Visit Giethoorn

Crater lake ringed by three volcanoes and Maya villages — Aldous Huxley called it the most beautiful lake in the world.

Highland Sulawesi region of boat-shaped tongkonan houses and cliff graves, where funerals last for days and draw the whole village.

"Venice of Africa" — a whole town on stilts in Lake Nokoue.

Calm lagoon and voodoo villages.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

Twenty-five thatched farmhouses and a kabuki stage moved from across Japan into a wooded park — the old countryside in one walk.

Drift the palm-lined waterways by houseboat.

Rustic island of kampong houses and mangrove boardwalks, best explored by bicycle.