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Which of the "100 most beautiful places" have you visited?

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Okay according to http://terre.sans.frontiere.free.fr/pag ... op_100.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; those are 100 most beautiful places in the world. Which one have you seen?

- 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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Only 8/100

- 54 -
The Acropolis and the Parthenon
country : Greece
place : Athena

- 56 -
The Versailles castle
country : France
place : south-west of Paris

- 58 -
The Meteors : monasteries built on rocky peaks
country : Greece
place : west of the country, Thessaly province

- 60 -
The royal palace and the Wat Phra Kaeo, the emerald buddha temple
country : Thailand
place : Bangkok

- 63 -
The Eiffel tower
country : France
place : Paris

- 67 -
The Louvre museum
country : France
place : Paris

- 73 -
The Reims cathedral
country : France
place : Reims

- 81 -
The city of Prague
country : Czech Republic
place : Prague
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No one! :oops:

But in the future, I will visite some places...
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According to that list I have visited 19/100 of the most beautiful places..... but I have been to even more beautiful places :wink:

- 8 -
The big wall of China
country : China
place : north-east of the country, along Inner Mongolia
- 20 -
Fjords and the Preikestolen cliff
country : Norway
place : west of the country
- 31 -
The blue mosque in front of Hagia Sofia
country : Turkey
place : Istanbul
- 35 -
Venice and its canals
country : Italia
place : Venice
- 38 -
The Vatican and the Saint Peter's basilica
country : The Vatican
place : inside the town of Rome
- 44 -
The Coliseum
country : Italia
place : Rome
- 51 -
The frescoes of the Sixtin church
country : The Vatican
place : inside the city of Rome
- 54 -
The Acropolis and the Parthenon
country : Greece
place : Athena
- 55 -
The Registan at Samarkand
country : Uzbekistan
place : south-west of Tachkent
- 59 -
The mont Saint-Michel
country : France
place : Normandy
- 65 -
The Kremlin and the Saint Basil the blest cathedral
country : Russia
place : Moscow
- 71 -
The Plitvice park and its waterfalls
country : Croatia
place : north of Gospic
- 73 -
The Reims cathedral
country : France
place : Reims
- 75 -
The Baikal lake
country : Russia
place : near the border with Mongolia
- 81 -
The city of Prague
country : Czech Republic
place : Prague
- 86 -
The emperor Qin I's mausoleum and his terracotta army
country : China
place : Xi'an, Shaanxi province
- 90 -
The parliament of Budapest
country : Hungary
place : Budapest
- 92 -
The forbidden city
country : China
place : Beijing
- 99 -
The Ermitage winter palace
country : Russia
place : Saint-Petersburg
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Assuming that by "The great canyon" they mean "The Grand Canyon", I've seen 21 of these "most beautiful places":
De-Ker wrote: - 5 -
The great canyon of Colorado
country : United States of America
place : south-west of the country, Arizona state

- 11 -
The city of Angkor
country : Cambodia
place : Siem Reap, north of the Tonle Sap lake

- 13 -
The Niagara waterfalls
country : Canada - United States of America
place : Niagara, near Toronto

- 19 -
Sand dunes of the Sahara
country : Marocco - Mauritania - Mali - Algeria - Niger - Lybia - Chad - Sudan - Egypt
place : north of Africa

- 38 -
The Vatican and the Saint Peter's basilica
country : The Vatican
place : inside the town of Rome

- 42 -
The Yellowstone national park
country : United States of America
place : north-west of the country, Wyoming state

- 44 -
The Coliseum
country : Italia
place : Rome

- 51 -
The frescoes of the Sixtin church
country : The Vatican
place : inside the city of Rome

- 54 -
The Acropolis and the Parthenon
country : Greece
place : Athena

- 56 -
The Versailles castle
country : France
place : south-west of Paris

- 60 -
The royal palace and the Wat Phra Kaeo, the emerald buddha temple
country : Thailand
place : Bangkok

- 63 -
The Eiffel tower
country : France
place : Paris

- 67 -
The Louvre museum
country : France
place : Paris

- 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

- 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

- 84 -
Chorus of lights at Las Vegas
country : Etats-Unis
place : Las Vegas

- 94 -
The Burj al arab hotel
country : the United Arab Emirates
place : Dubai

- 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
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I count five:
The Vatican and the Saint Peter's basilica
The Coliseum
Big Ben and the Parliament Square
The Eiffel tower
The statue of Liberty and the Manhattan view

But also:
The Louvre museum (only outside, so I don't count it)
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I've visted 10% of these, being

The Niagara waterfalls
The Vatican and the Saint Peter's basilica
The Coliseum
Florence, the duomo and the ponte vecchio
Big Ben and the Parliament Square
The Eiffel tower
The Louvre museum
The statue of Liberty and the Manhattan
The city of Sydney and the opera house
The parliament of Budapest

but my favourite location is not listed there. It's the 12 Apostles in Great Ocean Road, in Melbourne Australia
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as many of you, I agree with some choices of that list, disagree with some others and would like to see some other listed !!!

assuming I accept the list, I've visited:

31 The blue mosque in front of Hagia Sofia
35 Venice and its canals
38 The Vatican and the Saint Peter's basilica
44 The Coliseum
51 The frescoes of the Sixtin church
53 Florence, the duomo and the ponte vecchio
57 Big Ben and the Parliament Square
58 The Meteors : monasteries built on rocky peaks
63 The Eiffel tower
71 The Plitvice park and its waterfalls
73 The Reims cathedral
81 The city of Prague
90 The parliament of Budapest


so 13/100

but I visited Rila Monatery in Bulgaria which is worth more than some other choices, the coastal and island landscape of Bohuslan in Sweden also, Ohrid old town, lake and landscape in Macedonia also, Dalmatian/Montenegrin coast also, and some others worth to be listed
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100% agree, but this was just a copy paste really

And you have to draw the line somewhere..

Btw Nice that you saw: 58 The Meteors : monasteries built on rocky peaks: too, quite far from the rest of greece btw
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De-Ker wrote:100% agree, but this was just a copy paste really

And you have to draw the line somewhere..

Btw Nice that you saw: 58 The Meteors : monasteries built on rocky peaks: too, quite far from the rest of greece btw
believe me, it's worth a visit (more for the landscape and the way the monasteries have been built than for what you discover inside, especially in comparison to Rila and the smaller Jovan Bigorski in MK)
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I've been to some of these, not to others. But I suspect none of us will ever get to number 23:
De-Ker wrote: - 23 -
White immensity of Antarctica
country : without
place : north pole
We will never get there, because Antarctica is not at the North Pole!! :lol:
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I was going to report the same as Gnaeus did! :mrgreen:

Anyway: for me it is just 15 of them. And I wish I will be able to see a few more during my life :o

07: The Nabatean city of Petra
10: The great coral reef
17: The Bora-Bora island
37: Moai statues of the Easter island
46: The Mezquita of Cordoba
48: Milford sound and the Mitre peak
56: The Versailles castle
59: The mont Saint-Michel
63: The Eiffel tower
67: The Louvre museum
68: The Alhambra
73: The Reims cathedral
74: The Uluru giant monolith at Ayers Rock
83: The Tasmania island
87: The city of Sydney and the opera house (it is normal: I've lived there!! That's been home for me! Well, just the city, not the Opera house :lol: )
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for me 30 of 100:

03 - The Tadj Mahall
04 - The pyramids and the sphinx
07 - The Nabatean city of Petra
08 - The big wall of China
15 - The Abu Simbel temple
28 - Karstic peaks at Guilin, along the Li river
31 - The blue mosque in front of Hagia Sofia
36 - The Cappadocia and the Goreme valley
38 - The Vatican and the Saint Peter's basilica
44 - The Coliseum
46 - The Mezquita of Cordoba
54 - The Acropolis and the Parthenon
56 - The Versailles castle
57 - Big Ben and the Parliament Square
60 - The royal palace and the Wat Phra Kaeo, the emerald buddha temple
63 - The Eiffel tower
65 - The Kremlin and the Saint Basil the blest cathedral
67 - The Louvre museum
68 - The Alhambra
71 - The Plitvice park and its waterfalls
77 - The Karnak temple
78 - The statue of Liberty and the Manhattan view
79 - The Sagrada Familia
81 - The city of Prague
84 - Chorus of lights at Las Vegas
88 - Nightlife on the Djemaa Elfna square
89 - The Badshahi mosque at Lahore
92 - The forbidden city
97 - The golden gate bridge and the San Francisco bay
98 - The Kennedy space center
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only 12 places

- 35 Venice and its canals
- 38 The Vatican and the Saint Peter's basilica
- 44 The Coliseum
- 46 The Mezquita of Cordoba
- 53 Florence, the duomo and the ponte vecchio
- 56 The Versailles castle
- 59 The mont Saint-Michel
- 63 The Eiffel tower
- 67 The Louvre museum
- 68 The Alhambra
- 71 The Plitvice park and its waterfalls
- 79 The Sagrada Familia
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For me: 9 out of 100:

31 -
The blue mosque in front of Hagia Sofia
country : Turkey
place : Istanbul

- 35 -
Venice and its canals
country : Italia
place : Venice

- 38 -
The Vatican and the Saint Peter's basilica
country : The Vatican
place : inside the town of Rome

44 -
The Coliseum
country : Italia
place : Rome

51 -
The frescoes of the Sixtin church
country : The Vatican
place : inside the city of Rome

53 -
Florence, the duomo and the ponte vecchio
country : Italia
place : Florence

- 54 -
The Acropolis and the Parthenon
country : Greece
place : Athena


- 58 -
The Meteors : monasteries built on rocky peaks
country : Greece
place : west of the country, Thessaly province


- 73 -
The Reims cathedral
country : France
place : Reims
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