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Chobe National Park
Chobe, Botswana
A park with one of the largest elephant populations in Africa.
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Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
West Coast, New Zealand
Strange layered limestone stacks at Dolomite Point that look like piles of pancakes, formed over 30 million years from layers of limestone and soft m…
Historic sites
Chapel Bridge and Old Town, Lucerne
Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Lucerne's covered wooden footbridge, built in the 14th century, crosses the River Reuss diagonally, with painted panels under its roof and the stone …
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French Quarter, New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
The oldest neighbourhood of New Orleans, with Spanish and French colonial buildings with iron balconies, Jackson Square and St Louis Cathedral, and l…
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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…
Walks and treks
Cocora Valley
Salento, Quindío, Colombia
A valley in the coffee region with the world's tallest palm trees, wax palms up to 60 m, in misty green hills.
Walks and treks
Kumano Kodō pilgrimage trail
Tanabe-shi, Wakayama, Japan
Ancient pilgrimage trails through the forested mountains of the Kii Peninsula, linking three grand shrines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Historic sites
George Town, Penang
George Town, Penang, Malaysia
A UNESCO-listed colonial port town with shophouses, clan houses such as the ornate Khoo Kongsi, temples, mosques and churches side by side, and stree…
Historic sites
Old Quebec
Québec, Quebec, Canada
The only walled city north of Mexico, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with cobbled streets, stone houses and the Château Frontenac hotel towering over …
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Lake Tekapo and the Church of the Good Shepherd
Canterbury, New Zealand
A turquoise glacial lake with a small stone church on its shore, beautiful at night under the stars of the Dark Sky Reserve, and covered in lupins in…
Historic sites
Tbilisi Old Town
Tbilisi, Georgia
Georgia's capital, with an old town of carved wooden balconies, churches, and the sulphur baths of Abanotubani, beneath the Narikala Fortress, reache…
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Khor Virap and Mount Ararat
Ararat, Armenia
A monastery near the Turkish border, where St Gregory the Illuminator was held in a pit for 13 years before converting Armenia to Christianity in 301…