44320
We travel to the most beautiful places in the world! Are you with us? Buy ads: https://telega.io/c/internationalgeographic For all questions: @magellanvs
Russia 🇷🇺, Kabardino-Balkaria, Bashkara
Bashkara is the name of a mountain peak, glacier and glacial lake in the Central Caucasus. The height of the mountain is 4162 m., the depth of the lake is about 30 meters.
Beyond the village of Elbrus, the side gorge of Adyl-Su goes to the left - one of the most beautiful places in the Elbrus region.
The beauty of the Adyl-Su gorge, its accessibility, the abundance of various mountain routes created the glory of the "Mecca" of mountaineering by the gorge.
The hiking route to the lake starts from the Dzhantugan alpine camp (a fork to the Kashkatash glacier).In 1.5-2 hours you can get to the glacial Bashkarinsky lake.
The peaks of Dzhantugan and Bashkara are clearly visible beyond the lake. The Junquat Glacier looms on the right. Nearby is a smaller lake formed by the Jan-Kuat glacier. In the distance you can see the white peaks of Elbrus.
Along the entire length of the Adyl-Su gorge, up to a dozen small narzan springs are beating in the riverbed.
Switzerland
🇨🇭, Glacier Express
The Glacier Express is a unique train running on the railways of Switzerland. And not just by roads, but by the Rhaetian Railway, parts of which (the Albula and Bernina lines) are a UNESCO Cultural Heritage site!
It is difficult to call it an express train — the train is quite slow, the journey time from St. Moritz to Zermatt (where the famous Matterhorn peak is located) is seven and a half hours. But the slowness of this composition is very becoming — just look at the places through which it passes, and even 7.5 hours will seem like a moment. What is the cost of the Landwasser viaduct alone, which the train enters immediately after exiting the tunnel!
The first train set off along the route back in 1930, the entire line is a narrow-gauge track, mostly using a gear system due to significant slopes. During the journey on the Glacier Express, passengers pass over 291 bridges and pass 91 tunnels. The highest point of the way is 2,033 meters above sea level.
USA🇺🇸, California, Fort Ross
Fort Ross is a corner of tsarist Russia 80 km north of San Francisco. The former Russian colony, founded during the fur rush, occupies 1300 hectares and is a national historical monument of the USA. The fort still attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists.
Guests come to the picturesque national park to see the sights that have been preserved since the beginning of the XIX century, in particular, the house of the commandant of the fortress, the chapel of the Holy Trinity, the residence of the heads of the colony, a wooden mill, as well as administrative buildings and fortress walls made of solid redwood trunks. The Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity regularly holds services, which many Americans of Russian origin gather for.
Tourists come to Fort Ross also to walk through the orchard, which is more than a century and a half old. Or to see the San Andreas fault between the North American and Pacific plates with a memorial sign about the earthquake that occurred here in 1906.
Croatia 🇭🇷, Hvar Island
Hvar is a long narrow island, in 1997 the Traveller magazine named it one of the ten most beautiful islands in the world. Lavender fields, vineyards and hills offering fabulous views of the mountains of mainland Europe are a wonderful place to relax. There are many charming villages on the island, if you want to relax, head to the southeast, to an almost untouched part of the island.
In the XV and XVI centuries Hvar belonged to Venice and was a prosperous island. Here, in the city of Hvar, the Venetian fleet was located in the Adriatic Sea. In 1571, Turkish troops plundered the city. Many of the buildings that can be admired today were erected at the end of the XVI century or later.
St. Stephen's Square is the largest in Dalmatia. Shops and cafes are located on its sides, one end of the square faces a small harbor, on the other - there is a majestic cathedral of the XVI century.
Saint Lucia 🇱🇨, Shuga Beach
Sugar Beach is a secluded beach on the Caribbean coast of Saint Lucia. The view of the surrounding mountains is amazing, despite the fact that the beach itself is not very bad.
The sand is white, there are a lot of palm trees and luxury hotel infrastructure everywhere. By the way, all beaches in Saint Lucia are public, so boats of different sizes regularly sail to the pier.
Viceroy Resort is a five-star hotel with a room rate from $ 500 per day. The service is great. Just be prepared for the fact that the food and all additional services are very expensive even by the standards of Saint Lucia.
The hotel, located on the site of a former sugar plantation of the XVIII century, surprisingly combines ultra-modern comfort with historical traditions. Elegant cottages and villas with private pools recreate the French colonial style, and the pavilions of the SPA center are built on the same principle as the huts of the Arawak Indians 900 years ago.
UAE 🇦🇪, Dubai, Miracle Garden
It opened its doors to visitors on February 14, 2013. The opening date was guessed for a reason, the park became a gift for the already popular holiday — Valentine's Day.
The garden is unique primarily in that all this floral riot grows in a completely dead desert. To grow flowers in such difficult conditions, the park needs 757,000 liters of water daily!
High technologies make it possible to use for this purpose water from urban wastewater that has been treated. A drip irrigation network is spread throughout the Garden — hoses with holes that periodically give out microdoses of water sufficient to maintain plant life.
The Garden of Wonders really works wonders: here unusual landscape figures are created from the simplest flowers. On an area of 7 hectares, you can see dozens of different compositions, which involve an average of about 100 million flowers.
🌎🌎🌏Dear fellow travelers!🌎🌍🌏
The channel team wishes you all a Happy New Year!
We wish you all happiness and health, a speedy end to all wars and pandemics, the opening of all borders and endless opportunities for travel!🎉
Italy 🇮🇹, Cala Luna Beach
Cala Luna is a fabulous beach in the Gulf of Orosei on the east coast of the island of Sardinia. This is a "pearl" of rare beauty, a small oasis immersed in the greenery of virgin nature. Crystal, like a tear, water is able to surprise an attentive observer over and over again with a thousand constantly changing shades of blue. It seems that all the azure of the sky and sunlight are concentrated in the depths of the sea washing this amazingly beautiful beach. Until the 70s of the last century, this place was a lost paradise for the elite. But Lina Wertmuller's sensational film in those years turned everything upside down, and now everyone knows this beach.
Now it is a symbol of the east coast of Sardinia. Located halfway between the communes of Baunei and Dorgali, a small bay is surrounded by the lush greenery of one of the most important nature reserves in the region. The nature that reigns supreme in these parts seems to guard a small crescent-shaped beach.
Russia 🇷🇺, Suzdal
Suzdal is a town that seems to have descended from Russian postcards or fairy—tale illustrations. Travel guides to Suzdal call it an "open-air museum". The city has an area of only 15 sq.km. There are more than 150 architectural monuments, including more than 30 temples.
The borders of Suzdal have not changed in recent centuries. The historical center of the city was "mothballed" in the middle of the XX century. There are no high—rise buildings, factory pipes and broadband roads - only picturesque flood meadows and hills, charming buildings with stone mansions and wooden huts.
The sights of Suzdal take tourists back to the times of Russia: the white-stone Kremlin walls, the domes of churches shining with gold, the measured life of the county town.
Horse-drawn teams ride through the streets of Suzdal, and traditional holidays are celebrated with a Russian scale and folk flavor. The main architectural objects of Suzdal are protected by UNESCO.
Croatia 🇭🇷, Rovinj
Rovinj is a small seaside town in western Croatia. It is located on the Adriatic coast of the Istrian peninsula.
Rovinj is one of the most picturesque and charming cities in the Mediterranean, which enchants with Venetian architecture and a maze of narrow streets, red tiled roofs and ancient buildings, a wonderful atmosphere and stunning sunsets. Its historical center is located on an island that was connected to the mainland only in the 18th century.
Rovinj combines rich traditions and modernity, provincial charm and resort status in an interesting way. This town is still a fishing port, so the seafood here is the freshest and tastiest.
The core of the old town mainly belongs to the Venetian period. Most of the old buildings are built of pale limestone, which looks amazing at sunrise and sunset.
New Zealand 🇳🇿, Cook Islands
The Cook Islands consist of 15 small islands and atolls with a total area of 236 km2. They are located to the northeast of New Zealand, their neighbors on the water border are American Samoa, Niue, Kiribati and French Polynesia.
The climate in the Cook Islands is tropical marine, which is why it is pleasant all year round, but the best time to visit is from April to November (in the dry season), when the temperature ranges from +22 to +26 ° C. From December to March (rainy season), there is a high probability of cloudy days and warm tropical showers. The highest humidity is observed in February and March.
Consisting of fifteen islands, the Cook Archipelago has not yet been greatly affected by mass tourism, so visiting these places leaves a truly indelible impression in the memory of travelers. The splendor of the unspoilt nature of the islands will dazzle any seasoned traveler.
UAE 🇦🇪, Dubai, Dubai Golden Frame
The Dubai Frame is a relatively new attraction of this city, opened on January 1, 2018. The structure is made in the form of a huge photo frame.
The cost of the project was more than $ 60 million, and the construction itself was carried out from 2013 to the end of 2017. The structure is made of glass, steel, aluminum and reinforced concrete. More than 3,000 square meters of laminated glass, about 10,000 cubic meters of cement, and more than 2,000 tons of steel were used. The frame is also known as the Golden Frame of Dubai, as its surface is lined with gilding. In total, the building has 48 floors.
The two towers, each of which has a height of 150 meters, are connected by a 93-meter glass bridge at the top (the golden section principle was used during construction). There, at the top, there is an observation deck, which offers incredible views of the city, on the one hand — to its new part, and on the other — to the old one, what Dubai was like many, many years ago.
Chile 🇨🇱, Torres del Paine
Torres del Paine is a picturesque and impressive mountain range in Chile and a national park. 12 million years ago, retreating glaciers formed a bizarre landscape: granite towers and ledges, turquoise and emerald lakes. Staying in this national park for a long time will leave in your memory memories of beautiful mountain peaks, glaciers, icebergs, waterfalls, wildlife. No matter how many days you visit here, you will be rewarded with magnificent landscapes and unforgettable moments.
It is visited annually by more than 100,000 people a year. Despite a significant increase in visitors (in 1981, the park received only 5,000 people), it can hardly be called a visited park. For example, Yosemite National Park with an area slightly larger than the Chilean Park receives about 5 million visitors, ten times more.
Georgia 🇬🇪, Eco House Merisi Hotel
The most amazing hotel in Georgia is located on the mountainside in the village of Merisi in mountainous Adjara. It's not difficult to get there. A good road, only 50 km or an hour and a half by car from Batumi.
The main distinguishing feature of the houses is a fully glass bedroom hanging over a cliff with a giant bed more than two meters wide, breathtaking and giving stunning panoramic views.
Another business card of the hotel is a Jacuzzi located on a huge outdoor veranda. Enjoy the view of the Caucasus mountains sitting in the bathroom in foam and a glass of wine in your hand – what could be more pleasant?! Bath foam is provided free of charge.
Large hammocks (about 2 meters wide) also attract tourists. And, of course, beautiful photos are obtained here.
Each cottage has a wood-burning stove with a glass door through which you can admire the burning wood.
Eco House Merisi is a boutique hotel, so all the houses have different designs, but one common idea.
USA 🇺🇸, New York, Oculus Transport Hub
One of the main attractions of Downtown New York is the new transport hub “Oculus". The stunning glass and steel structure connects 11 metro lines, a commuter train station and accommodates a shopping center with beautiful transitions to the nearest skyscrapers of the business center. It is easy to get here from different points of New York to walk, shop and, of course, take pictures.
This incredible creation of architect Santiago Calatrava has spread its wings among the complex of buildings of the World Trade Center in the financial quarter of Lower Manhattan. The station is the terminus of a line of commuter trains running from New Jersey Newark - World Trade Center and the Hoboken - World Trade Center line.
The most unexpected part of this complex is a pedestrian underpass 180 meters long, which connects two different parts of the World Trade Center. Its construction cost $ 225 million, and now it is the most expensive underpass in the world.
Spain 🇪🇸, Ibiza Island, Dalt Vila
Dalt Vila was founded 2.5 thousand years ago by the Phoenicians. It was once one of the most strategically important cities in the Mediterranean region. During the Renaissance, the city was further fortified. Kings Charles I and Philip II built powerful walls around the city to protect it from attacks by the Turks and the French.
The old Town is located on a small mountain in the center of Ibiza, Dalt Vila translates as "Upper Town". Elegant and majestic, it has been perfectly preserved to this day. In 1999, it was recognized as an architectural monument and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Dalt Vila is practically the only fortification in Europe that has been completely preserved to this day. Today, the image of the upper part of the city is a symbol of the island of Ibiza.
Today, the fortress is part of the capital Ibiza, people come to the old town to see the sights, visit museums, sit in cozy restaurants and cafes, walk through souvenir shops.
Netherlands, Amsterdam, Sluishuis residential complex
The Danish architectural studio BIG and the Dutch firm Barcode Architects presented a corner apartment building Sluishuis, which towers over Lake Hey in the unique district of Amsterdam Aiburg, which is located on artificial islands.
There are 442 apartments in the new residential complex. Due to the unusual shape of the building, some of the apartments offer unusual views of the lake waters.
The house is located on an artificial island and fully reflects the idea of life on the water. One of its blocks is raised, forming a large opening through which water from Lake Hey enters the courtyard. In the direction of the neighboring urban area, the complex descends in a cascade of landscaped terraces, creating a natural transition from the urban landscape to the natural environment.
The courtyard of the house can be reached by boat.
Brazil 🇧🇷, Maragogi Beach
Maragogi Beach is a popular beach located in the resort town of the same name on the northern edge of the Coral Coast of Alagoas, which is the busiest resort in the northeast of Brazil. It got its name from the name of the river flowing in this region.
The beach is located in a wide tropical lagoon with coral reefs, which attracts many connoisseurs of underwater diving here.
Surrounded by coconut palms, the long sandy coast of Maragozhi Beach allows you to find a place to relax for every taste - from more lively corners to oases of silence and solitude near the rocks
Branching corals and numerous colorful fish combined with other ideal conditions for swimming make snorkeling here especially popular entertainment, suitable even for beginners.
Netherlands , Veluwemeer aqueduct
Although water bridges are not considered an engineering novelty, however, they are still admired by the modern man in the street. After all, it is amazing to observe when cars are moving along the highway, and a bridge rises above them, along which a river flows.
Aqueduct Veluwemeer is located in the Netherlands. It is a bridge connecting mainland Holland and the island of Flevoland. The whole uniqueness of the crossing is that it is not cars that move along it, but boats and small vessels.
Such a non-standard solution as a water bridge was decided to be built for environmental and economical reasons. The engineers decided that a small tunnel under the lake would cost them much cheaper than building a bridge over the water.
Aqueduct Veluwemeer is a perfect example of modern engineering.
The length of the water bridge is 25 meters, the width is 19 meters, and the depth is 3 meters. Boats and small boats can pass over the bridge. Viewing platforms are provided for people.
Denmark 🇩🇰, Frederiksborg Castle
Frederiksborg is a castle recognized as a masterpiece of the Scandinavian Renaissance. The castle was built on 3 islands: on the big island there is a castle structure, on the other two there are residential buildings. To get to Frederiksborg, you need to walk over an S-shaped bridge to a small island, which is the entrance to the Castle.
The castle has 3 wings. The wings were named after the people who inhabited them. The middle wing is called the Royal Wing because, originally, it housed the chambers of the king and queen. One of the wings is called the "princess wing", the other is the "church wing", where the chapel and the grand ballroom are located.
The Baroque garden of Frederiksborg Castle was laid out in 1725. They tried to restore it more than once, but it turned out only by 1996. By the opening of the garden, more than 65 thousand box trees, 166 yew trees, 375 lime trees and 7 thousand hornbeams were planted.
Iceland 🇮🇸, Landmannalaugar
Landmannalaugar - the name translates from Icelandic as the land of baths / springs. And now, near these thermal springs, rhyolite, colored mountains are located. It is considered one of the most famous and unusual sights of Iceland.
This is a remote place among the mountains, accessible only from the end of June to the end of September. During the rest of the year, the roads become impassable for ordinary transport.
The famous multicolored mountains are formed from volcanic rock – rhyolite, similar in composition to granite. They contain inclusions of various minerals, which, interacting with water and oxygen from the air, are oxidized, and therefore these mountains have a great variety of colors and their shades. And in combination with the colors of the sky, water, snow and ice – you will see the whole spectrum of colors of the rainbow.
Spain 🇪🇸, Castillo Colomares Castle
The small castle of Castillo de Colomares, located in Andalusia, was built at the end of the last century at the expense of a local doctor in honor of the bright memory of Christopher Columbus.
Its architecture is an embodied fantasy of long-distance travel and exotic countries, incorporating elements of Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Moorish styles. The construction of the complex with an area of one and a half thousand square meters was completed in 1994.
The central place in the composition is occupied by the image of the flagship "Santa Maria" - one of the symbols of the era on which Christopher Columbus discovered America at the end of the XV century. Here, on the territory of the castle, a mausoleum has been built, where - as the creators expect - the remains of the navigator will rest in the future.
France 🇫🇷, Monet's Garden in Giverny
The commune of Giverny is famous for the garden of Claude Monet, who at one time was passionate about gardening. In the XIX century, the great artist bought a house in Giverny and began to take care of the local garden. He read special literature, created an artificial pond, bred lilies and other flowers. Giving space to plants, Monet created a colorful carpet of a variety of colors — no geometry and clear lines, the whole color scheme is intertwined and merges in different colors.
Here the artist drew inspiration, many of Monet's paintings depict the same lilies on the pond. Currently, the garden is open to all visitors. On the territory of the park there are rare plants brought by both Monet himself and his friends: for example, Japanese peonies and bamboo were brought especially for the artist. The floral tunnel of roses, which Monet created almost from scratch, also impresses with its beauty.
Turkey 🇹🇷, Maiden Tower
On a small natural island off the coast of the Bosphorus, occupied by the Salajak quarter, rises the second most popular tower in Istanbul — the 23-meter Maiden Tower. This three-tiered structure with a beautiful view of the city and the sea is also known as the Leandra Tower or Kyz Kulesi. It is famous for its ancient history and is shrouded in many romantic legends. The attraction is so popular that it, as a real symbol of the city, is depicted on magnets, mugs and other tourist souvenirs sold in every shop.
Nowadays, the Maiden Tower belongs to the Management of Marine Enterprises. Since 2000, it has been open to the general public. Within the walls of the tower there is a souvenir shop, a small museum, a bar and an observation deck with a beautiful view of the Asian part of Istanbul.
During the day there is a cafe, and for those who want to taste the best dishes of Eastern and European cuisine, there are breakfasts, lunches and dinners in a colorful restaurant.
Sweden 🇸🇪, eco-hotel Treehotel
Northern Sweden is known for its natural beauty, extensive forests and distinctive biosphere. Strong climatic contrasts during the seasons required very stable architectural types incorporating local materials of wood and stone.
In close cooperation with Treehotel and Swedish ornithologist Ulf Oman, the new Biosphere Hotel room will bring 350 bird houses to the famous hotel. BIG's experimental design, suspended in the Harada Pines, is the eighth hotel room in the hotel and aims to improve the surrounding biosphere.
Having designed a hotel room on top of a tree with a facade of bird nests, Biosphere has set itself the goal of preserving the bird population in Swedish forests and strengthening the biosphere and natural habitat.
The interior of the 34 m2 hotel room combines rich dark interiors and organic materials inspired by the surrounding landscape, which further enhance the attention of visitors to the outside world and focus on the natural beauty of the surroundings.
Greece 🇬🇷, village of Naousa
A small resort and port is located on the island of Paros, the Cyclades archipelago, on the left bank of the bay of Naousa.
The village of Naousa is considered the second largest and most picturesque town on the island of Paros. It is known for its deposits of marble and wonderful architecture. The narrow streets of Naousa with snow-white arches and houses with balconies dotted with flowers, ancient churches and colorful taverns will not leave anyone indifferent.
In Naousa you will find many fish taverns, which are famous not only in Paros, but far beyond the borders of Greece. Every year in Naousa, from July 2 to August 23, a Fish and Wine Festival is held, which is popular not only among Greeks but also among many foreign tourists.
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, Ambuluvava
The Temple of the four religions of Ambuluwawa (Ambuluwawa Temple). Built in 2006, the complex leaves no one indifferent – climbing to the top of the tower, you will be able to appreciate the grandeur of the mountains that surround it from all sides.
Ambuluwawa Temple stands on the mountain of the same name with a height of 900 meters, let's add the height of the tower itself 48 meters – the views from here are simply impressive! The ascent to the top is very specific – it is such a spiral staircase, most of which passes outside, and not inside the structure.
Another nuance is that the staircase, like the tower itself, narrows upwards, and at the end of the way, two people who meet there will hardly be able to disperse. The railings there are quite low, which will help to fully experience the extremity of such a climb!
Spain 🇪🇸, Cathedral Beach
The beach of the Cathedrals is located in the vicinity of the town of Ribadeo, in the north-west of Spain. Its second name is the Holy Water Beach. This is a unique combination of sharp rocks and ledges with the sea and a sandy area that opens to visitors only at low tide. The place is one of the favorites among tourists of all ages visiting Galicia.
Holy Water Beach is a wild place, there are no cafes, sun beds and umbrellas familiar to tourists. This is due to the unstable functioning of the beach — only at low tide. When the water arrives, almost the entire sandy strip disappears, leaving only a small island of land near the stairs specially equipped for descent. All the infrastructure is available above — at the entrance to the beach. Parking, tables and benches create a resort atmosphere here on sunny days.
Russia🇷🇺, Moscow, Flower Jam Festival
Landscape designers of Russia compete with each other and create incredibly colorful and unusual gardens from various flowers and plants. Florists admit that sometimes it takes several thousand flowers and plants to create a composition, while each element requires attention.
The largest site turned out to be the "City of Flowers", located on Manezhnaya Square, for its placement it was necessary to allocate a little more than 5 thousand square meters.
Great Britain
🇬🇧, Castle Combe village
Castle Combe is the most beautiful village in England. Its fabulous and unusual appearance will not leave indifferent even the most seasoned tourist. There are old houses here at every step, you find yourself as if on the set of a historical or fantasy film
This village is ranked second by the Times magazine — the 30 most beautiful villages in the world. Attracts many tourists with its tranquility and beauty, as well as beautiful examples of medieval buildings, including a medieval church.
The history of this village began in the XII century, when a castle was built here, the name of which later served for the name of the village. In the XIV century, the castle was destroyed, and houses for ordinary residents began to be built from its stones.
In the XV century, the village was quite prosperous, this was facilitated by the wool industry. Almost all the houses were built during this period, and have not changed their appearance since those ancient times.