Walks and treks
Mount Rinjani
Labuan Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia
Indonesia's second-highest volcano, 3,726 m, on Lombok, with a crescent-shaped crater lake, Segara Anak, and hot springs.
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Natural features
Praia do Norte big waves, Nazaré
Nazaré, Leiria, Portugal
Nazaré's North Beach is famous for the biggest surfable waves in the world, created by an undersea canyon that funnels the Atlantic swell.
Natural features
Antelope Canyon
LeChee, Arizona, United States of America
A narrow slot canyon in the Navajo Nation near Page, Arizona, with smooth, wave-like sandstone walls lit by shafts of sunlight.
Natural features
Kata Tjuta and the Valley of the Winds
Yulara, Northern Territory, Australia
A group of 36 huge red domes about 50 km from Uluru, in the same national park, and many visitors think it's even more impressive.
Historic sites
Tower of London
Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom
A castle on the Thames founded by William the Conqueror in the 1070s, which has served as a royal palace, a prison and a place of execution.
Historic sites
Varanasi Ghats
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
One of the oldest living cities in the world and Hinduism's holiest city, on the Ganges, where pilgrims bathe on stone steps (ghats) and cremations t…
Natural features
Tortuguero National Park
Limón, Costa Rica
A park of canals and rainforest on the Caribbean coast, reached only by boat or plane, where green turtles nest on the beach from July to October.
Historic sites
Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
A French Renaissance-style château built in the 1870s and 1880s for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to display his collection of art and to entertain.
Natural features
Leh and Pangong Lake, Ladakh
Ladakh, India
Ladakh is a high-altitude desert in the Himalayas with Tibetan Buddhist culture.
Walks and treks
Pico do Arieiro to Pico Ruivo, Madeira
Santana, Madeira, Portugal
A spectacular high-mountain walk on Madeira between its second and highest peaks, along a path cut into knife-edge ridges, through tunnels and up sta…
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.
Historic sites
Veliko Tarnovo and Tsarevets Fortress
Veliko Tŭrnovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
The capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, with houses stacked up the cliffs above the winding Yantra River.