Dominika 🇩🇲
Titou Gorge is a small gorge with a small waterfall (in Creole titu - "neck"), one of the most unique places in Dominica.
The Titu Gorge hike is a short swim from the base of the waterfall through a series of natural "rooms and ponds"
One of the episodes of the Hollywood blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" was filmed in this gorge.
USA 🇺🇸
Toketee Falls is a beautiful waterfall on the North Umpqua River in Oregon, USA. It consists of two cascades 36 and 28 meters high, surrounded by a picturesque forest of pines and firs.
UAE🇦🇪, Dubai, Aquaventure Water Park
Aquaventure Water Park is located in the Emirate of Dubai, on the famous Palm Jumeirah island, on the territory of the luxury Atlantis Hotel. It is one of the largest water parks in the world and the largest in the UAE.
The area of the Aquaventure water park, including all attractions and the beach area, is 17 hectares.
On the territory of the water park there are several dozen attractions, many of which are unique. The water park is complemented by its own beach and access to the sea.
In addition, in the water park you can take part in a safari with sharks or feed stingrays and other marine life. There is also a long zipline on the territory, where you can ride along the water park.
China 🇨🇳, Hainan Island, Guan Yin Statue
The statue of Guan Yin, built in 2005 in the southern part of Hainan Island, embodies the image of the many-faced goddess of mercy, revered by representatives of many faiths in China, Korea, Vietnam and Japan.
The height of the monument is exactly 108 m, since this number is sacred for Buddhists: there are exactly so many beads in classical rosaries corresponding to the number of mantras that should be read during meditation.
The construction lasted 6 years and cost 6 billion yuan. The central alley is designed in such a way as to emphasize the impressive scale of the statue.
Qatar🇶🇦, Doha, Mondrian Soho Hotel
Crystal chandeliers, hand—painted murals and a golden elevator - a new project by Dutchman Marcel Wanders is the atmosphere of the "golden age of Hollywood", multiplied by the national flavor of the Middle East and embodied in the image of the new Mondrian Doha hotel in Qatar.
The hotel has 211 rooms, 59 suites, a ballroom with an area of 2000 sq. m. m with its own golden elevator, separate SPA salons for men and women; 12 bars and restaurants offering various cuisines; private romantic places for couples, a heated garden, relaxation rooms with couches equipped with automatic heating, and a Turkish hammam (the first in the city!).
And finally, under a huge glass dome, visitors will find a swimming pool with a bar and a panoramic view of the Western Bay
Jamaica, Dance River Waterfalls
The Dance River Waterfalls are located near the town of Ocho Rios in Jamaica, on the territory of the natural park of the same name. This is one of the most visited attractions of the island and one of the most picturesque waterfalls in the world. The total length of the cascades is 180 m, and the total height is 55 m, and the streams form several small lagoons here.
Waterfalls of this type, like the Dance River, geologists call a "living phenomenon": water from underground sources is rich in calcium and by itself washes the terraces in the riverbed. In addition, Dance River is one of the few limestone waterfalls in the world that plunge directly into the sea. After passing the waterfalls, the river flows into the Caribbean Sea in the western part of a beautiful white sand beach.
United Kingdom 🇬🇧, city of Canterbury
One of the oldest cities in England is Canterbury, which has preserved ancient buildings and historical monuments. There are ruins of the first Christian and Roman buildings, medieval houses and a Norman castle. More than 2.5 million people seek to see the amazing architecture and visit local museums every year.
Quiet and peaceful Canterbury is a typical English town that has changed little in recent centuries. There are very few cars here, so nothing prevents tourists from visiting numerous medieval cathedrals, ancient castles and museums.
South Korea 🇰🇷, Purple Bridge
In South Korea there is an incredibly beautiful small island called Purple . The name is straightforward – it's just that almost everything on the island is purple: a long bridge to it, houses.
And this is not one island, but three – Banvol, Bakji and Purple, combined into one art space. The authorities of Sinan County began to actively develop (and repaint everything around) only in 2019.
Literally every corner of it is ready to Instagram right away. This is what makes the island unique – just paint all the things in a beautiful shade and the flow of tourists is guaranteed to you. Simple and ingenious!
Montenegro 🇲🇪, Djurdjevic Bridge
The Djurdjevic Bridge is not just big, but the largest automobile concrete arch bridge in Europe at the time of its construction, that is, in 1940. The total height is 172 meters, the length is 365 meters.
At that time Montenegro was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and it was a major European power. So the big bridge was both affordable for her and in terms of status. But Yugoslavia broke up into several independent states, and now little Montenegro has such a big bridge.
It is a rare case when the bridge is not named after some historical figure or its creator. Djurdjevic was just a rich peasant, and his farm was the closest to the place where the majestic bridge now flaunts. It has nothing to do with construction.
Turkey 🇹🇷
Gocek is a small town in the southwest of Turkey in the province of Mugla. This is a small idyllic pearl located between Fethiye and Dalaman, which is often called the Turkish Saint-Tropez.
The town seems to be created for boats and yachts, something like a Turkish Venice.
Egypt 🇪🇬, Color Canyon
The colored canyon in Egypt, unlike the pyramids, is a natural creation, whose age is 5 million years. First there was an earthquake, which gave a huge crack in the desert, then water and wind created on the walls of the canyon, what today can be called natural art.
The canyon walls are intertwined with shades from red, bright orange, white to brown and convolutions, in which you can see portraits, sunset and dawn paintings, castles, columns and statues. Some caves are similar to those that can be seen in Petra Jordan, but here no human hand was applied to their creation.
From Sharm el Sheikh, the canyon is 150 kilometers away, quite an accessible tourist attraction.
Costa Rica 🇨🇷, Poas volcano
Poas volcano is one of the most active statovolcanoes of the Cordillera, located on the territory of Costa Rica and rising to a height of 2708 m. Three volcanic craters are united in the national park "Volcano Poas", which is very popular with tourists. Since 1828, when regular observations began to be carried out here, the volcano has been active 40 times, and the last major eruption occurred in April 2017.
For many years, travelers came to him to admire the turquoise acid lake. However, in the summer of 2017, the picturesque reservoir evaporated, and today a small geyser can be seen inside the crater.
The other two craters, Botos and Von Franzois, are dormant volcanoes that stopped erupting 7,500 years ago. Botox crater is overgrown with lush vegetation and is filled with a lake with green water, which has a diameter of 370 m and a depth of 14 m.
Germany 🇩🇪, the city of Lubeck
Lubeck is a city in the northern part of Germany, located on the River Trave in the Schleswick—Holstein region and is considered the largest German port on the Baltic Sea coast.
This is an ancient city, where many elegant churches, merchant houses, narrow alleys and warehouses have been preserved, which have been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lubeck is called the "Queen of the Hanseatic League." Its official name is the Hanseatic city of Lubeck (Hansestadt Lubeck).
The narrow alleys and streets of the Old Town are interesting for houses in the Gothic style with red brick walls and peaked roofs, as well as Renaissance, Baroque and Classicism.
The Chuya Highway (or ‘Chuysky Trakt’) runs through Altai Territory, collecting a variety of landscapes: from endless plains and plowed meadows to the highest points of Siberia!
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China 🇨🇳
The building of the broadcasting and television center.
Anhui New Broadcasting & TV Center, with Chinese characters on the facade.
Chief Architect: Emmanuel Delarue
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Medina
Umbrellas in Masjid al-Nabawi are a unique sun protection system. Creating a safe shade on the vast area near the mosque has become a vital necessity for a huge number of pilgrims.
Giant umbrellas in the Medina were built in 2010, but still these structures serve as an example of the embodiment of modern technical thought.
The height of each umbrella is 20 meters. These are quite impressive dimensions for hinged structures. The total area covered by film structures is 143 thousand square meters.
Mexico 🇲🇽, The Arch of Time
The Arch of Time "Arco del Tempo" is an arch made of natural stone with a height of 180 meters, one of the largest in the world, located in the canyon of the La Venta River in Quintalapa, Chiapas.
The canyon is 80 kilometers long with walls up to 400 meters high and narrows at times up to ten meters. In it you can find waterfalls on the walls and steep viewing platforms, as well as an impressive Arch of Time.
Peru 🇵🇪, red river Pulchella Pacaymayu
Peru can rightfully be considered a storehouse of natural wonders. What it 's worth to see the famous red river in Cuzco . A raging stream of scarlet color, sweeps down the slope of the mountains. The red color of the river is a seasonal phenomenon. Its intense and unusual shade can be seen only in the season of continuous rains.
Scientists have found out that the red color acquired by the river is a consequence of the flow of mountain waters through a valley saturated with many different minerals.
It is the minerals that provide saturation of the scarlet flow. In particular, we are talking about iron oxide. This element lies in large quantities under the soil in the valleys of Cuzco.
India 🇮🇳
Juicy views of the "tea" capital of the Indian state of Kerala.
Fantastic views of the "plush mountains", as these hills are also called, covered with fluffy green tea bushes, attract many tourists here.
Haiti 🇭🇹
Dragon's Breath Flight Line is the longest surface zipline in the world.
It is located on a private Royal Caribbean island designed for cruise ship passengers.
From a height of 150 meters on a plot of 800 meters, you can accelerate to a speed of 50 km/h