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Valletta
Valletta, Malta
Malta's tiny fortified capital, built by the Knights of St John in the 16th century, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Strasbourg Cathedral and Petite France
Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
Strasbourg's pink sandstone cathedral, with a single spire 142 m high, was the tallest building in the world for over 200 years.
Historic sites
Machu Picchu
Cusco, Peru
The 15th-century Inca citadel on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba valley, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
Food and drink
Pintxos bars in the Parte Vieja, San Sebastián
Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
San Sebastián's old town is packed with bars whose counters are piled with pintxos, the Basque version of tapas: small works of art on bread or skewe…
Natural features
Abisko National Park
Norrbotten, Sweden
A national park in Swedish Lapland, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, famous as one of the best places in the world to see the northern lights, than…
Natural features
Geirangerfjord
Stranda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
One of the world's most famous fjords, a narrow arm of the sea between cliffs up to 1,400 m high, with waterfalls such as the Seven Sisters and the S…
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
Eiffel Tower, Paris
Paris, France
Built for the 1889 World's Fair, the 330 m tower has three levels open to visitors.
Natural features
Killarney National Park
Killarney, Kerry, Ireland
Ireland's first national park, with lakes, woods and mountains next to the town of Killarney.
Historic sites
Óbidos town walls
Óbidos, Leiria, Portugal
Óbidos is a perfectly preserved medieval village, entirely enclosed by its walls, with whitewashed houses trimmed in blue and yellow, bougainvillea a…
Natural features
Lake Mývatn and Námafjall
Laugar, Þingeyjarsveit, Iceland
A volcanic lake in north Iceland surrounded by craters, lava formations and geothermal areas.
Historic sites
Apartheid Museum and Soweto, Johannesburg
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
A powerful museum telling the story of apartheid and the struggle against it.