Visit the Burj Khalifa, United Arab EmiratesThe Burj Khalifa’s observation decks turn Dubai’s rapid urban expansion into a view that can be read from above: dense towers, transport corridors, desert and Gulf sit within one…
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Visit the Burj Khalifa, United Arab EmiratesThe Burj Khalifa’s observation decks turn Dubai’s rapid urban expansion into a view that can be read from above: dense towers, transport corridors, desert and Gulf sit within one…
Visit the Carioca Landscape, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilRio de Janeiro's UNESCO-listed Carioca Landscapes are not one monument but a relationship between mountains, forest, gardens, city and sea. The activity suits travellers who want…
Visit the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, FranceNotre-Dame is familiar before you arrive, yet the restored interior changes the encounter: pale stone, coloured light and the knowledge that fire, craft and five years of patient…
Visit the Chocolate Hills | PhilippinesFrom the high viewpoint on Bohol, one rounded hill becomes ten, then hundreds, repeating towards the horizon with a rhythm that photographs struggle to hold. In dry months the gra…
Visit the Colosseum in RomeThe Colosseum is most revealing as one part of Rome’s imperial centre, connected physically and politically with the Forum and Palatine. Its surviving structure helps explain how…
Visit the Colossus of Rhodes site in GreeceAt Mandraki Harbour, boats pass between two columns topped by bronze deer and there is no colossal statue waiting between them. That absence is the beginning of the visit. The Col…
Visit the Dominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic becomes more interesting when the resort road ends. Beyond the familiar beach image are the streets and courtyards of Santo Domingo, green mountain country,…
Visit the Eden ProjectWalk from a reclaimed Cornish clay pit into vast covered biomes filled with rainforest and Mediterranean planting. The Eden Project turns plant science, climate and regeneration i…
Visit the Everglades in Florida, USAAt first the Everglades can look almost level and still. Then an alligator's eyes break the water, a heron lifts from the sawgrass and the slow movement of the whole landscape bec…
Visit the Fitzwilliam MuseumClimb the grand steps and enter galleries filled with paintings, sculpture, manuscripts and objects from the ancient world. The Fitzwilliam Museum gives a Cambridge day out a sens…
Visit the Forbidden City in BeijingPassing beneath the Meridian Gate, you enter a city built as a sequence of thresholds. Vast courtyards lead to halls with golden roofs, and the formal symmetry gradually gives way…
Visit the Galapagos Islands ResponsiblyIn the Galapagos, wildlife changes the usual distance between observer and animal. A sea lion may sleep beside the path, marine iguanas gather on black lava and finches move throu…
Visit The GambiaThe Gambia follows its river inland from the Atlantic, narrow on the map but expansive in experience. Coastal towns give way to mangroves, fishing communities and bird-rich wetlan…
Visit the Gold Coast | AustraliaOn the Gold Coast, surf reaches a long bright strand while the city rises immediately behind it; turn inland and the horizon becomes rainforest, waterfalls and the ridges of the h…
Visit the Great North Museum: HancockCome face to face with natural-history specimens, ancient cultures and the Roman world of Hadrian’s Wall. The Great North Museum: Hancock gives families a broad visit with a stron…
Visit the Herbert Art Gallery & MuseumStep from Coventry’s cathedral quarter into galleries covering art, social history and the city’s changing identity. The Herbert gives families a useful indoor base for understand…
Visit the Historic Areas of Istanbul | TurkeyStand on Istanbul’s historic peninsula where the Bosphorus, Golden Horn and Sea of Marmara helped shape an imperial capital. Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapı Palace and the…
Visit the historic centre of Avignon in FranceAvignon's walls hold a city whose scale changes when the Palais des Papes rises ahead: part fortress, part court and a physical reminder that medieval power once moved away from R…
Visit the Historic Centre of Lyon, FranceLyon gives you the rare pleasure of walking through roughly 2,000 years of city life without turning the day into a sequence of isolated monuments. Roman remains, the lanes and co…
Visit the Historic centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco in MexicoBegin where the Zócalo opens between cathedral, palace and the buried city of Tenochtitlan, then end the day on water among Xochimilco's bright trajineras. The two places reveal M…
Visit the Historic Centre of Prague, Czech RepublicCross Charles Bridge on foot, wander into the lanes of the Old Town, and keep going until the skyline starts to fill with towers, domes and the mass of Prague Castle above the Vlt…
Visit the Historic Centre of Vienna | AustriaStart beneath the patterned roof of St Stephen's Cathedral, then let Vienna's historic centre unfold through medieval lanes, Baroque churches and the broad Ringstrasse. The compac…
Visit the Historic Centre of Warsaw in PolandWarsaw's Old Town looks centuries old, yet much of what surrounds the Market Square was painstakingly rebuilt from ruins after the Second World War. The colour and bustle are real…
Visit the Historic Walled Town of Cuenca in SpainWalk into Cuenca’s old town and the geography hits you first. The historic centre is perched between the Huécar and Júcar river gorges, with steep streets, stone walls and buildin…
Visit the Ivory Hills in ChinaIf you have seen the so-called “Ivory Hills” online, this is the real place you are probably looking for. “Ivory Hills” does not appear to be a recognised official attraction name…
Visit the Japanese Gardens in Kyoto, JapanKyoto's gardens turn stone, moss, water, clipped plants, borrowed scenery and seasonal change into carefully framed experiences. They are not one uniform Zen style: temple dry lan…
Visit the Jigokudani Monkey Park, JapanJigokudani Yaen-Koen in Nagano offers close observation of free-ranging Japanese macaques in a steep mountain valley. The animals are managed through regulated feeding but are not…
Visit the Kaieteur Falls in GuyanaFly deep into Guyana’s interior and watch the Potaro River suddenly disappear over the edge of a vast sandstone escarpment. Kaieteur Falls plunges about 226 metres in a single maj…
Visit the Kinderdijk Windmills in the NetherlandsAt Kinderdijk, nineteen windmills stand along the water as part of a working Dutch landscape rather than a decorative backdrop. Paths, canals and turning sails reveal how generati…
Visit the London AquariumStep beneath the South Bank and move through tanks filled with sharks, rays, jellyfish, tropical fish and other marine life at SEA LIFE London Aquarium. The route takes you throug…
Visit the Louvre in ParisThe Louvre begins before the first painting. You cross a palace courtyard, pass beneath the glass pyramid and enter a building whose staircases, windows and painted ceilings keep…
Visit the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThe tunnel opens, the pitch appears and even an empty Maracanã seems to hold the memory of crowds. On matchday the architecture becomes secondary to songs, flags and the sudden ro…
Visit the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, AustraliaThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is both a vast sporting arena and a place where Australian cricket, Australian rules football and public history intersect. A match day supplies the s…
Visit the Mendenhall Glacier Caves in Alaska, USAThe official trail opens onto Mendenhall Lake with Nugget Falls dropping at one side and the glacier withdrawn into the valley beyond. It is a striking place even before the famou…
Visit the Museum of LiverpoolStand on Liverpool’s waterfront and explore the people, music, transport and arguments that shaped the city. The Museum of Liverpool brings large objects and personal stories toge…
Visit the Museum of Zoology in CambridgeStart with the enormous whale skeleton and work your way down to insects, fossils and specimens that show the astonishing variety of animal life. Cambridge’s Museum of Zoology pac…
Visit the National Museum of ScotlandMove from natural history and science to design, technology and the story of Scotland across a building that can easily fill a day. The National Museum of Scotland gives families…
Visit the National Railway MuseumStand beside famous locomotives, peer into engineering details and feel the scale of railway history inside York’s great museum halls. The National Railway Museum works for famili…
Visit the National Science and Media MuseumExplore how photographs, film, television, games and sound are made, recorded and shared. The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford turns everyday screens and images into…
Visit the National Waterfront MuseumExplore how industry, innovation and working lives changed Wales inside a museum beside Swansea’s waterfront. The National Waterfront Museum uses machines, objects and personal st…
Visit the Natural History Museum in LondonStand beneath the blue whale, come face to face with dinosaurs and follow cabinets full of fossils, minerals and creatures from every corner of the natural world. The Natural Hist…
Visit the Old City of JerusalemEnter the Old City through one of its gates and follow limestone lanes that fold between markets, courtyards and places of worship. Within a compact walled area, the Jewish, Chris…
Visit the Ozark Caverns in Missouri, USAOzark Caverns offers the quiet thrill of walking into the geology beneath Missouri rather than only looking across the Ozark landscape. The route passes limestone formations, cave…
Visit the Palace and Gardens of Versailles, FranceVersailles is an estate rather than a single gilded room: the palace, formal gardens, park, Trianon buildings and Queen’s Hamlet reveal different scales of monarchy and court life…
Visit the PhilippinesThe Philippines is not one trip but an archipelago of choices: limestone islands reflected in clear water, rice landscapes, crowded cities, reefs and neighbourhood tables where th…
Visit the pink lagoon in Yallabatharra, AustraliaHutt Lagoon is a large salt lake near Port Gregory whose water can appear pink, lilac or red as light and conditions change. It is a worthwhile stop for people drawn to unusual na…
Visit the Pitt Rivers MuseumWalk into a museum where thousands of objects are gathered by type, so masks sit with masks and tools with tools from many different places and periods. The Pitt Rivers Museum in…
Visit the polesStand at the top of the world, then travel as far south as it is possible to go. Visiting both the Geographic North Pole and Geographic South Pole means reaching 90°N and 90°S, tw…
Visit The Potteries Museum & Art GallerySee finely made ceramics, local objects and treasures from the Staffordshire Hoard in the city that gave the Potteries their name. The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery makes cra…
Visit the Rila Monastery in BulgariaRila Monastery appears in a mountain valley behind severe stone walls, then opens into painted arcades, striped arches and a church alive with colour. The contrast makes the court…