There are hundreds of places on our planet that look like an illustration to a fairy tale. And they are not an artist’s fantasy: they really do exist! Natural wonders and man-made monuments, cozy small villages and majestic mountain ranges — all this can infatuate anyone. No wonder they say that traveling is a real passion that you want to surrender without a trace. After all, that feeling when your heart stops in excitement, and the soul rejoices in inexpressible beauty, is simply priceless, and you will obviously want to enjoy again and again! We made a selection of the most amazing places on Earth that you definitely need to see at least once in your life. Of course, this is only a small part and this list may be endless!
Moraine glacial lake (Banff National Park, Canada)
Photo: Mike Boehmer, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Bagan Temples (Mandalay Region, Myanmar)
Photo: Pixabay / pexels (Pexels License)
Alberobello (Italy)
Photo: Eduard Marmet / flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Salar de Uyuni, world’s largest salt flat (Bolivia)
Photo: The original uploader was Chechevere at English Wikipedia., via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
Zhangye Danxia Geopark (China)
Photo: eltonjohn1973 / pixabay (Pixabay License)
Keukenhof Gardens (South Holland, Netherlands)
Photo: Sam DeLong / flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Iguazu Falls (Argentina — Brazil)
Photo: chensiyuan, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Giant’s Causeway basalt columns (Bushmills, Northern Ireland)
Photo: Chmee2, from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
Trolltunga rock formation (Norway)
Photo: kallerna, from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Li river (China)
Photo: Grey World / flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Monument Valley region (USA)
Photo: Cody escadron delta, from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Sakura blooming (Japan)
Photo: Yoshikazu TAKADA from Tokyo, Japan, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia)
Photo: Pablo BM from London, England, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany)
Photo: Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Hang Sơn Đoòng, the biggest cave in the world (Vietnam)
Photo: Nguyen Tan Tin / flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Lake Hillier (Australia)
Photo: Aussie Oc, from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Benagil Cave (southern coast of the Algarve, Portugal)
Photo: Bethany Ciullo / flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Seljalandsfoss waterfall (Iceland)
Photo: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca citadel (Peru)
Photo: 4758892 / pixabay (Pixabay License)
Ha Long Bay (Vietnam)
Photo: Webkims / pixabay (Pixabay License)
Bamboo forest (Kyoto, Japan)
Photo: maxpixel (CC0 Public Domain)
Bora Bora island group (French Polynesia)
Photo: Didierlefort, from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Tianzi mountain (Hunan Province, China)
Photo: chensiyuan, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Matterhorn mountain (Pennine Alps, border between Switzerland and Italy)
Photo: maxpixel (CC0 Public Domain)
Pamukkale Travertine Terraces (Turkey)
Photo: Antoine Taveneaux, from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Blooming lavender fields (Provence, France)
Photo: Matheus Swanson / flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Great Wall of China
Photo: Vined / pixabay (Pixabay License)
Venice (Italy)
Sand dunes in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Brazil)
Photo: Edwin Poon / flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Mt. Roraima (Canaima National Park, Venezuela)
Photo: Paolo Costa Baldi, from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Antelope Canyon (USA)
Photo: Paul IJsendoorn / pexels (Pexels License)
Perito Moreno Glacier (Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina)
Photo: I, Luca Galuzzi (CC BY-SA 2.5)
Mu Cang Chai rice terraces (Vietnam)
Photo: PublicDomainPictures / pixabay (Pixabay License)
Angel Falls, the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall (Национальный парк Канайма, Венесуэла)
Photo: Luis Carillo, Venezuela, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
Múlafossur waterfall (Gásadalur village, Faroe Islands)
Photo: Stefan Wisselink / flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia)
Photo: Toby Hudson, from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Clifftop monasteries of Meteora (Central Greece)
Photo: Danel Solabarrieta / flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Fjords (Norway)
Photo: dconvertini / flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Hallstatt (Austria)
Photo: Julius_Silver, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Angkor Wat temple complex (Cambodia)
Photo: sam garza, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Hitachi Seaside Park (Ibaraki, Japan)
Photo: Σ64, from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
Lake Geneva (Switzerland/France)
Photo: U.Bolla, from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Stelvio Pass (Italy)
Crescent-shaped island of Santorini (Greece)
Photo: maxpixel (CC0 Public Domain)
Wat Rong Kun White Temple(Chiang Rai Province, Thailand)
Photo: pxhere (CC0 1.0)
Huacachina oasis (Peru)
Photo: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Yosemite Valley (USA)
Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Fortified city of Carcassonne (France)
Photo: Chensiyuan, from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
El Deir, Nabataean monastery carved out of rock (Petra, Jordan)
Photo: flashpacker-travelguide.de, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Bibury (Gloucestershire, England)
Photo: Saffron Blaze, from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)