World Wonders
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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]. Machu Picchu tourist information Machu Picchu Pictures Peru Travel Guide
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. Giza Pyramid tourist information Pyramid Pictures Egypt Travel Guide
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].
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]. Petra tourist information Jordan Travel Guide Petra Pictures
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]. Chichen Itza tourist information Chichen Itza Photos Mexico Travel Guide
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. Easter Island tourist information Easter Island Pictures Chile Travel Guide
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. Great Wall tourist information Great Wall Pictures China Travel Guide
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. Persepolis tourist information
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]. Tikal tourist information Guatemala Pictures Guatemala Travel Guide
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. Kyoto tourist information Kyoto Pictures Japan Travel
Borobudur, Java, Indonesia. An intact and intricately carved 9thC Buddhist temple housing a thousand Buddhas. Best: April-June, September, October. Avoid: December and January. Borobudur tourist information Indonesia Travel Guide Borobudur Pictures
Palmyra,
Syria. An ancient and
ruined city in the middle of a deserted desert in a Syrian nowhere. Palmyra tourist information Syria Travel Guide Palmyra Pictures
*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]. Taj Mahal tourist information India Travel Guide Taj Mahal Pictures
*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]. Bhaktapur tourist information Nepal Pictures [Khatmandu] Nepal Travel Guide
*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. Cappadocia tourist information Cappadocia Pictures Turkey Travel Guide
*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. Stonehenge Pictures and information England Pictures England Travel Guide
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