Meteora (meh- teh -o-rah) should be a certified Wonder of the World with its magnificent late-14th-century monasteries perched dramatical...
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France : Bonifacio
With its glittering harbour, dramatic perch atop creamy white cliffs, and a stout citadel teetering above the cornflower-blue waters of ...
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France : Pont du Gard
Southern France has some fine Roman sites, but for audacious engineering, nothing can top Unesco World Heritage Site Pont du Gard ( w...
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France : Épernay
Prosperous Épernay, 25km south of Reims, is the self-proclaimed capitale du champagne and home to many of the world's most celebra...
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France : Mont St-Michel
On a rocky island opposite the coastal town of Pontorson, connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway, the sky-scraping turrets of t...
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France : D-Day Beaches
Early on 6 June 1944, Allied troops stormed 80km of beaches north of Bayeux, codenamed (from west to east) Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sw...
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Scotland : Isle of Skye
The Isle of Skye is the biggest of Scotland's islands (now linked to the mainland by a bridge at Kyle of Lochalsh), a 50-mile-long s...
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Scotland : Loch Ness
Deep, dark and narrow, Loch Ness stretches for 23 miles between Inverness and Fort Augustus. Its bitterly cold waters have been extensive...
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