England’s chalk-white front door: cliff-top paths above the Channel with France visible on a clear day.
Rift-valley site of the world’s oldest parliament, where the tectonic plates pull apart.
Greek Orthodox monastery clinging to a sheer cliff face in the Pontic Mountains.
Mineral springs that have petrified into white waterfalls of stone above the Oaxaca valleys, with cliff-edge pools you can swim in.
The El Chepe train climbs 2,400 metres through 86 tunnels and 37 bridges across a canyon system deeper than the Grand Canyon.
Poetic landscape of lakes and fells.
Loop past geysers, falls and rifts.
A 2,500-km coastal route from Donegal to Cork past cliffs, surf beaches and pubs with sessions every night.
Two-stage cable car to Rio’s granite icon and its harbour-wide views.
Monasteries atop soaring rock pillars.
Scenic loop of coast and mountains.
Boulder-strewn ruins of the Vijayanagara empire along the Tungabhadra river.
Canada’s first national park: Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, the Icefields Parkway and a gondola up Sulphur Mountain.
Coastal drive past the Twelve Apostles.
Red-sandstone castle ruin above the old town of Heidelberg and the Neckar valley.
Four hours drifting past the karst peaks on the back of the 20-yuan note, with cormorant fishermen and water buffalo on the banks.
Two hundred kilometres of glaciers, turquoise lakes and peaks between Banff and Jasper — often called the most scenic drive on Earth.
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