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Catherine Palace and the Amber Room, Pushkin
Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia
The summer residence of the Russian empresses at Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), 25 km south of St Petersburg.
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Roys Peak Track, Wānaka
Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand
A steep, zig-zagging climb of 1,250 m up farmland and tussock to the summit of Roys Peak (1,578 m), with one of the most famous views in New Zealand:…
Natural features
Kynance Cove
Mullion, Cornwall, United Kingdom
One of the most beautiful coves in Cornwall, with white sand, turquoise water and islands of dark red and green serpentine rock.
Historic sites
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Hiroshima, Japan
A park built near the hypocentre of the atomic bomb dropped on 6 August 1945.
Natural features
Baía do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha
Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil
Often voted the most beautiful beach in the world: a cove of golden sand at the foot of green cliffs, with clear turquoise water full of fish, turtle…
Natural features
Viñales Valley
Viñales, Pinar del Río, Cuba
A green valley of tobacco farms and limestone hills (mogotes), a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Cape Hillsborough wallabies at sunrise
Bucasia, Queensland, Australia
In Cape Hillsborough National Park, north of Mackay, wallabies and kangaroos come down to the beach at dawn to feed on seed pods and mangrove leaves …
Historic sites
9/11 Memorial and Museum, New York
Manhattan, New York, United States of America
Two large reflecting pools set in the footprints of the Twin Towers, with the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks of 2001 and 1993…
Historic sites
Bodiam Castle
Northiam, East Sussex, United Kingdom
A storybook castle with round towers and battlements, rising straight out of a wide moat.
Historic sites
Pompeii
Pompei, Naples, Italy
The Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and rediscovered in the 18th century, preserved in astonishing detail: streets with …
Tours and activities
Antarctic Peninsula cruise
Antarctica
Expedition cruises from Ushuaia cross the Drake Passage to the Antarctic Peninsula, landing by Zodiac among penguin colonies, glaciers and icebergs, …
Natural features
Whitehaven Beach and the Whitsundays
Whitsundays, Queensland, Australia
A 7 km beach of brilliant white silica sand on Whitsunday Island, with swirling sand and water patterns at Hill Inlet seen from the lookout.