Revision as of 11:17, 7 September 2014

Places to go

This is a list of places we would like to go, at some point or if we have the occasion. It is dubious we will make it for even a fraction of them... but along with dreamy destinations, some are really in our agenda.

Once we've been to one of these places, it goes to the places we have visited instead.

Cities

1. Belgian's trio: Bruxelles, Bruges and Gand.
2. Carcassonne, France.
3. Lucerne, Switzerland.
4. Liège, in winter:

5. Schwerin, particularly its castle [1]

Villages

1. Barfleur, France [2].
2. Brantôme, France [3].
3. Gordes, France [4].
4. Rocamadour, France [5].
5. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, [43.163426,-1.23775].
6. Semur-en-Auxois, France.
7. Vézelay, France [6].
8. Hallstatt, Austria [7].
9. Llívia, a Spanish enclave in France [8].
10. Saint-Floret (l'un des "plus beaux villages de France").
11. Brescello, Italy, the village of Don Camillo and Pepone both in the novel and the movies.
12. Meteora, Greece, [9].

Cliffs & Mountains, rock formations

1. Mount Roraima, at the border between Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana [10].
2. Pulpit Rock, Preikestolen, Norway [11]
3. Uluru Ayers Rock, Australia [12]
4. Cliffs of Moher, Ireland [13]
5. Mittenwald & its Leutaschklamm, Bavaria (inspired by [14]). (see Visit of Elena's parents (August 2012) - part 2).
6. Fjords (particularly Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord), Norway.
7. Canyon du Verdon, Provence, France.
8. Lauterbrunnen Wall in the Lauterbrunnen valley, Switzerland.
9. Shilin Stone Forest, China (Shilin National Scenic Area (昆明市石林风景区) [15])
10. Grand Canyon, Arizona (US)
11. Col de l'Iseran, France. (highest paved mountain pass in the Alps)
12. Passo dello Stelvio, Italy. (Second highest paved mountain pass in the Alps)
13. La plus grande tyrolienne d'Europe, Orcières, France [16].
14. Garlaban, of Pagnol fame, France.
15. Le Cervin (Cervino in Italian, Matterhorn in Deutsch) or maybe only a view of it from Zermatt.
16. Zhangjiajie, China, for the scenic mountains (heaven's gate among others)
17. Aiguille du midi [17].
18. Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China [18].

Coasts

1. Pembrokeshire Coast Path National Trail, Wales (UK).
2. Côte Cretonne and Finistère, France.
3. Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii (US).
4. Algarve and its sea caves (Portugal) [19].

Islands

1. Iona, Scotland.
2. Saint Helena, before they build the airport (2015), through the Ascension Island.
3. Isle of Skye, Scotland.
4. Shetlands, UK.
5. Mykonos, Greece.
6. Madeira, Portugal.
7. Capri, Italy.

Lakes, Waterfalls and other water places

1. Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls, Zambia, Zimbabwe
2. Angel Falls (highest waterfall in the world), Venezuela
3. Seljalandsfoss, Iceland
4. Totensee and nearby lakes, Switzerland
5. Cascate del Mulino, Italy [20]
6. Moraine Lake, Canada
7. Lake Titicaca, Bolivia/Peru
8. Wadden Sea, Germany/Netherlands [21]
9. Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
10. Bay of Fundy, Canada
11. Halong Bay, Vietnam
12. Triberg waterfall, Germany
13. Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall, Germany

Caves

1. Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst, Hungary/Slovakia
2. Cueva de los Cristales, Mexico

Unusual, peculiar landscapes

1. Krzywy las (Crooked forest), Poland [22].

Buildings, architecture

1. Taj Mahal, India
2. Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet, and listen to this song:

3. Schloss Lichtenstein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany [23]
4. Upside-down house, Trassenheide, Germany [24]
5. Wieskirche, pilgrimage church, one of the world's rococo masterpieces, UNESCO site.
6. Falkenstein castle, the next Neuschwenstein which, however, remained a ruin.
7. Pont du Gard, France.
8. Santa María la Real de Covadonga (to be hiked around and seen from the mountains).

Historical and pre-historical sites

1. Göbekli Tepe, The world’s oldest temple, pre-dating stonehenge by 6000 years, Turkey.
2. Calatrava la Vieja, site from the Order of Calatrava, in response to which was built Ciudad Real, Spain.
3. Calatrava la Nueva, Place where the order of Calatrava from the above line relocated in 1217.

Links

• Places to go in Spain.
• A collection of creepy places.