Travel often turns into sightseeing according to a list. Boring? Then you should pay attention to natural or man-made masterpieces that are not so popular that reference books start with them and tourists crowd around them. In this article we will tell you about some of the lesser-known places on the planet that you should definitely visit.
1. Go surfing in the center of Munich, in the English Park, on the waves of the stormy Aischen stream.
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2. Drink tea in the rainforest in central London inside the concrete building of the Barbican Arts Centre.
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3. Go through the longest (3.2 kilometers) labyrinth on the Longleat estate in the English county of Wiltshire.
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4. Take the cable car up Petrin Hill in Prague and stroll through the garden of lavenders and roses. Climb a steel structure called the little Eiffel Tower.
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5. Swim under a waterfall in the stunning Krka National Park in Croatian Dalmatia.
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6. Take a surf ride on the sand dunes near the small Peruvian village of Huacachina, a real oasis in the heart of the desert.
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7. Visit the village of Shirakawa-go on the Japanese island of Honshu, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. All the charming village cottages are examples of traditional gassho-zukuri architecture.
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8. See giant Magnetic termite mounds in the north of Australia, which are compared to compasses: narrow edges point strictly north and south, and wide ones point east and west.
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9. Walk to the magnificent natural spring “Blue Eye”, located near the city of Saranda in Albania.
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10. Visit the northernmost part of Denmark on the beach of Cape Grenen, near the city of Skagen. The cape is washed by two seas: the North and the Baltic.
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11. Explore Vietnam’s intricate network of Phong Nha caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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12. Pass by Lake Bled in Slovenia and pay attention to the less popular, but no less impressive Lake Bohinj.
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13. Watch the sunrise on a hike to the active volcano Rinjani on the island of Lombok in Indonesia.
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14. Book a boat tour of the Lost Sea: a large (1.5 hectare) underground lake near the town of Sweetwater in the US state of Tennessee.
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15. Take an open-air thermal bath in Baños, Ecuador, famous for its hot springs and twin waterfalls.
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16. Take a photo on the market square against the backdrop of neat rows of colorful old buildings in the Polish city of Poznan.
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17. Walk along the footbridge in the old Hungarian fishing village on the ice-free Lake Bokod, where all the houses are on stilts.
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18. Swim between the Wonderful Falls near the village of Carbost on the Scottish Isle of Skye.
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19. Visit Setenil de las Bodegas in Andalusia (Spain) – the city is built right into the rock and pieces of rock serve as roofs for the houses.
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20. Rent a canoe in the village of Giethoorn in the Netherlands, known as the Dutch Venice – instead of streets there are canals.
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21. Resist from diving into a neon green sulfur lake in Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland National Park in New Zealand.
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22. Avoid the crowds at Stonehenge by opting instead for the Machry Moor Stone Circles on the peat moors of the Scottish island of Arran.
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23. Check out the ultra-modern design of the Bodeas Isios winery building in the La Rioja region of Spain.
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24. Avoid the spray of the Staubbach Falls, which pours down right next to the church and houses in a Swiss village in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.
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25. Admire the intricate patterns decorating the houses and churches in the village of Pyrgi, on the Greek island of Chios.
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26. Be amazed by the fabulous Basilica of Las Lajas, built on a bridge over a gorge near the Colombian city of Ipialez.
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27. Stay at the Ice Hotel in Quebec, Canada, where not only the walls, but all the furniture, including the beds, are made of ice.
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28. Find the burial place of the ancient Greek ruler Amyntas among the Lycian tombs built on the mountainside in Fethiye (Turkey).
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29. Believe that this is not a dream, but reality, looking at the grotto with unusually bright blue water in Brus National Park in Ontario (Canada).
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30. Enjoy the panorama of the emerald tea plantation, located at an altitude of 2500 meters near the town of Munnar in India.
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