The most beautiful places in the world. The most interesting and beautiful places on planet earth
July 2, 2016
We bring to your attention ten fantastic places on planet Earth that will amaze you with their unique, perhaps one might even say unearthly beauty. Everyone should definitely visit these mysterious and amazing corners of the planet at least once in their life.
The most unusual places on earth
1. Easter Island, Chile
Easter Island, Chile. Easter Island or Rapa Nui is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is famous mainly for its main attraction - stone statues Moai. There is probably no more mysterious, mysterious, even mystical island in the world. The impressive monuments of Moai sculptures instill in the viewer incredible delight and unjustified fear, indescribable joy and an inexplicable feeling of anxiety. Visit Easter Island and feel the fascinating story Everyone should certainly belong to the people of Rapa Nui.
2. Antelope Canyon, USA
Antelope Canyon, USA.Antelope Canyon is probably the most beloved and popular tourist site in USA. Antelope Canyon received its quaint name due to the color of its rocks: reddish-red shades reminiscent of the skin of an antelope. Over the centuries, water and wind created that fantastic relief that today is impossible to stop admiring. The play of intricate shapes and graceful lines of the canyon rock walls is an extraordinary and unforgettable sight.
3. Zhangye Danxia, China
Zhangye Danxia, China. Zhangye Danxia is rocks, but the rocks are not simple, but colorful! Variegated rock formations were formed due to various natural anomalies. The result is truly stunning - bright rainbow colored stripes adorn the mountains. To believe in the existence of such fabulous landscapes you need to see them with your own eyes; the picture that opens is truly breathtaking.
4. Petra, Jordan
Petra, Jordan. The ancient city of Petra is considered one of the wonders of the world. The city is located in the narrow Siq canyon. At one time, the city of Petra was the richest and most prosperous shopping center. Now Petra is not only architectural monument, but also a vast tourist area that attracts crowds of foreign guests. The main advantage of Petra is the facade of the Al-Khazneh temple building, carved from a single rock. Petra makes an indelible impression; be sure to visit this amazing city.
5. Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
Phi Phi Islands, Thailand. The Phi Phi Islands are truly heaven on Earth. More impressive landscape beauties cannot be found in the whole world. Beautiful beaches, clear turquoise waters and stunning cliffs covered with dense tropical greenery make this an ideal holiday destination.
Caño Cristales means crystal river in Spanish. Thanks to the various types of mosses and algae growing on the bottom, the illusion is created that the waters of the river are colored in different colors: red, blue, green, yellow and even black. Therefore, Caño Cristalis is sometimes called the river of five colors. It’s a real miracle to see such indescribable beauty with your own eyes.
The Socotra Islands are a World Heritage Site. They are quite inaccessible and suitable only for ecotourism. Restaurants, hotels and high level of service? Forget about it, because the first roads were built here just a couple of years ago. However, visiting Socotra will be the most unforgettable trip of your life if you decide to endure the discomfort. Being here is like being on another planet. The flora of this land is unique: you will not see a huge number of plants growing on the island anywhere else. Such exceptional flora originated here due to the island's isolation and suitable climate.
8. Uyuni, Bolivia
Uyuni, Bolivia. Uyuni is the largest salt lake in the world. But interesting feature The beauty of this lake lies not only in its scale. Uyuni is a solid salt marsh with a smooth mirror surface on which you can drive a car. In fact, Uyuni is a huge block of salt. The lake has high economic value for Bolivia due to the extraction of its colossal salt reserves. Here salt is used not only for food, it is even used as a building material. Therefore, travelers have the opportunity to stay in a real salt hotel.
The wonderful Kliluk Lake is located in British Columbia. The waters of the lake are rich in various minerals and when evaporated, many spots of minerals are formed on the surface, which, depending on the time of year, turn into different colors - an incredibly amazing sight. In addition to its magical view, Kliluk is also famous for its healing properties.
Beauty is an entirely subjective concept. Looking at the most fascinating places on our planet, a person begins to realize that true beauty is around him, and it is impossible not to enjoy it. Over endless millions of years, Mother Nature has created so many masterpieces that still not all the most beautiful places on Earth are covered by tourist routes.
Lake Uyuni (Bolivia)
This is the largest salt lake in the world, and here time seems to slow down. You can even walk on its surface! During the rains, this salt marsh becomes a huge and extraordinary mirror. Here salt is mined, which is exported using antediluvian locomotives, the cemetery of which is located three kilometers from the city of Uyuni. The ideally flat and stable surface of the salt marsh, better than the surface of the ocean, makes it possible to adjust satellite instruments probing our planet. There are islands on the salt lake on which cacti manage to grow - photographs of such vegetation against the backdrop of the sparkling whiteness of the salt marsh are incredibly spectacular.
Pamukkale (Türkiye)
In the southwest of Turkey there is a very beautiful geological formation - a rock made of limestone tuff - Pamukkale. Here the river begins, which descends along stone terraces in the form of waterfalls and forms multi-tiered pools. Local residents rather poetically called this place “cotton castle.” Calcium-rich water ensured this unusual landscape incredible whiteness. Thousands of tourists began to come to the natural terraces and thermal springs at the foot of the mountains every year.
Yunnan Rice Terraces (China)
The rice fields located on the mountain terraces of the Chinese province of Yunnan are extremely picturesque. They stretch for several tens of kilometers, exactly repeating all the curves of the earth's topography. The local ecological system is unique in its formation. In February, rice is planted in the soil, renewed by mountain springs, and the harvest is harvested in early autumn. The tourist season lasts from late autumn to mid-spring. Inexperienced travelers are attracted by the mirror surfaces of rice paddies, reflecting the rays of the sun, which, when refracted, provide the entire solar spectrum.
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Great Blue Hole (Belize)
Off the coast of Belize in the Caribbean Sea there is a barrier reef, in the center of one of its atolls there is an unusual object - a mysterious, beautiful blue hole, perfectly round and leading into a very deep cave. However, in nature such phenomena occur often; in this case, the size of the hole is striking - the diameter is 300 meters and the depth is 120 meters. Extreme divers love to come here to get new doses of adrenaline. Once upon a time this hole was explored by Jacques Cousteau himself, after him it became famous throughout the world.
Arizona Wave (USA)
Near the border separating the states of Arizona and Utah, on the Colorado Plateau, there is an unusual sandstone formation, which has irregular, intricate shapes with smooth curves and is painted in rich ocher colors, which is given the name “Arizona wave”. All self-respecting professional landscape photographers definitely strive to get here, but to do this they have to overcome many obstacles, because good roads doesn't exist here. The peculiar structure, reminiscent of a frozen stream of caramel, arose as a result of a long process of petrification of sand dunes into solid rock.
Jiuzhaigou National Park (China)
The southeastern Chinese province of Sichuan has many attractions, one of which is the incredibly beautiful National Jiuzhaigou Park. It is located in the north of the province. There are many lakes and waterfalls here, and the special composition of the local water gives them an incredibly beautiful turquoise color. They look especially magnificent in the fall, when their waters reflect the crowns of trees with leaves of all kinds of colors.
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Plitvice Lakes (Croatia)
IN Balkan country Croatia also has a mysterious, colorful and incredibly beautiful place - Plitvice Lakes. They are included in the largest national park in Croatia. The landscapes of the park smell of mysticism: it is surrounded by impenetrable dense thickets, which locals call the “devil’s forest.” The chain of lakes is located in one mountain valley, water from each upper lake flows through numerous waterfalls into the lake located below. Since water quickly destroys limestone rock, the waterfalls change every year. In winter, frozen waterfalls are no less spectacular than in summer. All Plitvice lakes are divided into upper and lower.
Valley of the 10 Peaks (Canada)
The nature of Canada is very beautiful, especially its icy beauty. One of the notable natural sites is the Valley of 10 Peaks, which is located at the base of the multi-headed Vekchemna mountain range, which has 10 peaks. Nearby is glacial Moraine Lake, which is a prominent feature of Banff National Park. To better explore the local attractions, there are many trails for tourists. One of the views is called "20 dollars", because a 20 dollar bill was once issued with this landscape.
Mount Roraima (Brazil and Venezuela)
On the border between Brazil and Venezuela there is a very beautiful peak Roraima. In fact, Roraima is the name given to several mountain ranges rising among the Amazon wilds. This place became especially famous after the publication of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most popular novel “The Lost World”; it was here that he transferred the main events of the novel and populated the local lands, closed from the whole world inaccessible mountains. In fact, these places can serve as a powerful source of imagination and creative inspiration.
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Monument Valley (USA)
In northeastern Arizona, on the border with Utah, there is the Colorado Plateau, a desert with an unusual and fascinating landscape. It was called the valley of monuments (monuments), because in the middle of the flat desert there are rocks, carved by the wind of unusual shape, scattered, creating alien landscape. Almost all American westerns were filmed here; we have long been accustomed to seeing dashing cowboys on the screen, galloping through the desert against the backdrop of these reddish rocks.
Colored rocks of Zhangye (China)
There are many amazing places in China, for example, the unusually beautiful colorful rocks in Gansu province. They arose during the Cretaceous period. An overview of this mountain range reveals a completely unusual range of colors in which its rocks are painted. It is explained by the fact that among other rocks, red sandstone clearly predominates, as well as sedimentary silt rocks that have undergone oxidation after the waters have receded from these places. Currently, the Chinese authorities have turned this place into one of the popular tourist routes. Landscape artists adore the local mottled ocher-colored rocks.
Ha Long Bay (Vietnam)
The poetic name Halong translated from Vietnamese means “the bay where dragons find shelter.” Following the bay, the city located on its shores inherited the same name. Perhaps the bay is quite consistent with its mystical name, because it contains over 3 thousand small islands, mysterious caves and rocky mountains along the shores. In some caves, penetrating deep into the rocks, attractions have been arranged; here, exciting adventure routes have been prepared for tourists, and multi-colored lighting has been installed. Any guest here feels as if in the palace of a real dragon.
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Iguazu Falls (Brazil and Argentina)
Iguazu Falls refers to a large complex that includes 275 cascades. They are taller and wider than the famous one Niagara Falls twice. The waterfalls owe their origin to volcanic activity: after the eruption, a huge crack formed in the ground, right under the bed of the Iguazu River, which caused the appearance of a whole cascade of waterfalls. The waterfall looks especially impressive during the rainy season, which occurs in November-March, when the swollen river brings down 13 thousand cubic meters of water every second.
Crystal River (Columbia)
Although this Colombian river is officially called Caño Cristales, Indian tribes living in the wilds of Central Colombia call it “the escaped from paradise” or “the river of five colors.” There are many natural wonders in the tropics, but this fabulously picturesque colorful river! IN different places its bottom is colored pink, red, yellow, green, blue and black. It's all because of the amazing colorful algae that turn the river into a rainbow flowing through the Amazon forests.
Enchanted Well (Brazil)
The magic of this unusual attraction manifests itself every day for only an hour and a half - from 10:30 to noon, when the rays of the sun penetrate into the cave. This well, 37 meters deep, is located at the bottom of an even deeper cave (80 m). But the water in it is so clean that at the bottom of the well you can see fragments of trees that fell there in time immemorial. As if by magic, the walls of the cave and the lake at its bottom are suddenly illuminated with a magical blue light. Access to this cave, located in the Chapada Diamantina National Park, is strictly regulated due to the abundance of visitors and the fragility of the local ecosystem.
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Marble Caves (Chile and Argentina)
This place is located on the border between Argentina and Chile and has three names: among the Argentines - Buenos Aires, among the Chileans - General Carrera, and among the local Indian tribes - Chelenko (lake of storms). Here actually mountain climate very harsh. But there are a lot of fish in the lake, including salmon and trout. On the Chilean side there is the most interesting place - the marble caves. There are huge reserves of this valuable stone, in different shades, including even the rarest deep blue. The sunlight entering the cave is refracted from the marble in different colors.
Sagano Bamboo Grove (Japan)
In the west of ancient Japanese capital Kyoto is extraordinary bamboo forest. Thousands of bamboo trunks, like masts, sway gracefully in the wind, while they rub against each other, emitting a subtle ringing sound. Next to the grove stands the ancient Buddhist temple Tenryu-Ji, protected by UNESCO.
Hamilton Basin (USA)
This unusual ecosystem is located near the city of Austin in Texas and is a lake hidden under the dome of a cave. Many thousands of years ago there was a flow at this place underground river through karst rocks and gradually undermined them until the cave vaults collapsed in the center, revealing the river hidden beneath them to the sun. It turned out to be a very cozy secluded bay with a beach under the canopy. The water in the lake has a rich blue color. Moss and climbing plants hang from the vaults of the grotto in some places, and beautiful limestone stalactites descend in others. Swallows make their nests under the dome, and nearby a waterfall falls from a 15-meter height.
Valley of Flowers (India)
In the western Himalayas, in the upper reaches of the Ganges, there are incredibly beautiful flowering meadows. Almost all plants growing here are endemic. Scientists are closely monitoring the local alpine meadows, which stretch over 88 square meters. km. Magnificent flower meadows are adjacent to mountains, forests and waterfalls.
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Grand Canyon (USA)
The Grand Canyon area is one of the oldest national parks in the United States. This is one of the most large-scale creations of nature that has attracted human attention. The canyon is located in Arizona, and was carved over millions of years by the Colorado River. Until the middle of the 16th century, a tribe of Pueblo Indians lived in the canyon, who settled in small gaps in the walls of the canyon. These are the most beautiful places of the world, so now the Grand Canyon has turned into a giant tourist complex- there are many slopes, places to stay overnight and parking lots.
Sea of Stars in the Maldives, Colored Rocks in China and Grand Canyon in the USA - everyone should see these unique and beautiful places in the world.
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Unique colored Zhangye cliffs Danxia are located in China, in the Gansu province. The Colored Cliffs are composed of red sandstones and conglomerates of mostly Cretaceous age. Such formations are a unique type of petrographic geomorphology that exists only here. The Colored Rocks are included in the World Heritage List.
End of the World swing, Ecuador
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This extreme attraction is located in the mountains of Ecuador (the city of Banos). The unique swing over the abyss is located at an altitude of 2660 meters above sea level, offering breathtaking views of the Andes.
Big blue hole, Belize (Central America)
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Another amazing place planet - the Great Blue Hole, located in the center of Lighthouse Reef, near the Yucatan Peninsula (territory of the state of Belize in Central America). The hole, which became known thanks to the French explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, is a round funnel with a diameter of 305 m and 120 m in depth. Today this is one of best places for diving in the world.
Tulip fields in the Netherlands
The real tulip season in the Netherlands begins in the second half of April and lasts until about the tenth of May.
The most numerous fields with tulips are located along the shore North Sea behind a strip of dunes, also on the road to the cities of Leiden, The Hague and Delft, and near the city of Enkhuizen. Not far from Amsterdam, tulip fields can be seen in the once drained lake, now the most fertile land of Beimster, which is under the protection of UNESCO.
Cave mountain river in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam
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The Mountain River Cave (Son Doong), with a length of almost 6 km, is the largest in the world. The largest part of it reaches 200 meters in height and 150 meters in width, and some parts of the space are so massive that a city with all its streets can fit in them. Due to constant erosion, part of the cave collapsed, forming passages and so-called cave halls.
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Hitachi Park is located in the Japanese city of Hitachinaka (Ibaraki Prefecture). The park was founded in 1991 on the site of a former American military base and currently occupies 120 hectares.
In a certain season, a certain type of flowers blooms in the park - tulips, poppies, daffodils, lilies, sakura. The plantations are located on the slope of Miharashi, overlooking scenic view on the Pacific coast.
Ice cave under a glacier in Juneau, Alaska (USA)
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The cave in the 12-kilometer Mendenhall Glacier is located near the city of Juneau in Alaska. It is unique in that it changes its appearance every year - the ice in the cave melts, creating springs.
Mount Roraima (junction of Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil)
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The unique Mount Roraima is located in the north South America, at the junction of Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana.
The highest point of the mountain is 2723 m above sea level, and the flat top is a plateau with an area of about 34 km². It is considered a sacred place, and local Indians call it the navel of the earth.
The mountain offers a fantastic view: it was Roraima that inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write the novel lost World.
Cappadocia, Türkiye
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Cappadocia is one of the tourist centers Turkey with unique volcanic landscapes, canyons, cave and underground cities.
The history of Cappadocia dates back to 5 thousand BC. e. All this time, the region was at the crossroads of civilizations, being alternately part of the Hittite, Persian, Roman and Ottoman empires.
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The unique luminous waves in the Maldives are explained by bioluminescence - chemical processes in the body of animals in which the released energy is released in the form of light. It seems that the stars from the sky are reflected in the Sea of Stars.
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Victoria Falls is the only waterfall in the world that is over 100 meters high and over a kilometer wide. Tourists can walk along the very edge of the waterfall in Devil's Pool, which is located on the Zambian side.
The waterfall is one of the main attractions of South Africa, one of the World Heritage UNESCO.
This travel photo will give you the opportunity to visit 25 the most beautiful places in the world. Despite the fact that they are all located in different places on our planet and are completely different, they are united by magnificent picturesqueness and amazing natural beauty.
Riomaggiore – Cinque Terre, Italy
Opens list of the most beautiful places in the world Riomaggiore is the most beautiful place and the southernmost commune of the Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre - Five Lands - national park of Italy, part of the coast in the east of Liguria in the province of La Spezia, East End Riviera. The Cinque Terre includes five small villages(cities) founded in the Middle Ages. The Cinque Terre region is located 5 km west of the city of La Spezia. In Cinque Terre, the shores are rocky and steep, the beaches are stone or pebble, with the exception of the sandy beach in Monterosso. The villages have preserved medieval defenses against pirates. Manarola and Riomaggiore are connected by the picturesque Road of Love (Italian: Via dell’Amore).
Thor's Well
Thor's Well - "gate to the dungeon." Cape Perpetua, North America. With moderate tides and strong surf, the flowing water creates fantastic scenery.
Vila Franca
Vila Franca (port. Ilheu de Vila Franca) is an uninhabited volcanic island consisting of Azores. Vila Franca is one of the most popular summer places rest, which is included in top most beautiful places in the world. It attracts people with its natural beauty. Boats to San Miguel run from June to September. The island has several beaches and provides conditions for all types of activities. water sports. The island is a natural pool consisting of a submerged volcanic cauldron with a maximum depth of 20 m. It has the shape of a large semicircle, creating a kind of atoll. The flora and fauna are represented by several species, for the preservation of which the reserve was created.
Palomino Island, San Juan. (Palominito Island)
Pergola of the town of Klevan
This wonderful pergola grew naturally over the tracks near the small town of Klevan. This fabulous green tunnel enters almost every ranking of the most beautiful places in the world. At some point local authorities They stopped pruning the trees, and their branches formed a green grotto. In the warm season, the green alley serves as a local attraction for newlyweds - visiting it is considered a very good omen.
Dunn's River Falls
Dunn's River Falls are located near Ocho Rios, Jamaica. They are one of the main tourist places countries. Included in natural park Dunn's River Falls & Park. The height of the waterfalls is about 180 m; the water cascades over numerous ledges and flows straight into the Caribbean Sea. Climbing along the ledges is popular among tourists, greatly facilitated by their shape and the help of guides of the natural park.
Venice
Venice (Italian Venezia, Ven. Venesia) is a city in Northern Italy on the coast Adriatic Sea. It is known primarily for the fact that the historical part is located on islands and canals. In the Middle Ages, Venice was the center of the Venetian Republic, one of the most important trading states in the Mediterranean. Currently a major tourist and industrial center, the capital of the Veneto region and the province of Venice.
Lofoten Archipelago
The Lofoten archipelago consists of 6 large and several smaller islands. A huge number of islands, connected, if not by bridges, then by tunnels, sometimes even underwater. And often not with bridges or tunnels, but with rainbows. Quite high (up to 2000m) mountains with their tops drown in clouds that constantly change color, and their bases with lush greenery plunge into surprisingly transparent fjords, often green, inhabited by fish, like China by the Chinese.
Lucca
Lucca is an easily accessible pretty town in Tuscany, a city with fully preserved fortress walls that open up to you medieval streets, squares and markets.
Maldives
The Maldives is home to 1,190 islands lost in turquoise waters Indian Ocean. It has some of the best diving and snorkeling in the world. The Maldives has everything for this: uninhabited islands, warm and crystal clear waters with excellent visibility, sometimes exceeding 50 meters, a huge number of reefs and a variety of marine life.
Cave near Benagil beach in Algarve, Portugal. Similar natural places peace give us the opportunity to enjoy the pristine beauty of our planet.
Sagano Bamboo Grove
Sagano bamboo grove, Kyoto, Japan
Lake Salar de Uyuni
Lake Uyuni Salar is one of the most beautiful places in the world, as well as the unusual and fascinating lakes of Bolivia, and not because it is a lake, but because it is completely different from our usual understanding of a lake. It is known all over the world because its area is 10,582 km² and it is considered the largest salt lake in the whole world and, very often, called the most beautiful abandoned places in the world, travelers call it the first...
So, the Uyuni Salt Flat (Spanish: Salar de Uyuni) is a dried-up salt lake in the south of the Altiplano desert plain, Bolivia at an altitude of about 3650 m above sea level. It has an area of 10,582 km² and is the largest salt marsh in the world. It is located in the vicinity of the city of Uyuni in the departments of Oruro and Potosi in the southwest of the country.
Ski Portillo
Portillo ski resort is the oldest and most famous ski center Chile, whose history began at the beginning of the 20th century. This mountain resort located between the highest peaks mountain range of the Andes, at an altitude of 2860 meters above sea level. The sparkling Laguna del Inca, located in the central part of the area, makes it one of the most beautiful places in the world.
Rice terraces in Yunnan Province
The rice terraces, located in China's Yunnan province, are among the largest and most picturesque in the world. The terraces are located at an altitude of 200 to 2000 meters above sea level and occupy more than 20 thousand square meters. km. Rice fields stretch for tens of kilometers in length and follow the contours everywhere mountain slopes, preserving a natural landscape of extraordinary beauty.
The Yuanyang Rice Terraces are a self-sustaining ecosystem. From early winter until late spring, the surface of all fields is irrigated with spring water flowing from mountain peaks. During this period, the soil seems to be renewed, accumulating new strength for the new season. This process is repeated again and again for tens of centuries. Rice planting occurs from February to March. In September, the rice is already ripening and all the farmers are busy harvesting.
The landscape of the rice terraces changes dramatically throughout the year. In summer you can enjoy the view of bright green shoots. And in autumn the mountain slopes seem to be covered with gold. But the best time to visit the terraces is from November to April, as it is during this period that the terraces can be seen in all their glory. Flooded with water, the rice terraces reflect the sun's rays, creating a truly unique and impressive spectacle. These rice fields are rightfully considered one of the most beautiful places in the world.
The beauty of the natural landscapes combined with the cultural diversity of Yuanyang County has not gone unnoticed. Yuanyang is ranked among the 17 most scenic spots China. Moreover, UNESCO is considering an application to include the Yuanyang Rice Terraces on the List of World Natural and Cultural Heritage Sites.
Capilano Suspension Bridge
Capilano Suspension Bridge - This amazing suspension bridge crosses the Capilano River in Canada. This amazing suspension bridge crosses the Capilano River in Canada. The Capilano Suspension Bridge in Vancouver is one of Vancouver's oldest landmarks. It was built in 1889. The bridge is 136 meters long and is located 70 meters above the river.
Skogafoss waterfall
Skogafoss is a waterfall whose image is the hallmark and symbol of Iceland. It is located in the south of the country on the Skoug River, which originates on the Eyjafjallajökull glacier. Skogafoss is the most famous and popular Icelandic waterfall. Its classic scenic appearance is admirable. 25 meters wide and 60 meters free fall - Skogafoss is always surrounded by a halo of spray and mist, so on a sunny day a beautiful rainbow forms near it.
A visit to the waterfall is a must-see for anyone traveling along the south coast of Iceland. (There are several other beautiful ones on the island famous waterfalls– for example Seljalandsfoss, Gullfoss, Svartifoss – but they are not as popular and large and attract fewer people). Tourists climb to the waterfall along the path leading to the Fimmvurduhauls pass; through which several famous hiking routes pass. On the other side of the pass is the picturesque Thorsmörk valley.
Pamukkale
Pamukkale is a large mound of travertine (lime tuff) from which calcium-rich water flows down stone steps, forming beautiful white cascades, romantic pools and waterfalls. This miracle of nature has been observed for 15,000 years. On a high stone cliff at an altitude of 100 meters at the foot of Mount Sal there is a thermal spring, the water temperature of which is 36-38 degrees Celsius. Water flowing from the slopes of the mountain forms a system of bizarre reservoirs with limestone walls (travertines). The dazzling white terraces (travertine formations) appeared on the mountainside as a result of the deposition of salts from calcium-rich springs. These places have been used as a resort area since ancient times.
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Six Senses Yao Noi Resort
Six Senses Yao Noi Resort is located on Yao Noi Island, which lies between the islands of Phuket and Krabi, among the impressive limestone peaks of Phang Nga. Travel time from the islands of Phuket or Krabi is about 45 minutes to an hour by motor boat.
Six Senses Yao Noi Hotel is one of newest hotels Six Senses, which sets a new standard for resort excellence in Asia. A distinctive feature of the Six Senses brand is attention to detail and the characteristics of its region, as well as serious concern for the environment. Six Senses rooms and villas are a realm of open space and elegant luxury architectural design, from start to finish, consistent with the concept of innovative style of Six Senses resorts.
Keukenhof
Keukenhof (Dutch Keukenhof - kitchen park) is a world famous royal flower park in the Netherlands. Also known as the Garden of Europe. Located almost on the very coast between Amsterdam and The Hague in the small town of Lisse (Dutch Lisse), upon approaching which you can see signs for the route to Keukenhof everywhere. Keukenhof Garden, located on 32 hectares of land, is famous throughout Holland for its flowers and large tulip meadows. There are 4.5 million tulips of 100 different varieties planted in the park. There are three greenhouses here: with tulips of all sorts and shades, golden daffodils and lush lilacs in one, with the luxury of scarlet roses in the other, and absolutely incredible exquisite orchids in the third. The park opens to visitors annually from mid-April to mid-May and is an absolute leader in the landscape display of flowering plants with a dominant feature of bulbous plants. At the end of April there is a flower parade "Bloemencorso Bollenstreek" - a procession various compositions made up of flowers.
Powell Reservoir
Reservoir Powell (eng. Lake Powell - Lake Powell) is an artificial pool on the Colorado River, located on the territory of American states Utah and Arizona. The second largest reservoir in the United States after Mead Reservoir, it contains 30 km³ of water at high water.
Powell Reservoir was created in 1956 by resolution of the US Congress. In the valley of the Colorado River, in the Glen Canyon, they began to build the Glen Canyon dam with a height of 178 m. The resulting pool was named after the explorer John Wesley Powell, a one-armed American veteran Civil War, who explored the river in three wooden boats in 1869.
In 1972, the lake and surrounding areas became part of national zone recreation "Glen Canyon".
Cenote
Cenotes is an extensive network of rivers and lakes located underground on the Yucatan Peninsula. These are unique places in the world where you can go underground, snorkel and scuba dive. Numerous crystal clear, natural wells are located throughout the Yucatan and the Riviera Maya strip. The unique natural formations, which date back 65 million years, are fantastic in their natural pristineness and beauty. Fantastic views will appear to your eyes: amazing stalactite and stalagmite caves, light breaking through limestone rocks, the feeling of flying over stalactite cities...
Monastery of Escorial
El Escorial Monastery is a monastery, palace and residence of King Philip II of Spain. Located an hour's drive from Madrid at the foot of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains. Architectural complex El Escorial evokes a variety of feelings: it is called the “eighth wonder of the world”, and “a monotonous symphony in stone” and “an architectural nightmare”.
El Escorial is home to two large New Museums. One of them presents the history of the construction of Escorial in drawings, plans, construction tools and scale models. In the second, in nine rooms, paintings of the 15th-17th centuries are stored, ranging from Bosch to Veronese, Tintoretto and Van Dyck, as well as artists of the Spanish school. The Habsburgs are therefore considered the greatest patrons of the arts of their time. The artists of the Flemish school and Titian, the court artist of Charles V, are especially fully represented.
Isle of Skye
The Isle of Skye is the largest of the western islands of Scotland and probably the most famous. Skye has 9,232 inhabitants (2001) and is the 4th most populous island in Scotland. Largest locality- Portree town. Skye is one of the few areas where Scots Gaelic is the mother tongue of a large proportion of the population, although its importance is declining. If in the 1900-1910s Gaelic was native to more than 75% of the population, in 1971 - to about half of the population, then in 2001 to 31%.
Area - 1660 km², mountainous terrain, highest point- 993 m above sea level. The climate is humid, maritime, with frequent precipitation at any time of the year. The island is separated from British Scotland by a narrow strait and connected by the Sky Bridge.
Cave near Benagil beach in Algarve
Cave near Benagil beach in Algarve, Portugal.
