221 Amazing Places to Visit

Cordes-sur-Ciel is a commune in Southern France. A fortified town built in 1222 Cordes-sur-Ciel is known for its outdoor market. While the original name was only Cordes, which meant ‘Rocky heights’, the town was renamed Cordes-sur-Ciel, indicating its height ‘Above the clouds’ and the surrounding low-lying areas. The town is also popular for being home […]

Rocamadour is a commune and small cliff-top village in South-central France.  The village has always garnered attention for its unique location in a gorge. The magnificent monuments and historical artifacts adorning this town are another reason for its popularity. The many sights include the sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mother, Chapelle Notre-Dame with a statue

Living Root Bridges are a unique form of tree shaping that is common in the southern part of Meghalaya, in India. These ‘Eco-friendly’ bridges are handmade by the Khasi and Jaintia people. The bridges are made from the aerial roots of the rubber trees. A slow process, the pliable roots are first grown through the

Peyto Lake is a glacier-fed lake located in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. The origin of the Mistaya River, the Peyto Lake is fed water by the Peyto Creek, which drains water from Caldron Lake and Peyton Glacier. Standing at an elevation of 1,860 metres, glacial rock flour flows into the lake during

Xilitla is a town in San Luis Potosí, in Mexico. Known as the ‘Magic Town’ of Mexico, Xilitla is filled with mystery, art, surrealism, adventure and coffee. One can easily lose oneself in the changing hues of the deep blue skies, the omnipresent aroma of coffee and the soothing sounds of waterfalls and rivers flowing

The Wisteria Tunnel is a part of the beautiful Kawachi Fuji Gardens, located in Kitakyushu, Japan. The delicate flowers forming an elegant tunnel of pastel-coloured wisteria flowers give one the illusion of dreaming of an elegant fairy princess and her one-horned white steed prancing alongside. With two kinds of Wisteria Tunnels spread over 80 metres

Lake Reschen is an artificial lake in the western portion of South Tyrol, Italy. With its capacity of 120 million cubic metres, Lake Reschen is the largest lake not only in the province but also above a 1,000 metres in the Alps. The lake is famous for the steeple of a submerged 14th century church

The Swallow’s Nest Castle is a decorative castle located at Gaspra, a small spa town between Yalta and Alupka, in Crimea, Ukraine. Built around 1912, the castle was built in a neo-gothic design. Overlooking the Cape of Ai-Todor on the Black Sea coast the Swallow’s Nest Castle is one of the most popular visitor attractions

Predjama Castle is a Renaissance castle built within a cave mouth in South-central Slovenia. Built in Gothic style under a natural rocky arch with a high stonewall to make access difficult, the castle was first mentioned in the year 1274 with the German name Luegg, when it was acquired and expanded by the Luegg noble

Castle Flossenbürg is a castle almost in ruins, located in Flossenbürg, in Bavaria, Germany. The ruins of the Flossenbürg Castle lie in the same place as the site for the concentration camps that were used from 1938 until 1945. The beautiful castle was built around 1100; however, it was destroyed in the Thirty Years’ War,

Æroskøbing is a quaint town in central Denmark, located on the island of Ærø. A city that makes one crane one’s neck towards the heavens, Æroskøbing looks like it has been plucked from the pages of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale. The houses add to the charm of the place, with woozily angled bungalows and strikingly

Bled is the resort town in the Carniolan region in Slovenia in the foothills of the Julian Alps. The town is set along the glacial Lake Bled. There is an ancient castle overlooking the lake in the cliff called the Castle Bled. It houses a museum, a chapel as well as a printing press. A

Reine is a quaint fishing village located on the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county of Norway. Though tiny yet this village is extremely picturesque and is often referred to as ‘The most beautiful place in the world’. Red and white traditional fisherman’s huts, that have been converted for tourists, dot the shores and the surrounding

Queyras Valley is a small region in the French Alps nearing the border of Italy. This valley is a quiet, untouched haven where one can have a peaceful holiday. The valley can be divided into two parts–one stretching towards the Italian side and the other towards the French side. The region has a Nature Park

Bergen is the second largest, historic city in Norway. The city was founded more than 900 years ago and goes back to the Viking era. Seven mountains and fjords including Sognafjord (country’s largest and deepest fjord) surround the city centre. The city retains an old world charm with coloured wooden houses on the old wharf