Greece
Santorini
Santorini is a volcanic island in the Cyclades in the Aegean, known for its caldera, white houses on steep slopes, small settlements and unusual volc…
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Liberia
Sapo National Park
Sapo is Liberia's largest protected area and one of the most important blocks of Upper Guinean forest. Its dense tropical forest supports western chi…
Japan
Sapporo
Sapporo is Hokkaido's largest city, known for snowy winters, broad streets, parks, food and easy access to mountains and natural areas.
Samoa
Savaiʻi
Savaiʻi is Samoa's largest island, known for volcanic landscapes, lava fields, waterfalls, caves, blowholes, tropical forests and traditional Polynes…
Tanzania
Serengeti
The Serengeti is a famous natural region in northern Tanzania, known for vast plains, diverse wildlife and the large-scale seasonal migration of herb…
Egypt
Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-Sheikh is a resort on the Red Sea in the southern Sinai Peninsula, known for coral reefs, diving, beaches and desert landscapes.
Japan
Shirakawa-gō
Shirakawa-gō is a mountain village known for traditional gasshō-zukuri houses with steep thatched roofs and particularly picturesque scenery.
Singapore
Singapore Botanic Gardens
Singapore Botanic Gardens show the evolution of a 19th-century tropical colonial garden into a modern centre for science, education and conservation.…
Portugal
Sintra
Sintra is a green hill town near Lisbon, known for romantic palaces, castles, gardens and misty wooded landscapes.
Egypt
Siwa Oasis
Siwa is a remote oasis in Egypt's Western Desert, with palm groves, salt lakes, hot springs and ancient ruins.
Namibia
Skeleton Coast
The Skeleton Coast is a remote stretch of Namibia's Atlantic coastline, known for fog, desert dunes, rugged coastal landscapes and numerous traces of…
Ireland
Skellig Michael
Skellig Michael is a steep rocky island around twelve kilometres off the Iveragh Peninsula, with an early medieval monastic settlement. Stone cells, …
Yemen
Socotra
Socotra is a remote archipelago in the Arabian Sea, with unique endemic plants, dragon's blood trees, white beaches, caves and mountain landscapes.
Namibia
Sossusvlei
Sossusvlei is a famous desert region of Namibia in the Namib-Naukluft area, known for enormous red dunes, salt pans and the extraordinary landscape o…
Saint Lucia
Soufrière
Soufrière on Saint Lucia lies by the sea near the volcanic Pitons. The small town provides a base for nature, gardens and the coast.
Montserrat
Soufrière Hills Volcano
Soufrière Hills is an active complex volcano in southern Montserrat, whose current eruptive phase began in 1995. Pyroclastic flows and ash destroyed …
Zambia
South Luangwa
South Luangwa National Park is one of Zambia's best-known safari areas, beside the Luangwa River, with diverse wildlife, lagoons and savannah landsca…
Namibia
Spitzkoppe
Spitzkoppe is a striking group of granite peaks and rock formations in Namibia, rising above a dry plain and known for panoramic views and unusual na…
South Sudan
Sudd Wetland
The Sudd is one of the world's largest tropical wetlands, on the lower Bahr el Jebel, the White Nile. Its mosaic includes open water, papyrus and ree…
Bangladesh
Sundarbans, Bangladesh
The Bangladeshi part of the Sundarbans is an extensive mangrove forest in the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna. A network of tidal channel…
Namibia
Swakopmund
Swakopmund is a Namibian coastal city between the Atlantic and the Namib Desert, known for its cooler maritime climate, historic architecture and adv…
Tajikistan
Tajik National Park
Tajik National Park covers more than 2.5 million hectares of the Pamirs, with high plateaus, deep gorges, glaciers, hundreds of lakes and peaks above…
Niue
Talava Arches
The Talava Arches are large natural limestone arches on Niue's northwest coast. A forest path leads through a cave and across uneven coral rock befor…
New Zealand
Taupō
Taupō is a town and natural region beside New Zealand's largest lake, known for volcanic and geothermal landscapes, Huka Falls, fishing, cycle routes…
New Zealand
Te Anau
Te Anau is a small town beside the South Island's largest lake and the main tourism centre for trips to Fiordland National Park, Milford Sound and Do…
British Virgin Islands
The Baths on Virgin Gorda
The Baths is a national park in southwestern Virgin Gorda, where enormous rounded granite boulders form sea pools, grottoes, narrow passages and smal…
Northern Mariana Islands
The Grotto, Saipan
The Grotto is a natural limestone sinkhole in northern Saipan, filled with intensely blue seawater. The underground pool is connected to the open oce…
Guatemala
Tikal National Park
Tikal is a major Maya archaeological complex in the forests of northern Guatemala. Temples, palaces, plazas, roads, reservoirs and residential areas …
Albania
Tirana
Tirana is Albania's capital, near the Dajti Mountains, combining Ottoman and socialist heritage with colourful modern architecture, squares, parks an…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Tobago Cays Marine Park
Tobago Cays Marine Park encompasses a lagoon of around 50 square kilometres, five small uninhabited cays, reefs, seagrass meadows, beaches, mangroves…
Trinidad and Tobago
Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve
Main Ridge extends along much of Tobago's mountain ridge and protects around 3,958 hectares of montane, lowland and drier rainforest. The reserve was…
Mozambique
Tofo
Tofo is a coastal settlement near Inhambane on the Indian Ocean, popular with travellers looking for beaches, surfing, diving and marine excursions.
Chile
Torres del Paine
Torres del Paine is a national park in Chilean Patagonia, known for granite towers, turquoise lakes, glaciers, steppe and some of South America's mos…
Tunisia
Tozeur
Tozeur is an oasis city in southwestern Tunisia with palm groves, traditional brick architecture and proximity to the Sahara.
Türkiye
Trabzon
Trabzon is a city on Türkiye's Black Sea coast, surrounded by green mountains, tea plantations and historic sights.
Norway
Tromsø
Tromsø is an Arctic city in northern Norway, known for the northern lights, midnight sun, fjords, mountain scenery and Nordic culture.
United States Virgin Islands
Trunk Bay
Trunk Bay is a well-known bay on the north coast of Saint John in Virgin Islands National Park. The white sandy beach, about half a kilometre long, i…
Kenya
Tsavo National Park
Tsavo is a vast natural region in southeastern Kenya with two national parks: Tsavo East and Tsavo West. The east is known for wide plains and red-du…
Mexico
Tulum
Tulum is a destination on the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, known for its seaside Maya archaeological site, white beaches, cenotes, lagoo…
Guam
Tumon Bay
Tumon Bay is Guam's main holiday area, with a long white beach and a shallow lagoon protected by an outer coral reef. Parts of the water form a marin…