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Porquerolles
Hyères, Var, France
A car-free island off Hyères, part of the Port-Cros National Park, with pine woods, vineyards, cliffs and some of the most beautiful beaches in Franc…
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Teide National Park, Tenerife
La Guancha, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Spain's highest mountain, the volcano Mount Teide, 3,715 m, rises from a vast crater of lava fields and colourful rocks in the middle of Tenerife.
Historic sites
Château de Chillon
Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
A medieval castle on a rock in Lake Geneva near Montreux, one of the most visited historic monuments in Switzerland.
Natural features
Amboseli National Park
Kajiado, Kenya
A park famous for large herds of elephants walking across the plains with snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro behind, in Tanzania.
Natural features
Okavango Delta
North-West, Botswana
A vast inland delta where the Okavango River spreads into the Kalahari, a UNESCO site, with channels, lagoons and islands full of elephants, hippos, …
Natural features
Mykines puffin island
Vágar, Faroe Islands
The westernmost of the Faroe Islands, home to thousands of puffins and other seabirds in summer.
Buildings
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
The great Romanesque cathedral at the end of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, said to hold the tomb of St James.
Natural features
Marble Caves, General Carrera Lake
Aisén del General Carlos Ibañez del Campo, Chile
Caves and columns of marble carved by the waves of a glacial lake, reflecting the turquoise water in swirling patterns.
Walks and treks
Santo Antão hiking, Cape Verde
Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde
The most dramatic island of Cape Verde, with green valleys, cliff-side paths and terraced farms.
Walks and treks
Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock)
Strand, Rogaland, Norway
A flat-topped cliff jutting out 604 m above the Lysefjord, one of Norway's most famous viewpoints.
Attractions
Australia Zoo, Beerwah
Beerwah, Queensland, Australia
The zoo made famous by Steve Irwin, the 'Crocodile Hunter', and still run by the Irwin family.
Attractions
Michelangelo's David, Galleria dell'Accademia
Florence, Italy
The Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence is home to Michelangelo's David, the 5 m marble statue carved between 1501 and 1504, displayed under a skylit…