Buildings
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto
Kyoto, Kyōto, Japan
The head shrine of Inari, the god of rice and business, famous for its thousands of bright vermilion torii gates, donated by businesses, which form t…
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Natural features
Tsingy de Bemaraha
Mahajanga, Madagascar
A stone forest of jagged limestone pinnacles, a UNESCO site, explored with guides using via ferrata cables, ladders and rope bridges.
Walks and treks
Dovedale
Ashbourne, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
A limestone valley in the Peak District, with steep wooded sides and strange rock formations such as Lion's Head Rock and Ilam Rock along the River D…
Buildings
King's College Chapel, Cambridge
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
A masterpiece of late Gothic architecture, built between 1446 and 1515, with the largest fan-vaulted ceiling in the world and magnificent stained gla…
Tours and activities
Star Ferry and Victoria Harbour
Yau Tsim Mong, Hong Kong
Green and white ferries that have crossed Victoria Harbour between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island since 1888, one of the world's great short ferry ride…
Natural features
Douro Valley
Alijó, Vila Real, Portugal
The oldest demarcated wine region in the world, where port wine comes from, with vineyards terraced into the steep slopes of the Douro River valley, …
Buildings
Rila Monastery
Rila, Kyustendil, Bulgaria
Bulgaria's most famous monastery and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, founded in the 10th century by the hermit St Ivan of Rila and rebuilt after a fire…
Attractions
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Polanco, Ciudad de México, Mexico
One of the world's great museums, with the Aztec Sun Stone, Olmec heads, Maya treasures and a recreated tomb of King Pakal, in a building with a vast…
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…
Historic sites
Gorée Island
Dakar, Senegal
A small car-free island off Dakar with pastel colonial houses and the House of Slaves with its 'Door of No Return', a memorial to the Atlantic slave …
Natural features
Punta Cometa, Mazunte
Santa María Tonameca, Oaxaca, Mexico
A rocky headland at the western end of Mazunte beach, on the Oaxaca coast, and the southernmost point of Oaxaca.
Walks and treks
Wadi Shab
Ash Sharqiyah South, Oman
A canyon with turquoise pools between towering cliffs.