Eroded clay badlands a stoneโs throw from the city.
Church blasted out of solid granite in 1969, lit by a copper dome โ Helsinkiโs most striking modern building.
Fortress on Castle Rock holding the Scottish crown jewels and the one oโclock gun.
Manilaโs walled Spanish city: Fort Santiago, the San Agustin Church and horse-drawn kalesa rides along the ramparts.
The 1628 warship Vasa, raised almost intact after 333 years on the seabed.
Eleventh-century cathedral with original mosaics, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Golden-domed monastery complex above catacombs of mummified monks.
Medieval quarter of a thousand minarets: the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Al-Azhar mosque and the Sultan Hassan madrasa.
Stockholmโs medieval old town of narrow lanes and the Royal Palace.
Vienna's imperial Habsburg palace and gardens.
Copenhagenโs 17th-century harbour of brightly painted townhouses, wooden ships and canal-side bars.
The 1843 amusement park that inspired Disneyland, with wooden roller coasters, lanterns and concerts in the heart of Copenhagen.
The Parthenon and its temples on the rock above Athens โ the birthplace of democracy, best climbed at opening time.
Join a real Buenos Aires milonga among the faded ballrooms of San Telmo.
Moscowโs historic heart: St Basilโs domes, the Kremlin walls and GUM.
The Temple of Dawn: a porcelain-encrusted riverside tower you can climb for views across the Chao Phraya at sunset.
The Thai kingsโ glittering palace complex and the Emerald Buddha, all gold spires and mirrored mosaic.
A 46-metre gold-leaf reclining Buddha in Bangkokโs oldest temple, also the birthplace of Thai massage.
White basilica on the highest hill in Paris, with the artistsโ square of Place du Tertre and the whole city spread out below.
Norman Fosterโs glass dome spirals above the German parliament chamber, with a free 360ยฐ view over Berlin.
A 1.3-km stretch of the Berlin Wall painted by artists in 1990 โ including the famous BrezhnevโHonecker kiss.
Imperial garden of lakes, pavilions and the Long Corridor on the edge of Beijing.
Berlin's neoclassical symbol of reunification.
Parisโs 850-year-old Gothic cathedral, reopened after the 2019 fire with its spire and oak roof rebuilt by hand.
Beijing's vast imperial palace complex.
Former railway station holding the worldโs greatest Impressionist collection โ Monet, Van Gogh, Degas โ under a giant glass clock.
Visit Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo. Explore the Basilique Sainte-Anne (a striking 1949 church with green-tiled roof and stained glass), see Congolese art at the National Museum of Congo, stroll along the Congo River waterfront for views of Kinshasa across the water, and experience the lively Marchรฉ Total market for local crafts and food.
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