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Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
The Pidurangala Cliff (170m) offers a magnificent view of the most famous rock in Sri Lanka - Sigiriya (370 m).
Sigiriya is the most prominent geological formation in Sri Lanka. A huge rock of volcanic origin, which in ancient times served as a royal residence, rises picturesquely above the impenetrable jungle of the northern plateau of the island.
Canada 🇨🇦
A boat trip on a freezing lake in Banff National Park 🤩
Philippines 🇵🇭
In 2019, Siargao Island was recognized as the best holiday destination in the world.
In total, there are more than seven thousand islands in the Philippines, about two thousand of them are inhabited, and the skeleton of Siargao has been the best place to relax for many years in a row.
Photos of this particular island are placed on tourist booklets and advertising posters. Deserted beaches, cozy lagoons, coconut groves, mangrove reserves and tropical forests.
The island offers a secluded vacation for lovers of peace, quiet and tranquility.
India 🇮🇳
One of the most beautiful and sacred temples of Hinduism is Tiruchendur Murugan.
The architecture and design of the temple are a testament to India's rich cultural heritage. The temple is designed in the Dravidian architectural style, which is characterized by tall and intricately carved gopurams (entrance towers), mandapams (halls with columns) and elegant sculptures.
The gopuram of the Tiruchendur Murugan Temple is especially impressive, towering 41 meters and decorated with carvings with scenes from Hindu mythology, which depict various forms of Lord Murugan and his wife Valli.
USA, Alaska
Railway to the White Pass of the Yukon route
This narrow gauge railway, built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, is a historic civil engineering monument.
On the 60-kilometer route, you can enjoy the panorama of mountains, glaciers, gorges, waterfalls, tunnels of Alaska.
Indonesia 🇮🇩
Sunny morning on the island of Java 🤩
Did you know that Java is the most populated island in the world?
Its area is comparable to 1/3 of Norway, one Greece or two Latvians. At the same time, the island's population is about 140 million
Spain 🇪🇸
The Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes is one of the most valuable examples of Spanish Gothic architecture (isabelino).
The construction of the monastery lasted from the middle of the XV to the XVII century. The church, completed in 1495, was consecrated in honor of San Juan the Evangelist (John the Theologian).
The Gothic monastery complex of San Juan de los Reyes, towering in the southwestern part of Toledo, remains an active monastery of the Franciscan Order.
China 🇨🇳
The country's first maglev suspended train line has been commissioned in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The elevated train operates in fully automatic mode without a driver, and amazing landscapes open up to passengers during the trip.
The length of the track is 10.5 kilometers, there are six stations.
Trains run at a maximum speed of 60 km/h and can carry up to 220 passengers. They are fully automated and have large windows and a transparent floor through which passengers can enjoy a panoramic view of the surrounding area.
France 🇫🇷
From alien volcanoes to landscapes from the movie Avatar, Reunion Island, belonging to the overseas territories of France, impresses with its unique mix of the most gorgeous views.
Volcanic landscapes, rocky gorges, mighty waterfalls, hospitable inhabitants and the azure coast — all this is firmly etched into the memory of the island's guests.
India 🇮🇳
The Kumbhe Waterfall in Maharashtra impresses with its beauty and grandeur.
Its surrounding landscapes with amazing vegetation and flora complement the magnificent view of the waterfall, creating an unforgettable atmosphere.
China 🇨🇳
The trail to the village of Pulled Rock Village, in Chongqing province
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Armenia 🇦🇲
The Noravank Monastery complex is a pearl of Armenian religious architecture. Located 120 km from Yerevan, it attracts tourists with churches of the 13th century against the background of unearthly landscapes — the steep red cliffs of the Arpa River gorge in the village of Jermuk.
Two magnificent churches and a chapel, many stone steles with the image of a cross and amazing views of the picturesque area — these are the distinctive features of Noravank.
China 🇨🇳
Valley Wangxian is located in Yunnan Province in southwestern China. This place is known for its picturesque landscapes, rocky mountains and green tea fields.
Valley Wangxian is a place where one of the best Chinese teas is produced - pu-erh, which is grown at an altitude of more than 1000 meters above sea level.
Italy 🇮🇹
Monopoli is a city in southeastern Italy in the Puglia region.
It is known for its typical Mediterranean architecture and picturesque coastline, where white houses blend perfectly with the turquoise waters of the Adriatic.
Switzerland 🇨🇭
Impressive cable car in the canton of Lucerne 🔥
China 🇨🇳
The Canton Tower is perfect for a panoramic view of Guangzhou city.
There are closed panoramic platforms at an altitude of 430 meters, open on the roof at an altitude of 460 meters.
There are also rail trams running on the very edge of the roof, the views of which are breathtaking.
There is also a free fall attraction on the roof 🔥
Finland 🇫🇮
Take a ride on a frozen lake looking at the northern lights 🤩
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
Komsomol Peak, 4376 meters above sea level, is located in the upper reaches of the Bogdanovich glacier, in the eastern spur of the Maloalmati Gorge, in the Medeu district of the Almaty region.
On July 9, 1935, 249 people climbed to the top as part of the first mass mountaineering.
Since 1997, the tradition of climbing Komsomol Peak, interrupted for a while, has been resumed, and since then, almost every year in early July, a mass ascent of this beautiful peak is held.
Turkey 🇹🇷
The Kula volcanoes and their surroundings between the Kula and Salikhli districts have a volcanic geological structure and were declared a member of the UNESCO Network of Geoparks in 2013.
The zoo has a wide variety of natural formations that were formed under the influence of temperature fluctuations, rain, wind and erosion: The fabulous chimneys of Kula create a magnificent landscape with their pastel tones and fantastic relief in the Gediz Valley.
Chile 🇨🇱
This is the kind of extreme water park that adrenaline lovers arrange for themselves right in the middle of the rocks of the Rio Claro Canyon.
This canyon surprises with its beauty and many crystal clear streams and waterfalls. The rocky walls of the canyon create a stunning contrast with the bright colors of the plants that grow on their slopes.
Turkey 🇹🇷
Turkey has an amazing natural and cultural diversity: from ancient Greek and Roman ruins to the heritage of Byzantium and the Ottoman Empire, from the sunny beaches of the Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea to the semi-deserts of the southeast and the harsh picturesque mountains of eastern Anatolia.
Turkey is like a small continent full of amazing discoveries and wonderful places.
Italy 🇮🇹
Civita di Bagnoregio is a small town with a thousand-year history.
The silhouettes of ancient houses and towers look like a mirage on a high rocky hill in the center of the barren valley of Valle dei Calanchi. The fantastic landscape is complemented by a bridge floating in the air, which is the only road leading to the medieval castle town.
The city of Civita di Bagnoregio (original name unknown) was founded by the Etruscans about 2500 years ago in a strategically important place at that time — on the road connecting Lake Bolsena and the Tiber River
Turkey 🇹🇷
Lake Salda is a fresh, deep—water lake with inviting turquoise water and light, almost white sand, which the locals nicknamed the Turkish Maldives.
Lake Salda is located at an altitude of 1140 meters above sea level. It was formed as a result of a volcanic eruption, in its very center — a crater. Lake Salda is volcanic and completely natural.
It is one of the five cleanest lakes in the world.
Lebanon 🇱🇧
The chic Amelia Freya Restaurant, located in a magnificent castle on a cliff in Faraya, offers a luxurious culinary journey with an infinity pool, stunning views, signature cocktails, an exquisite menu and a charming atmosphere.
Argentina 🇦🇷
Argentina is a distant South American country, and perhaps the most atypical of all the countries of this continent, famous for its unique atmosphere, a mixture of traditions of the New and Old World.
As well as an extraordinary variety of man-made and non-man-made attractions, which certainly makes it extremely tempting for active tourism.
Sometimes not fitting into the usual ideas and frameworks, this country is able to impress the imagination, breaking stereotypes and standards.
China 🇨🇳
Forest Park in Zhejiang Province 🤩
Peru 🇵🇪
Giant drawings in the desert depicting animals and various objects - Nazca Lines - were discovered in 1939, when American archaeologist Paul Kosok flew over the plateau by plane.
They consist of more than 800 individual shapes, including animals, people and various geometric shapes. The sizes of the figures range from a few meters to more than 300 meters in length, and some lines extend for several kilometers.
Regarding the time of the creation of the lines, scientists agree — until the XII century, when the Incas appeared in the valley. Most studies attribute their creation to the Nazca civilization, which inhabited the plateau until the 2nd century AD.
Qatar 🇶🇦
Qatar Cultural Village is a modern complex in Doha, which houses three theaters (opera, drama and open—air amphitheater), two mosques — Blue and Gold, a large park, galleries and shops with works of art.
During the walk, you can see modern sculptures, then recover from the heat in an air-conditioned square, where streams of cold air come out directly from the ground, and finish your vacation on one of the beaches.
India 🇮🇳
A gentle morning among the blooming water lilies in the town of Malarikkal, one of the centers of ecotourism in Kerala