Natural features
Salar de Uyuni
Potosí, Bolivia
The largest salt flat in the world, over 10,000 km² of white hexagonal crust; in the rainy season a thin layer of water turns it into a vast mirror.
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City Palace and Lake Pichola, Udaipur
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Udaipur, the 'City of Lakes', is built around Lake Pichola, with the huge City Palace rising from its shore and the Lake Palace hotel floating in the…
Natural features
Mount Fuji and the Fuji Five Lakes
Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan
Japan's highest and most sacred mountain, a near-perfect volcanic cone 3,776 m high, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Königsstuhl chalk cliffs, Rügen
Saßnitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Brilliant white chalk cliffs rising 118 m above the Baltic Sea, edged with ancient beech forest, in Jasmund National Park on the island of Rügen.
Buildings
Eiffel Tower, Paris
Paris, France
Built for the 1889 World's Fair, the 330 m tower has three levels open to visitors.
Buildings
Beverley Minster
Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom
One of the finest Gothic churches in Europe, and often called the most beautiful church in England that isn't a cathedral.
Historic sites
Wawel Castle and Cathedral, Kraków
Kraków, Lesser Poland, Poland
The hill above the Vistula where Polish kings were crowned and buried.
Natural features
To Sua Ocean Trench, Samoa
Falefa, Atua, Samoa
A deep swimming hole in lush gardens on Upolu's south coast, reached by a long wooden ladder, connected to the sea by lava tubes.
Historic sites
Topkapı Palace, Istanbul
Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey
The palace of the Ottoman sultans for nearly 400 years, on a point above the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn, with courtyards, pavilions tiled in Iznik…
Buildings
Burj Khalifa, Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The tallest building in the world, 828 m, with observation decks on the 124th, 125th and 148th floors.
Historic sites
Vianden Castle
Vianden, Luxembourg
One of the largest fortified castles west of the Rhine, built between the 11th and 14th centuries on a rocky hill above the town of Vianden and the O…
Natural features
Postojna Cave and Predjama Castle
Postojna, Slovenia
One of the largest show caves in the world, where an electric train runs 3.7 km into spectacular halls of stalactites, followed by a guided walk.