Written by JP Chartier
WARNING:
The following 20 places are so beautiful that just looking at pictures of them have been known to cause a quickened heartbeat, sweaty brow, drooling and a wanderlust that can be nearly impossible to contain!
The following 20 places are so beautiful that just looking at pictures of them have been known to cause a quickened heartbeat, sweaty brow, drooling and a wanderlust that can be nearly impossible to contain!
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Chittorgarh Fort INDIA
Built in the 7th Century A.D. the fort is dotted with a series of historical palaces, gates, temples and two prominent commemoration towers which have inspired the imagination of tourists and writers for centuries.
| Chittorgarh Fort INDIA Aogashima Volcano JAPAN Aogashima is a volcanic Japanese Island in the Philippine Sea, and as of 2014 the island’s population was 170. The island is encircled by very steep rugged cliffs of layered volcanic deposits. The last eruption of Aogashima was during a four-year period from 1781-1785. |
Aogashima Volcano JAPAN
Riomaggiore ITALY
Riomaggiore is a Village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. The village, dating from the early thirteenth century, is known for its historic character and its wine, produced by the town’s vineyards.
Riomaggiore ITALY
Santorini GREECE
Santorini is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 kilometres (120 miles) southeast of Greece’s mainland, it’s the remnants of an enormous volcanic eruption that destroyed the earliest settlements, and created the current geological caldera. A giant central, rectangular lagoon, which measures about 12 by 7 kilometres (7.5 by 4.3 miles), is surrounded by 300 metres (980 ft) high, steep cliffs on three sides.
Santorini GREECE
Neuschwanstein Castle GERMANY
It is a nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as a homage to Richard Wagner, it was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but was opened to the public immediately after his death in 1886.
Neuschwanstein Castle GERMANY
Ha Long Bay VIETNAM
Is a popular travel destination in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. The bay consists of a dense cluster of some 1,600 limestone monolithic islands each topped with thick jungle vegetation, rising spectacularly from the ocean. Several of the islands are hollow, with enormous caves. A community of around 1,600 people live on Hạ Long Bay in four fishing villages, they live on floating houses and are sustained through fishing and marine aquaculture.
Ha Long Bay VIETNAM
Venice ITALY
A city in northeastern Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. Venice is one of the most important tourist destinations in the world for its celebrated art and architecture. The city has an average of 50,000 tourists a day.
Venice ITALY
Yosemite Valley USA
The valley is Located in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of California and is a very Popular Tourist Location. It is surrounded by high granite summits and is about 8 miles in length and up to a mile deep.
Yosemite Valley USA
Machu Picchu PERU
The incredible Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site and is situated on a mountain ridge high above the Sacred Valley. Popular belief is that the site was built around 1450 AD and was the estate of the Inca emperor Pachacuti. It was only inhabited for about a hundred years before the Spanish Conquest began. There is an urban section and an agriculture section at the site as well as the upper town and the lower town.
Machu Picchu PERU
Montana Magica Lodge, Los Rios CHILE
A strange volcano-shaped building spews water instead of lava everyday in southern Chile. If you stay here at this extraordinary hotel I must warn you, the only way in is by balancing on a swinging rope bridge! The lodge has 13-rooms and is hidden away deep within a 300,000 acre private nature preserve.
Montana Magica Lodge, Los Rios CHILE
Tuscany ITALY
Tuscany is the birthplace of the Renaissance, and is known for its dreamy landscapes, unique traditions, rich history, artistic legacy and its influence on high culture. It has been home to many influential figures and is loved for its natural beauty.
Tuscany ITALY
Bagan MYANMAR
Located in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar), Bagan has over 2200 temples and pagodas. Back in the 13th century, during the Kingdom’s hey day, there were over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries located here.
Bagan MYANMAR
Zhangye Danxia Landform in Gansu CHINA
The Danxia Landform refers to the various landscapes found in southeast, southwest and northwest China characterized by their multi-coloured sandstones and conglomerates. It is in fact a unique type of petrographic geomorphology found only in China. What an unreal scene.
Zhangye Danxia Landform in Gansu CHINA
Li River CHINA
Li is a river in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China, and takes a 52-mile scenic route through the majestic karst mountains. Tourists can take a cruise through this area on everything from a bamboo raft to an air-conditioned ship.
Li River CHINA
Meteora GREECE
The largest and most important complex of Greek Orthodox monasteries in all of Greece. There are six monasteries built on the natural sandstone rock pillars and are located in central Greece. The first people to inhabit Metéora was an ascetic group of hermit monks in the 9th century, they lived in the hollows and fissures of the rock towers.
Meteora GREECE
Mu Cang Chai VIETNAM
A district of Yen Bai province, Mu Cang Chai is located in the northwestern region of Vietnam. Rice fields are layered on the steep hills and are most beautiful during harvesting time when they turn a golden hue (September & October).
Mu Cang Chai VIETNAM
The swing at the “End of the World” in Baños ECUADOR
The swing is actually at a seismic monitoring station located deep in the Ecuadorian wilderness. There is a small treehouse built on the side of the mountain with a perfect view of the nearby active volcano, Mt. Tungurahua. There’s no doubt that the treehouse is a site to be seen, but the real attraction is the swing hanging from one of the tree’s skinny branches that takes riders out over the void of the canyon.
The swing at the “End of the World” in Baños ECUADOR
Reine NORWAY
Reine is a fishing village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Moskenes in Nordland county, Norway, it is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago, above the Arctic Circle. The 72-acre village has a population of only 307 as of 2013 and is a very popular tourist location despite its remote location.
Reine NORWAY
Colmar FRANCE
The town was founded in the 9th century and is situated along the Alsatian Wine Route and considers itself to be the “capital of Alsatian wine.” The city is renowned for its well preserved old town, its numerous architectural landmarks and its museums.
Colmar FRANCE
