Clipperton Island
The uninhabited French island of Clipperton Island (French: Île de Clipperton or Île de la Passion; Spanish: Isla de la Pasión) is in the eastern…
Geography
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
The Galápagos Islands (official name: Archipiélago de Colón, another Spanish name: Las Islas Galápagos, Spanish pronunciation: las ˈislas ɣaˈlapaɣos, local pronunciation: laz ˈihlah ɣaˈlapaɣoh), island…
Maui, Hawaii
The volcanic island of Maui (/ˈmaʊ.i/; Hawaiian: ˈmɐwwi), Maui County, Hawaii, U.S. At 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2), it is the second-largest of the Hawaiian…
Mosque Of Ibn Tulun
The Mosque of Ibn Tulun (Arabic: مسجد إبن طولون, romanized: Masjid Ibn Ṭūlūn) is considered to be the second oldest active mosque in Egypt. This…
Ischia, Italy
Ischia (/ˈɪskiə/ ISK-ee-ə, Italian: ˈiskja), Latin Aenaria, country, province (province) of Campania, south Italy. It is a remote, volcanic island in Italy’s Tyrrhenian Sea, renowned…
Mosque of Amir al-Maridani
The Amir Altinbugha al-Maridani Mosque, one of the finest 14th-century monuments, was built in 1340 by Amir (Prince) “Altunbugha al-Maridani”. It is a mosque dating…
Douro Valley, Portugal
The Douro (UK: /ˈdʊəroʊ, ˈdʊəruː/, US: /ˈdɔːruː, ˈdɔːroʊ, ˈdoʊru/, Portuguese: ˈdo(w)ɾu; Spanish: Duero (ˈdweɾo); Latin: Durius) is home to the Douro River, the third largest…
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Chernobyl (/tʃɜːrˈnoʊbəl/, UK: /tʃɜːrˈnɒbəl/), also known as Chornobyl (Ukrainian: Чорнобиль, romanized: Chornobyl’), isn’t an easy place to visit. Although it is only a two-hour drive…
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon (/-ˈeɪvən/), commonly known as just Stratford, city (parish), Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, central England, an administrative and historic county, and William Shakespeare’s birthplace. It is…
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders (Scots: the Mairches, lit. ‘the Marches’; Scottish Gaelic: Crìochan na h-Alba), council area, southeast Scotland, roughly coinciding with the River Tweed drainage…
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh (/ˈɛdɪnbərə/; Scots: Edinburgh; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann (ˈt̪uːn ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ)), the capital city of Scotland, situated in southeastern Scotland with its core near Firth of…
Cotswolds, England
The Cotswolds (/ˈkɒtswoʊldz/ KOTS-wohldz, /-wəldz/ -wəldz) occupies a vast region of approximately 800 square miles and stretches across five counties. It is a region in…
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