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Manarola, Liguria, Italy Set amid rocky coastal cliffs, Manarola is one of the five fishing villages that make up the breathtaking Cinque Terre in northwestern Italy. It's probably the most recognisable of all five thanks to the pastel houses clinging to the cliffside. Legend has it that they were painted in bright colours so returning fishermen could spot their homes more easily. The village is at its most stunning during sunset, when the low evening sun casts a honey hue over the pretty buildings

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Tiger's Nest, Bhutan One of the world’s most precariously placed monasteries, Paro Taktsang (better known as the Tiger’s Nest) perches tentatively on a cliffside in the upper Paro valley in Bhutan. The elegant structure is built around a cave in the cliff face that is said to have been used by Guru Padmasambhava for meditation in the 8th century. Legend has it he flew to the cave on the back of a tigress from Khenpajong.

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Tiger's Nest, Bhutan One of the world’s most precariously placed monasteries, Paro Taktsang (better known as the Tiger’s Nest) perches tentatively on a cliffside in the upper Paro valley in Bhutan. The elegant structure is built around a cave in the cliff face that is said to have been used by Guru Padmasambhava for meditation in the 8th century. Legend has it he flew to the cave on the back of a tigress from Khenpajong.

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Kirkjufell, Iceland We've all heard of Everest and Fuji, and while these peaks are mesmerising in their own ways, Kirkjufell in Iceland is altogether more ethereal. The 463m mountain can be found on the island's western coastline, an area defined by crystalline fjords, geothermal pools and dynamic waterfalls.

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Angel Falls, Bolívar State, Venezuela Located in the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela, this mammoth waterfall is dramatic and arresting in equal measure. The drop is more than 3,199 feet (975m), making Angel Falls the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall.

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Galápagos Islands, Ecuador The Galápagos is an isolated group of islands (974km) off the west coast of Ecuador. Famous for being the place that inspired naturalist Charles Darwin’s work On the Origin of the Species, the diversity of wildlife here is mind-blowing.

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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA A demonstration of the power and beauty of nature, Bryce Canyon National Park is characterised by its crimson rock spires. Dynamic and distinctive, this canyon in Utah was formed by erosion over the course of about 15 million years.

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