Deep-blue volcanic crater lake ringed by weekend cafes and piers.
Honduras’s largest lake, ringed by cloud forest, waterfalls and birdlife.
Crater lake ringed by three volcanoes and Maya villages — Aldous Huxley called it the most beautiful lake in the world.
Island church on an alpine lake.
One of the world's largest reservoirs.
Submerged sunken forest in a turquoise lake.
"Venice of Africa" — a whole town on stilts in Lake Nokoue.
Otherworldly landscape of limestone chimneys.
Turquoise alpine reservoir in the mountains above Almaty.
Stilt villages, floating gardens and leg-rowing fishermen on a Shan hills lake.
Cathedral-sized salt chambers with an underground lake and Ferris wheel.
Central Europe's largest lake.
Taiwan's largest, most scenic lake.
The world’s longest teak footbridge, best at sunset near Mandalay.
Stilt and floating villages on Southeast Asia’s largest lake, which swells five-fold in the monsoon.
Soda lake of flamingos and tree-climbing lions at the Rift Valley wall.
Brunei's largest lake, a black-water heritage park with boardwalks, a tiny island and rare white-collared fruit bats.
Island castle at the meeting of three sea lochs — Scotland’s most photographed.
Sacred Inca island on the world’s highest navigable lake.
Six sapphire lakes held by natural travertine dams in the Hindu Kush — Afghanistan’s first national park.
Deep Highland loch with a ruined castle shore and a famous resident legend.
Freshwater lake ringed by biblical sites and lakeside hot springs.
Sail the deep blue of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake on Earth and the cradle of Inca legend
Lakes, oak woods and Muckross House below Ireland’s highest mountains, explored by jaunting car or bicycle.
Storybook lakeside village in the Alps.
Adventure hub between two lakes.
Rift-valley site of the world’s oldest parliament, where the tectonic plates pull apart.
Lake city with a covered wooden bridge.
The world’s deepest and oldest lake, frozen into blue ice sheets each winter.
Poetic landscape of lakes and fells.
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