WORLD WONDERS

WORLD WONDERS

Have you visited any of these?

1 China: The spiral staircase

The spiral staircase on the Taihang Mountains is 91 meters high.

2 Portugal: Palace Regaleira

An interior view of the Palace of Regaleira located in Sintra, Portugal.

3 Bosnia and Herzegovina: the small town of Blagaj

The Tekija house built in the 16th century next to the source of the Buna.

4 Romania: Merry Cemetery in the village of Sapanta

 

The Merry Cemetery of Sapanta has Marmatie funeral wooden tombs, painted in bright colors.

Italy 5: The small island of Procida

Procida is an island and Italian town of about 10,000 inhabitants, located in the province of Naples.

6. Malta Popeye Village

It was built as a movie set in 1980 for the film Popeye (Walt Disney). Today it is open to the public as a museum.

7 Iceland: Falls Litlanesfoss

Litlanesfoss is waterfalls surrounded by basalt columns Upphéraðsvegur located in Iceland.

8 China: The mountains rainbow sky

Zhangye Danxia mountains were formed on red terrigenous sedimentary layers that have been eroding for 24 million years.

9 Italy: The Cliff Restaurant

The Cliff Restaurant (Grotta Palazzese) was built in a cave in the region of Apulia in Italy.

10 India: Chand Baori

In Rajasthan, the building dating from the 11th century is one of the first baoris (wells) that has solved the problem of lack of water.

11 USA: Bishop's Castle

In the San Isabel Forest in Colorado is a medieval castle built over 40 years ago by Jim Bishop. He began building at the age of 15 years.

12 Russia: psychedelic salt mine

At the heart of the abandoned salt mine in Yekaterinburg in Russia. There is a wealth of Carnallite disused for several years.

13 Brazil: The natural pool at the white sand Fervedouro

Near the village Mateiros is a natural pool, Fervedouro. It measures 8 feet in diameter, the water is crystal blue and the ground is white sand.

14 Italy: Craco ghost medieval village

Craco is an Italian town abandoned it a famous tourist destination and a place for film shooting.

Samoa 15: To Sua Ocean Trench

"To Sua Ocean" and a piece of paradise located in the village of Lotofaga in Samoa. The place is available to the public as bathing area.

16 Burma: The village of Bagan

Bagan is a large Buddhist archaeological site of nearly 50 square kilometers in the Region of Mandalay in the central plain of Burma.

17 Portugal: The colorful umbrellas of Agueda

In the town of Agueda in Portugal, umbrellas of different colors are present in suspension in the shopping streets.

18 Tanzania: Lake Natron

Lake Natron is an alkaline salt lake of tectonic origin endoreic present in northern Tanzania.

19 Germany: Bridge Bastei

Bastei The bridge is located in the mountains of the Elbe in Saxon Switzerland in Germany.

20 Sichuan: The Leshan Giant Buddha

The Leshan Giant Buddha is a monumental statue of Buddha carved into the cliffs of Mount Lingyun Sichuan.

21 Spain: The Alcazar of Segovia

The Alcazar of Segovia is a fortified castle, located at the end of the old city of Segovia in Spain.

22 Turkey: Tombs of Myra

In lycènes rocks are the rock tombs of the ancient city of Myra.

23 Netherlands: Fort Bourtange

Bourtange is a Dutch fortified town in the province of Groningen, which was built in 1580.

24 Bhutan: The Monastery Taktshang

Taktshang is a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan, perched on a cliff at 3,120 meters above sea level.

25 Portugal: The island of São Miguel

São Miguel is the largest island in the Azores archipelago and the most populated with an area of ​​744.6 square kilometers ..

26 Italy: Santa Maria dell'Isola

The Monastery of Santa Maria dell'Isola was built on a rocky cliff near the beach in Tropea, Italy.

France 27: The Gardens of Marqueyssac

Marqueyssac gardens - Belvedere of the Dordogne are in the town of Vézac in a historic park of 22 hectares.

28 Philippinnes: Labassin Waterfall Restaurant

This restaurant in the Philippines offers its guests the opportunity to eat with their feet in the water. An artificial waterfall was built for the occasion.

29 Iran: Mosque Nasir-ol-Molk

The Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque is a Shiite mosque in the province of Fars in Iran. It was built from 1876 to 1888 and is full of colors.

30 Russia: Pillars Nature Park in Lena

These natural stone columns measure several tens of meters high and are formed by a process of erosion.

31 Thailand The White Temple Wat Rong Khun

Wat Rong Khun is a place of worship south of Chiang Rai in Thailand.

32 Singapore: Park Gardens by the Bay

Green space with remarkable biodiversity, built for more than 625 million. This giant park measures 101 hectares and includes three gardens.

33 United States: Kansas City Library

A novel architecture for the library of Kansas City.

34 Ukraine and Russia: Mount Ai-Petri

Ai-Petri is a mountain 1,230 meters high located in the region of Yalta in the Crimea.

35 Egypt: The Library of Alexandria

The Library of Alexandria was built in 1995 and cost $ 220 million. It was inaugurated in October 2002.

36 France: Le Moulin de l'Abbaye

Le Moulin de l'Abbaye is a luxury hotel located in Brantôme-en-Perigord in the Dordogne. 

37 Peru: Huacachina Oasis

Huacachina is a village in the Ica Region in southwestern Peru.  In 1999 only 115 people lived there.

38 Mexico: The Marieta Islands

The Marieta Islands are an uninhabited archipelago off the coast of Nayarit, Mexico. It is an old military base that became a protected national park.

39 Sri Lanka: The lion rock Sigiriya

Sigiriya (Lion's Rock) is a major archaeological site, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

40 Portugal: The Fort of São João Baptista

The Fort of São João Baptista is a seventeenth century fort located on the island of Berlengas in front of the port city of Peniche in central Portugal.

41 Canada: Montreal Botanical Garden

The Montreal Botanical Garden is located in Montreal, Quebec and is one of the largest botanical gardens in the world. It was created in June 1931.

42 Thailand: Phraya Nakhon Cave

A Buddhist temple built in the middle of the cave Phraya Nakhon Thailand is illuminated by the light of heaven.

43 Western Australia: Pink Lake Middle Island

The Hillier lake on the island of Middle Island has pink water, the cause remains unexplained. It was discovered in 1802 by a British explorer.

44 South Korea: Jeju-do Island

Jeju-do is a province and a sub-tropical island of South Korea oval.

France 45: The Ark Breakthrough Chartreuse

Discovered only in 2005, the double arch of the Breakthrough Tour is located in the Alps.

46 Turkmenistan: The Gates of Hell

The gate of hell (Door to Hell) is a hotbed of natural gas burning continuously since it was lit by Soviet scientists in 1971.

47 China: The sunken city of Shi Cheng

Qiandao Lake is based in the city of Shi Cheng, about 1300 years old, it is immersed for 53 years in the deep waters.

48 Morocco: The souk of Fez

In the souk of Fez in Morocco is one of the oldest tanneries in the world.

49 U.S.: The Fly Geyser

Fly Geyser is a small geyser in Washoe County, Nevada, which gives the impression of a brown ooze greenish color.

50 Belize: The Gran Blue Hole

The Great Blue Hole is an underwater cenote off the coast of Belize. It is almost circular with a diameter of 300m and 120m deep.

51 Brazil: Mount Roraima

Mount Roraima is a South American mountain overlooking the clouds and rises to 2810 m

Thanks to

Steve Bradley & Glenn Upton

"Only when you banish the belief of the impossibility of the possible, will the impossibility become possible."