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Llama in Machu Picchu, Peru

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Machu Picchu, Peru ['Lost' Inca city], picture above. Amazingly scenic and well and mysterious old city built by the Incas on a hilltop surrounded by virgin mountains. Best: April-June, September-November. OK July, August. [winter]. Avoid: December-March [rain].

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Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. The Sphinx and three pyramids at Giza, on the desert's edge near Cairo, are a sensation - if you can survive the hawkers. Best: October-May.

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Luxor, Egypt. The variety of spectacular temples, tombs and bizarre monuments astride the river Nile make this a tourist must-see. Best: January - April, October, November. Avoid: July, August. [heat].

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Petra, Jordan. An arid fairyland of temples and other monuments in multicoloured rock, unlike anything else on the planet. Best: March-June, September-November. Avoid: winter [cold] & summer [hot].

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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. This decayed but atmospheric, jungle enveloped Maya city, featuring the planet's most perfect pyramid and other fascinating structures. Best: November-April. Avoid: May-October [rains].

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Rapa Nui [Easter Island], Chile. Rapa Nui, aka Easter Island, is a distant South Pacific island hosting few people but hundreds of huge, stone statues known as moai. Best: September - April but OK most of the year. Avoid: May [wet] and June-August.

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Great Wall, China. A truly magnificent and timeless piece of engineering, offering terrific walks too if you have the time. Best: April-July, September, October. Avoid: winter.

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Persepolis & Isfahan, Iran. Persepolis is packed with tombs, palaces, sculptures and friezes in a beautiful location near Shiraz while Isfahan contains an ebullient scattering of colourful architecture. Best: April-June, September, October. Avoid: winter.

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Tikal, Guatemala. Tikal is the largest Mayan pyramid group, a wonderfully atmospheric place fighting off a screeching, buzzing jungle. Best: November-May. Avoid: June-October [rains].

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Kyoto and Nara, Japan. A large number of superb temples, Zen gardens and ancient tea houses surrounded by modern Japan. Best: March - May, October - November. Avoid: June-August.

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Borobudur, Java, Indonesia. An intact and intricately carved 9thC Buddhist temple housing a thousand Buddhas. Best: April-June, September, October. Avoid: December and January.

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Palmyra, Syria. An ancient and ruined city in the middle of a deserted desert in a Syrian nowhere.
Best: March-May, September-November. Avoid winter and mid-summer.

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*Taj Mahal, Agra, India. The extraordinary marble tomb of Shah Jahan's wife, in a calm, rural setting around a river bend from Shah Jahan's Red Fort makes a sensational day's sightseeing. Best: October-March. Avoid: the summer [extreme heat].

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*Bhaktapur, Khatmandu, Nepal. A gorgeously restored medieval town, saturated with monuments and carvings, some very rude Nepal Pictures II [Bhaktapur].Best: October, November, February, March. Avoid: July-September [rains].

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*Cappadocia, Turkey. These fairy chimneys are more of a geological wonder than a man made one, although men have dug homes into many of them. Best: May-September. Avoid: November-March.

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*Stonehenge, England. Enormous shaped stones dating from 2100 BC, Stonehenge is a short distance from London and near some other excellent ancient sites. Best: May-September. Avoid October - February.

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* Not the best month for this sight, but ok.

 

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