Hot springs, a ropeway over sulphur vents and Mount Fuji across Lake Ashi, ninety minutes from Tokyo.
The port on Lake Victoria, tilapia by the water and the Kit Mikayi rock.
Palm-lined Lake Tana, its island monasteries and the Blue Nile falls.
German-style houses on Lake Llanquihue under the perfect cone of Osorno volcano.
The town for the Perito Moreno glacier, where ice walls collapse into the lake all day.
The port on Lake Titicaca, the floating Uros islands and a homestay on Amantani.
The lake of flamingos and rhinos on the doorstep, in the Rift Valley two hours from Nairobi.
The Bolivian shore of Lake Titicaca, a Moorish basilica and boats to the Isla del Sol.
The lone tree in the lake, the Roys Peak hike and the quieter alternative to Queenstown.
A cobbled island town in Lake Peten Itza, the base for the Tikal pyramids at dawn.
The gateway to Lake Atitlan, three volcanoes and the Maya villages reached by boat.
One of the best aurora spots on Earth, on Great Slave Lake, with an ice road in winter.
The port of Ometepe, an island of two volcanoes in Lake Nicaragua.
The Walker sculpture garden, the Mississippi falls and lakes inside the city limits.
Hot springs and the Sea of Galilee, 200 metres below sea level, with Capernaum along the shore.
The white Lake Palace floating on Pichola, the City Palace and rooftop dinners over the water.
A Bai walled town between Erhai lake and the Cangshan mountains, the backpacker capital of Yunnan.
Carved wooden houses of the Siberian merchants and Decembrist exiles, an hour from Lake Baikal.
A church on an island in an alpine lake, a castle on the cliff and cream cake on the shore.
Rozafa castle above the largest lake in the Balkans, the bicycle city and the gateway to the Albanian Alps.
A red-brick island castle in Lake Galve and the kibinai pastries of the Karaim community.
Ali Pasha's lakeside castle, a monastery island and silversmiths, at the foot of the Pindus mountains.
The Jet d Eau, the United Nations and the Red Cross, on the lake where the Rhone leaves the Alps.
The Lindwurm dragon fountain and the warm waters of Lake Worthersee, the summer capital of Carinthia.
The 'Venice of the Alps': canals through a medieval old town and the cleanest lake in Europe.
The Olympic Museum on a hillside above Lake Geneva, with the Lavaux vineyard terraces next door.
The July jazz festival, the Freddie Mercury statue and Chillon castle along a lakeside promenade.
The sauna capital of the world, between two lakes, in red-brick factories turned museums and bars.
Palm trees and Italian coffee on a Swiss lake, with Monte Bre and San Salvatore funiculars above.
Lake city with a covered wooden bridge.
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