The 100 most beautiful places in the world



(click a screenshot to enlarge it)

- 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

