Gold Coast

One of the best tourist destinations in the world with eye catching beaches is the Gold Coast city located near the Queensland state capital Brisbane, Australia. Ample entertainment can be seen here via surfing, night life, theme parks, sandy beaches etc. Owing to the subtropical climate of the area also more and more tourists are attracted as well as its ever growing population. Thanks to 57km long coast line is well rich in surfing opportunities including South Stradbroke Island, The Spit,...

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Cape town

What is more beautiful about a city is the variety of people of it but not the huge buildings or clean roads. Cape Town in South Africa is such a city with other beauties like its harbour and many multi cultural people. Cape Town serves as the provincial capital and seat of National Parliament. It is only second to Johannesburg in population but largest in size in South Africa. In earlier times Cape Town was the way station of Dutch East India Company which monitored ships. Origins of native...

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Maldives

Maldives is a collection of 1192 islands covering about 90000km2 located to the south west of Sri Lanka in Indian Ocean but only 200 islands are inhabited by people. It is the smallest of countries found in Asia and country situated at the lowest point. Due to this reason, Maldives is on top of the list of million cities that are greatly threatened by rising of sea level by global warming. Maldives capital is Male and is world's number one dry fish supplier. About 80% of total land area is coral...

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Moeraki Boulders

I have to admit that even the weirdest things on this earth can be fascinating sometimes. So in a weird way, even rocks on earth can be fascinating sometimes because of their weirdness. Moeraki Boulders are such that deserves a visit of anyone interested in them. They are found in Koekohe Beach between Moeraki and Hampden of Otago coast, New Zealand. These boulders are large in size and spherical in shape with diameters varying from 0.5m to 1m like and looks like large bean bags...

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Pamukkale, Turkey

Nature does give us wonderful miracles and it would be a sin if we avoid Pamukkale from the list of most beautiful places in the world. Pamukkale is a site of hot water springs and travertines founded in Denzili Province, Turkey. They are formed in a pattern of terraces which are actually made of carbonate minerals. Also the site is provides the view of ancient city Hierapolis nearby. The area has 17 hot water springs with temperature ranging from 35 °C to 100 °C. Water from the springs...

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Fourvière, Lyon

Home for Catholic Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière in Lyon, France, this place is nick named as the "hill that prays" because of the vast religious influence. With the combination of the basilica and the hill side with the town view, Fourvière provides an eye catching scenery to visit and worship. Not to mention that this was the site of Lugdunum's original Roman settlement too. We all know that how magnificent Eiffel is and as a result of a rivalry a similar tower named La...

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Banff, Alberta

A small Canadian town located within the Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada is the owner of this beautiful scenery. Surrounded by mountains of Rookies namingly a few like Mount Rundle, Mount Norquay, and Cascade Mountain, Banff is a famous tourist hot spot because of obviously number one the enchantingly wonderful scenery, number two mountains eligible for hiking and mountaineering and number three hot springs. In other words to say it is an ideal destination for relaxation. Banff is situated...

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Disneyland California

If there is one place we all wish to go before we die it would be Disneyland. No matter how old or young you are Disneyland welcomes you all. It was on 18th July1955 that Walt Disney started this theme park. He sought an expert Harrison Price from Stanford Research Institute to build the park and bought a land of 160 acres from Anaheim, California in 1954 and under a budget of $17 million it was finished and opened for public after one year. Within the years, the park was an immediate...

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Skardu

Not much heard but another beautiful place on earth like a small heaven hidden in Pakistani region Baltistan is the Skardu. It is located within the Skardu Valley with Indus River and Shigar River flowing peacefully nearby and covered by a beautiful mountain rage known as Karakoram range. Skardu is exceptional for trekking and exploring. The cool weather, beauty of the valley and the mountain tops are among the top to attract tourists. Also the Karakoram range includes four of the fourteen...

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Fairbanks Alaska

What do you know about Fairbanks??? It is situated in the largest state of USA with a population of 31535. Fairbanks is also known as the Golden Heart City and it spreads across an area of 84.6km2. The city was founded in August 1901 by Captain E.T. Barnette and was named after Charles W. Fairbanks who was the 26th Vice President of USA. Fairbanks is located in the Tanana Valley with branches of Chena River and Tanana River.  A beautiful scenery of White mountains and the Yukon River is...

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Sentosa Island

Sentosa can be regarded as Asia’s playground. A viciously beautiful island of Singapore, famous for family adventure and theme parks, Sentosa Island was earlier known as Pulau Blakang Mati which means island of death behind and then 1972 island was renamed as Sentosa meaning peace and tranquility. Though it was a killing field during early 50s or so, during 1970s the government thought of turning it to a tourist hot spot by addition of some new gadgets like Singapore Cable Car system, Fort Siloso,...

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Windsor Castle

Another beautiful castle we can find in England is the Windsor Castle in Berkshire which is unique in many ways. It was built by William the Conqueror in 1066 or so. It is insanely famous for its classy architecture appreciated and appraised by many and it is also the world's largest inhabited castle. Although the castle was damaged by the Fire in 1992, it was restored quite magnificently. The castle site is more than 13 acres  with a palace complex, fortification...

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Buckingham Palace

Often heard about, often talked about Buckingham Palace of UK is the home of British Monarchy since 1837. It was first the Duke of Buckingham's townhouse and stood as a private property for almost one and a half century and then was owned by George III. The palace became the official residence for Queen Victoria after that and ever since it is the official royal residence currently for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Located at the Westminster side, Buckingham Palace owns the largest private...

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Badshahi mosque at Lahore

The Badshahi mosque at Lahore in Punjab District, Pakistan is the world's fifth largest mosque and the mosque with the largest mosque courtyard. They say it is visible even at 15km away from it. Its construction began in 1671 under the guidance of Mogul emperor Aurangzeb and lasted for 2 years. The mosque is made of red sandstone tiles and white marble. The mosque also holds a record of being the world's largest mosque for 313 years until 1986. With a capacity of 5000 devotees inside and 95000 others...

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Hungarian Parliament

Politics and beauty are two terms that do not always go together. However, the same cannot be applied to some of the politically hyper active building such as parliaments. One such is the Budapest Parliament building which is the largest building of Hungary as well as the oldest in Europe. Its construction by Imre Steindl began in 1885 in Lajos Kossuth Square near Danube and was completed in 1904. A quite astonishing feature of the building is that there are two identical parliament halls,...

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Las Vegas

"Viva... Las Vegas!!!!" I'm sure you have heard of this. If you wanna elope and get married or gamble all night long, Las Vegas is the place and perhaps that's why it is also known as the Gambling Capital of the world or the Marriage Capital of the world. Vegas belongs to state Nevada, USA. Vegas is also world popular as a favourite holiday destination with lots of shopping places, hotels, chapels, casinos etc. With the neon/ helium lighting systems, all time crowded streets, Vegas is definitely...

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The Burj al arab hotel

Well, it's not everyday that you can spend a good fine and a luxurious holiday in a grand hotel with all the quality services only a thought away. And not every hotel in the world can do that. And above all not every hotel in the world has the seven star rating (only some say so) but the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai. The hotel is definitely a five star rated Hotel anyways. With a unique architectural scale rising up for a height of 321m with 70 floors, the hotel is the most luxurious and...

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City of Prague

Well, obviously when we talk about beautiful places of the world, how can we forget Prague! But some would say it is just the Capital city of Czech Republic and what so cool about that??? So to those who know and don't know, here we go. Czech Republic was a centre of attraction since ancient times. It is clearly shown by being the capital city of the Holy Roman Empire. Spreading over 496km2, the city is home for many attractions like Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Old Town Square, the Jewish...

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Hermitage winter palace

Tell me how many of you can afford a Winter Palace??? Not many I guess. But the Russian Monarchs earlier in the 19th century had the privilege though. Yes, that's the Hermitage winter palace which is actually the fourth of its kind located in St. Petersburg. Palace of such grandeur and size cannot be the creation of one so as to say many architects took involvement but Bartolomeo Rastrelli was highly regarded considering his style used in the palace. An exquisite feature...

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Baalbek

Whenever we find evidence of highly advanced civilizations from all over the world, that reminds us how important it is to study and understand them. One such civilization is clearly shown by the colossal ruins Baalbek. The site is located at the Beqaa Valley of Leaonon which has many ruins of the ancient Roman Empire. Some excavation evidence show that the site Tell Baalbek belongs to the Neolithic or Iron age. Earlier this was known as Heliopolis which means the city of the sun. City is mainly...

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The forbidden city

Have you ever heard of a forbidden city??? Although it is named so, its beauty is world famous. Beijing is completed by the grandeur of the Forbidden city palace which is a must visit and also the most ancient palace in the world. It was home for 24 Chinese emperors of two dynasties the Ming and the Qing. Palace was supposed to be a replica of the Purple Palace in heaven as the constructor, Emperor Yongle was regarded as the son of heaven. Because of its divinity and godliness perhaps...

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Shwedagon Pagoda

Rising up to a height above 100m, bounded by the Singuttara Hill in Yangon is the most sacred place of Myanmar. Shwedagon Pagoda is a stupa which is covered by golden plates from top to bottom with diamonds encrusted at the top. This 2500 years old Pagoda was a creation by the king Okkalapa and the story behind the Pagoda is also a very interesting one. When Prince Siddhartha became the enlightened one and was meditating at the Rajayathana tree in the seventh week, two merchants named Thapassu and...

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Petronas Towers

Once it was the world’s tallest building and today it’s a skyscraper twin building visited by many from all over the world. However it still holds the record for being the world’s tallest twin towers. One is better than two it seems. It took six years to complete the towers since the beginning of construction in 1992 costing around 1.6 US$ Billion. Petronas towers are located at Jalan Ampang in Kuala Lumpur and basically they can be identified as the center piece of Kuala Lumpur.  Willis Tower...

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