiger's Nest Monastery (Paro Taktsang)
Paro, Bhutan
Bhutan's most famous sight: a monastery clinging to a cliff 900 m above the Paro valley, where Guru Rinpoche is said to have arrived on the back of a…
Walks and treks
Mount Kinabalu
Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia
Malaysia's highest mountain, 4,095 m, in Kinabalu Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sabah, Borneo.
Attractions
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The 30 m Art Deco statue of Christ with open arms on top of Corcovado mountain, completed in 1931, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, with sw…
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.
Historic sites
Český Krumlov
Český Krumlov, Czech Republic
A fairytale medieval town in a tight loop of the Vltava River in South Bohemia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, overlooked by a huge castle with a pain…
Historic sites
Potala Palace, Lhasa
Lhasa, Tibet, China
The former winter palace of the Dalai Lamas, a huge red and white building rising up the Red Hill above Lhasa, at 3,700 m, a UNESCO World Heritage Si…
Tours and activities
Icefields Parkway
Alberta, Canada
A 232 km road through the Rockies between Lake Louise and Jasper, past more than 100 glaciers, turquoise lakes such as Peyto and Bow, and waterfalls.
Attractions
Acropolis Museum, Athens
Athens, Attica, Greece
A modern glass museum at the foot of the Acropolis, built over excavated ancient streets that you can see through the glass floor.