Our planet is "crammed" with a huge number of miracles, both natural and created by the hand of a human master. One has only to carefully look for them. In this article you will find a rating, as well as photos of beautiful places in the world. Do not ignore Russia!
The most beautiful places in the world (photo): top 9
A famous saying invites everyone to see one of the European capitals and die. We recommend that you visit the most beautiful places on the planet. And it’s not worth dying after this, because there are still many other, no less wonderful and amazing objects in the world. It is quite possible that humanity is not even aware of the existence of some of them.
Our ranking contains a total of nine objects. These beautiful places are located in different countries and on different continents. Among them there are mountains, ice caves, amazing canyons, fairytale castles, ancient cities and other objects.
It is worth noting that the most beautiful places on Earth in our ranking are presented in free order. After all, to determine which one deserves to be the most-most is difficult, and very stupid.
So, the most beautiful places in the world - what are they? Opens our list of the most unusual canyon of the planet.
Antelope Canyon (USA)
Judging by the photos, this is a real cave! However, it is not. In fact, this is a canyon, the creation of which nature has worked for more than one century. A miracle of nature is located in Arizona, near the city of Page. The bizarre thin lines on the walls of the canyon (thanks to which it became so famous) formed rain jets flowing down them for years.
But the name of the object was due to its red-red color, which is very similar to the color of the skin of antelopes. The total length of the natural formation is one hundred meters. It has one feature: the camera almost never conveys the gamut of colors that the human eye is able to see in the Antelope Canyon.
Mount Roraima (Guyana)
Now we are transported from North America to South, to the small state of Guyana. Here is another phenomenal natural site - Mount Roraima. She became world famous after the publication of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel "The Lost World". The writer suggested that dinosaurs could survive on the plateau-like top of this mountain!
This mountain is surprising in that at a height of 2772 meters, its peak is absolutely flat. The plateau is surrounded on all sides by high rocky cliffs.
Colored Mountains Zhangye Dankxia (China)
And again, a masterpiece created exclusively by nature - the so-called Colored Mountains in the Chinese province of Gansu. Although they are truly colorful!
Geologists argue that there are no similar formations in the petrographic structure anywhere else in the world. Of course, this amazing natural site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Machu Picchu (Peru)
We are returning to South America again, because this continent keeps many more secrets and wonders. One of them is the ancient city of Machu Picchu, lost at an altitude of 2.5 thousand meters.
The lost city of the Incas - so often called it today. Scientists suggest that it was founded by Pachacutec in 1440. But when the Spaniards invaded the lands of the Inca empire, all the inhabitants of this city mysteriously disappeared somewhere.
Mu Kang Tea (Vietnam)
The next object is a vivid example of what the creative tandem of nature and man is capable of. So, the first created an ideal foundation - stunningly picturesque hills. And then the man painted this "canvas", adding new colors and shapes to the natural landscape. That is how the terraced rice fields of Mu Kan Chai arose.
Rice plantations, as you know, should literally bathe in water. It is very difficult to achieve this on the steep slopes of high hills. But resourceful Vietnamese solved this problem. They turned the mountain slopes into continuous terraces, thus preventing the flow of water down.
They say that you can admire the bewitching landscapes here forever. In the most beautiful colors, the slopes of Mu Kan Chai "dress" in September and early October. It is then that the ripe culture turns yellow, and the young crop is just beginning to turn green.
Vatnajokull (Iceland)
Vatnajokull is Iceland's largest glacier in area. It occupies almost 8% of the total area of the island. However, speleotourists and climbers are attracted to what is under it. These are unique glacial caves, which are formed under the influence of melt water flows, as well as as a result of underground thermal springs. The length of the tunnels inside the glacier can reach several hundred meters.
Meteora Monasteries (Greece)
Another miracle of the planet is located in the Balkans. This is a complex of Meteora monasteries founded in the XIV-XVI centuries. But not history makes them world famous, but geographical location. The fact is that the buildings are on steep stone pillars several hundred meters high!
It is impossible to imagine how difficult it was to build these monasteries. The local monks lead a very closed, secluded lifestyle. You can get directly to the monasteries using a cunning system of ropes, baskets and nets.
Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany)
A fortress from children's fairy tales - this is how this stronghold can be characterized. Looking at Neuschwanstein Castle from afar, you might think that some giant simply forgot his giant toy here. So unreal and fantastic it looks on the background of green hills.
Today, this castle is almost the most popular tourist attraction in all of Germany. Sometimes in front of the building even long lines of travelers are formed, eager to see everything in the smallest detail.
Bamboo Garden (Japan)
The last place on our list is a miracle that is located in distant and exotic Japan. This is the so-called Bamboo Garden, created in the XIV century by the Japanese monk Muso Soseki.
A grove of thousands of evergreen stems is literally sandwiched between the city blocks of the multi-million dollar Kyoto. The Japanese claim that here you can not only relax from the bustle of the metropolis, but also understand the meaning of life. Walking along the paths of the garden, you can hear the amazing sounds that make the stems of bamboo, hitting each other in the wind.
The most beautiful places in Russia
Very often it seems to us that all the most beautiful, most interesting and mysterious is located abroad, hiding somewhere in the most remote corners of the globe. Thus, we seriously underestimate the beauty of our country. But they are! And as proof of this - the photos below.
The most beautiful places in Russia - what are they? There are actually hundreds, thousands of them! In each region, you can find several such objects. Some of them could easily enter the top ten most beautiful places on the planet, however, we made a separate rating for them.
So...
Top 9 most beautiful places in Russia
The most beautiful places in Russia are listed in free order. It is very difficult to distinguish which of them are more or less beautiful.
- Valley of Geysers. The most beautiful places in Russia are very difficult to imagine without this object. The valley located in Kamchatka is the largest geyser field in the world. It is surprising that this marvel of nature was discovered recently - in 1941.
- The Man-Pupu-Ner plateau in the Komi Republic is known for its unusual natural formations - weathering pillars. There are seven of them. These are stone pillars up to 40 meters high, which were formed 200 million years ago. There used to be one massive plateau. But over a long time, nature has done a tremendous amount of work: soft rocks were washed, and hard remained in the form of stone pillars.
- Divnogorye is another geological phenomenon located in the Voronezh region, on the banks of the Don. An ancient glacier worked on this beautiful area, leaving behind landscapes that were unique in appearance.
- The city of Derbent is the oldest city in Russia. It was founded in the fourth millennium BC. It is worth visiting for the sake of numerous ancient monuments: mosques, fortifications and temples. However, the most outstanding landmark of the city is the Naryn-Kala fortress of pre-Arab times.
- The tract Akkrum. Giant and bizarre “stone mushrooms” can be seen in the tract Akkrum in the Altai Republic. These phenomena formed as a result of the so-called selective denudation (that is, softer rocks washed, harder ones remained).
- Elton Lake is Europe's largest mineral lake. It is located in the Volgograd region, near the Kazakhstan border. The mirror area of the unique lake is 152 square kilometers. Until the end of the XIX century, salt was actively mined on the lake, now here is a national park.
- The Curonian Spit in the Kaliningrad Region is another unique natural formation in Russia. The length of the braid is 98 kilometers. It serves as a huge "recreation park" for millions of migratory birds.
- Krinitsyna Volcano on Onikatan Island is a classic (and the largest in the world) example of a double volcano. Inside the large cone is a smaller one, which is half flooded.
- Lena Pillars is a natural monument that closes our list of the most beautiful places in the country. This is a multi-kilometer complex of vertical rocks located on the banks of the Lena River. The height of individual columns reaches one hundred meters. These rocks are most picturesque near the village of Petrovsky.
Finally...
The natural and man-made wonders of Russia are practically no inferior to the world. It's just that in our country they are not so famous and popular. And it's very bad. Indeed, where beautiful places are ennobled, equipped with man, they turn into a huge magnet for tourists, both domestic and from other countries and continents. Some states have learned to make considerable profits from the exploitation (in the good sense of the word) of their beauties and sights.
The most beautiful places in the world are located on all continents. These are mountain peaks and deep caves, lonely islands in the ocean and ancient colored cities on the coastal slopes ... Nature, as well as human talent, have created a huge number of masterpieces on the body of our planet.