The 100 most beautiful places in the world


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- 1 -


The inca city of Machu Picchu


country : Peru


place : near Cuzco





- 2 -


The Iguazu waterfalls


country : Argentina - Brazil


place : borders between the two countries




- 3 -


The Tadj Mahall


country : India


place : Agra, south-west of Delhi



- 4 -


The pyramids and the sphinx


country : Egypt


place : Giseh, south-west of Cairo




- 5 -


The great canyon of Colorado


country : United States of America


place : south-west of the country, Arizona state




- 6 -


Migrating animals in the Serengeti park


country : Tanzania


place : north of the country, east of Victoria lake




- 7 -


The Nabatean city of Petra


country : Jordania


place : south-west of the country, near Israel



- 8 -


The big wall of China


country : China


place : north-east of the country, along Inner Mongolia




- 9 -


The Victoria waterfalls


country : Zimbabwe - Zambia


place : border between the two countries




- 10 -


The great coral reef


country : Australia


place : offshore, north-east of the country



- 11 -


The city of Angkor


country : Cambodia


place : Siem Reap, north of the Tonle Sap lake




- 12 -


The amazonian virgin forest


country : Brazil - Peru


place : around the Amazonia river and its affluents



- 13 -


The Niagara waterfalls


country : Canada - United States of America


place : Niagara, near Toronto




- 14 -


The salar of Uyuni


country : Bolivia


place : south-west of the country




- 15 -


The Abu Simbel temple


country : Egypt


place : south-west of Assuan, at the shore of the Nasser lake



- 16 -


The Halong bay


country : Vietnam


place : in the Tonkin Gulf, east of Hanoi



- 17 -


The Bora-Bora island


country : French Polynesia


place : in the middle of the Pacific



- 18 -


Pagan, the thousand pagodas plain


country : Myanmar


place : south-west of Mandalay, at the edge of the Irrawaddy river



- 19 -


Sand dunes of the Sahara


country : Marocco - Mauritania - Mali - Algeria - Niger - Lybia - Chad - Sudan - Egypt


place : north of Africa



- 20 -


Fjords and the Preikestolen cliff


country : Norway


place : west of the country



- 21 -


The precolombian pyramids of Teotihuacan


country : Mexico


place : north-east of Mexico City



- 22 -


The Ngorongoro crater


country : Tanzania


place : north of the country, south of the Serengeti park




- 23 -


White immensity of Antarctica


country : without


place : north pole




- 24 -


Lunar scenery at the south of Altiplano


and the colourful lagoons (colorada and verde)


country : Bolivia


place : south of Lipez, near the borders with Argentina and Chile




- 25 -


Mount Everest


country : Nepal - China


place : border between the two countries



- 26 -


Bali island


country : Indonesia


place : east of Java island



- 27 -


Muslim fervour at Mecca


country : Saudi Arabia


place : Mecca, east of the country



- 28 -


Karstic peaks at Guilin, along the Li river


country : China


place : south of the country, between Guilin and Yangshuo



- 29 -


The Galapagos archipelago


country : Ecuador


place : off the west coast of the country



- 30 -


The Perito Moreno glacier


country : Argentina


place : Patagonia



- 31 -


The blue mosque in front of Hagia Sofia


country : Turkey


place : Istanbul




- 32 -


The caves of Carlsbad


country : United States of America


place : New Mexico State



- 33 -


The carnaval of Rio


country : Brazil


place : Rio of Janeiro



- 34 -


The rice terrace fields of Banaue


country : the Philippines


place : on the Lucon island, north of Manilla



- 35 -


Venice and its canals


country : Italia


place : Venice



- 36 -


The Cappadocia and the Goreme valley


country : Turkey


place : in the middle of the country



- 37 -


Moai statues of the Easter island


country : Chile


place : Easter island, in the middle of the Pacific



- 38 -


The Vatican and the Saint Peter's basilica


country : The Vatican


place : inside the town of Rome



- 39 -


Aerial view of Rio bay


country : Brazil


place : Rio of Janeiro



- 40 -


The Potala, dalai-lama's palace


country : China / Tibet


place : Lhassa



- 41 -


The maya city of Chichen Itza


country : Mexico


place : south of the country, Yucatan province



- 42 -


The Yellowstone national park


country : United States of America


place : north-west of the country, Wyoming state



- 43 -


The Piana rocky inlet and the Girolata gulf


country : France


place : Corsica



- 44 -


The Coliseum


country : Italia


place : Rome



- 45 -


The limestone basins at Huanglong


country : China


place : in the middle of the country, north of the Sichuan province




- 46 -


The Mezquita of Cordoba


country : Spain


place : Cordoba, Andalucia province




- 47 -


The Giants' Causeway


country : Northern Ireland


place : north of the country



- 48 -


Milford sound and the Mitre peak


country : New Zealand


place : south-west of the southern island



- 49 -


The Buddhistic temple of Borobudur


country : Indonesia


place : in the middle of the Java island



- 50 -


The Kilauea and the Hawaii volcanoes


country : United States of America


place : Hawaii



- 51 -


The frescoes of the Sixtin church


country : The Vatican


place : inside the city of Rome



- 52 -


The Hassan II mosque


country : Marocco


place : Casablanca



- 53 -


Florence, the duomo and the ponte vecchio


country : Italia


place : Florence




- 54 -


The Acropolis and the Parthenon


country : Greece


place : Athena



- 55 -


The Registan at Samarkand


country : Uzbekistan


place : south-west of Tachkent



- 56 -


The Versailles castle


country : France


place : south-west of Paris



- 57 -


Big Ben and the Parliament Square


country : United Kingdom


place : London



- 58 -


The Meteors : monasteries built on rocky peaks


country : Greece


place : west of the country, Thessaly province




- 59 -


The mont Saint-Michel


country : France


place : Normandy



- 60 -


The royal palace and the Wat Phra Kaeo, the emerald buddha temple


country : Thailand


place : Bangkok



- 61 -


Hindu fervour at the banks of the Ganges at Varanasi


country : India


place : Varanasi (ex-Benares)



- 62 -


A Nil cruise between Luxor and Assuan


country : Egypt


place : from Luxor to Assuan



- 63 -


The Eiffel tower


country : France


place : Paris



- 64 -


The colorful waters of the Jiuzhaigou river


country : China


place : in the middle of the country, north of the Sichuan province




- 65 -


The Kremlin and the Saint Basil the blest cathedral


country : Russia


place : Moscow



- 66 -


The Komodo island


country : Indonesia


place : south, between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores



- 67 -


The Louvre museum


country : France


place : Paris




- 68 -


The Alhambra


country : Spain


place : Granada, Andalucia province



- 69 -


The Canaima park and the Salto Angel waterfalls


country : Venezuela


place : east of the country



- 70 -


The aeolian islands and the Stromboli


country : Italia


place : north of the Sicilia island



- 71 -


The Plitvice park and its waterfalls


country : Croatia


place : north of Gospic



- 72 -


The Neuschwanstein castle


country : Germany


place : near the border with Austria, south of Munich



- 73 -


The Reims cathedral


country : France


place : Reims



- 74 -


The Uluru giant monolith at Ayers Rock


country : Australia


place :in the middle of the country



- 75 -


The Baikal lake


country : Russia


place : near the border with Mongolia



- 76 -


The Wulingyuan rocky peaks


country : China


place : south-east of the country, Hunan province



- 77 -


The Karnak temple


country : Egypt


place : near Luxor




- 78 -


The statue of Liberty and the Manhattan view


country : United States of America


place : New-York



- 79 -


The Sagrada Familia


country : Spain


place : Barcelona



- 80 -


The Meidan-e Imam at Ispahan


country : Iran


place : south of Teheran



- 81 -


The city of Prague


country : Czech Republic


place : Prague



- 82 -


Giant sequoias


country : United States of America


place : in the sequoia national park, south-west of the country, California state



- 83 -


The Tasmania island


country : Australia


place : south-east of the country



- 84 -


Chorus of lights at Las Vegas


country : Etats-Unis


place : Las Vegas



- 85 -


The pagoda of Shwedagon


country : Myanmar


place : Yangoon



- 86 -


The emperor Qin I's mausoleum and his terracotta army


country : China


place : Xi'an, Shaanxi province



- 87 -


The city of Sydney and the opera house


country : Australia


place : Sydney



- 88 -


Nightlife on the Djemaa Elfna square


country : Marocco


place : Marrakech



- 89 -


The Badshahi mosque at Lahore


country : Pakistan


place : south-east of Islamabad



- 90 -


The parliament of Budapest


country : Hungary


place : Budapest



- 91 -


Baalbek


country : Lebanon


place : north-east of the country



- 92 -


The forbidden city


country : China


place : Beijing



- 93 -


El Tajin


country : Mexico


place : north-east of Mexico city



- 94 -


The Burj al arab hotel


country : the United Arab Emirates


place : Dubai



- 95 -


Sigiriya


country : Sri Lanka


place : in the middle of the country



- 96 -


The mosque of Djenné


country : Mali


place : Djenné, east of Bamako



- 97 -


The golden gate bridge and the San Francisco bay


country : United States of America


place : California state



- 98 -


The Kennedy space center


country : United States of America


place : south-east of the country, Florida state



- 99 -


The Ermitage winter palace


country : Russia


place : Saint-Petersburg



- 100 -


The Petronas towers


country : Malaysia


place : Kuala Lumpur


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