Deep Highland loch with a ruined castle shore and a famous resident legend.
Inca terraces and villages along the Urubamba between Cusco and Machu Picchu โ Ollantaytambo, Pisac market and the Moray circles.
A 17th-century British fortress on a volcanic hill, the "Gibraltar of the West Indies", with views to five islands.
Italian-era steam railway to the highlands.
Basalt peak above the lagoon where runaway slaves hid, now a UNESCO site with a steep, rewarding summit trail.
Hilltop fort with sweeping harbour views.
Fortress park above the meeting of the Sava and the Danube.
Cave monastery above a river bend.
The hilltop where Moses is said to have seen the Promised Land, with views to the Dead Sea and Jerusalem.
Sacred Inca island on the worldโs highest navigable lake.
One of Europeโs largest castle ruins, sprawled across a travertine hill.
19 historic windmills, UNESCO-listed.
Storybook fortress on a rock island ringed by a river canyon.
Romantic 18th-century landscape park of grottoes, cascades and follies.
Rift-valley site of the worldโs oldest parliament, where the tectonic plates pull apart.
Sanctuary of Apollo on the slopes of Mount Parnassus โ home of the ancient oracle.
Boulder-strewn ruins of the Vijayanagara empire along the Tungabhadra river.
Red-sandstone castle ruin above the old town of Heidelberg and the Neckar valley.
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