Ancient rock fortress with frescoes.
Eerie avenue of ancient beech trees.
Where the Blue and White Nile meet.
Memorial arch on the beach where enslaved people were forced onto ships.
Sea stack on the Paphos coast where the goddess of love is said to have risen from the foam.
Glide past Budapest's floodlit landmarks.
Eighty-two white marble domes, the world’s largest hand-knotted carpet and reflective pools — Abu Dhabi’s masterpiece.
One of the world’s largest stupas, ringed by prayer wheels and monasteries.
Ride to the top of the iconic tower.
The rocky headland where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet, with baboons, ostriches and the Cape Point lighthouse.
Neo-Gothic riverfront parliament, Budapest’s defining silhouette.
Flat-topped mountain over Cape Town.
The world’s largest choreographed fountain fires 150 metres into the air below the Burj Khalifa every half hour after dark.
Vast Mughal-era mosque of red sandstone and marble domes.
Trio of flame-shaped skyscrapers that light up Baku’s skyline at night.
Gilded boulder balanced on a cliff edge, crowned by a small stupa.
The world’s longest teak footbridge, best at sunset near Mandalay.
Straddle both hemispheres at the equator monument outside Quito.
Fortress on Castle Rock holding the Scottish crown jewels and the one o’clock gun.
19 historic windmills, UNESCO-listed.
Fairy-tale romantic castle above a town of thermal springs.
Storybook fortress on a rock island ringed by a river canyon.
The storied southern tip of the Americas, where the oceans meet.
Fortified mud-brick ksar on the old caravan route — a favourite film set for decades.
Two-stage cable car to Rio’s granite icon and its harbour-wide views.
Historic fortress and the Crown Jewels.
Ancient city of the Sun and Moon pyramids.
St Petersburg’s onion-domed church, lined inside with 7,000 m² of mosaic.
The Temple of Dawn: a porcelain-encrusted riverside tower you can climb for views across the Chao Phraya at sunset.
England’s chalk-white front door: cliff-top paths above the Channel with France visible on a clear day.
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