Most Beautiful Places in the World

[MRBXXXFVVS1]

What are some of the most beautiful places you've been to, or would like to go? Here are a few of mine:

Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sedona, Joshua Tree, Lake Tahoe, Banff, Venice, Santorini, Zurich

 

[Matata]

Slovenia, Crater Lake National Park, Plitvice Lakes National Park, PIcos de Europa, Julian Alps, Amazon jungle.

 

[Missy]

Banff National Park, Canada

Amalfi Coast, Italy

Havasu Falls, Arizona

Sedona, Arizona

Grand Canyon, USA

Niagara Falls, NY

Denali National Park, Alaska

Kodiak Island, Alaska

Maui, Hawaii

Paris, France

Provence, France

Sienna, Italy

Blue Lagoon, Iceland

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Barcelona, Spain

Seychelles

Hampshire, England

Patagonia, Chile

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

All of the wonderful places I cannot go "now"...they are all beautiful and precious. And because of that, I hold dear memories of those (visited) places many people here have mentioned.

Yet haven't been to Australia or New Zealand. I'll get there.

cheers--Sharon

 

[RunningwithScissors]

While I enjoy natural beauty, I also really like visiting places where the culture (the people, the language, the food, etc) are very different from my own. These places may not be considered "beautiful," but they feel so stimulating to me they hold their own unique type of beauty. So with that in mind, here's my list:

Petra, Jordan

Istanbul, Turkey

Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel

The Golan Heights, Israel (Seeing a real working kibbutz is super neat, and getting to peer across the border into Syria is mind blowing.)

Ancient ruins along the coast of Turkey

Lisbon, Portugal

Prague, The Czech Republic

Being part of the Christkindlmarkt in Berlin/Nuremberg/etc.

Parts of the deep south US: Natchez, MS; Oxford, MS (visiting Hemingway's house)

Parts of the desert south west US (Marfa, TX is particularly weird and wonderful)

Appalachia, US

(photo: me on the Syrian border, spring 2019)

 

[123ducklings]

Hawaii, Alaska, Italy

Would love to visit Greece and Croatia

 

[marymm]

Here are a few places off the top of my head that I consider some of the most beautiful places I've been::

Big Basin Redwoods State Park (Boulder Creek, California)

Versaille Palace Gardens (Paris, France)

Grace Cathedral (San Francisco, CA)

Piazza Navona (Rome, Italy)

Park Guell (Barcelona, Spain)

 

[Polabowla]

I would say turks & caicos. The water is a beautiful turquoise color, the sand is so soft. I had a magical time there!

 

[Karl_K]

anyplace my wifey is by my side.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

OMG Karl, you've raised the bar for all of us. What really matters.

 

[AllAboardTheBlingTrain]

That previous answer by Karl is a tough act to follow! But I’ll try with places that come to mind just off the top of my head -

Gold Coast, Australia

Lake Zurich, Switzerland (especially in the summer)

Gulmarg, India

Berlin, Germany (not for anything else but the feeling and the vibe of the city)

There are others but not coming to mind right now.

 

[stracci2000]

Beautiful places I've been to:

The Grand Canyon
Yellowstone Nat'l Park
Death Valley
Sequoia Nat'l Park
San Francisco
Kanab UT
Sedona AZ
Monument Valley AZ
Sanibel Island FL
Gettysburg PA
Williamsburg VA
Cape Cod
Acadia Nat'l Park, Maine
Maui, Kauai, Oahu

And right here where I live, beautiful northern New Mexico

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

My hometown Dunedin
I don't look at pictures too often because i get homesick

It was Mark Twain who said of Dunedin's Scots settlers, "They stopped here on their way from home to heaven - thinking they had arrived."

 

[maita13]

Agreed, Karl is a hard act to follow...
But some of the indelibly beautiful places I‘ve been to:

Florence, Venice and Rome, Italy

Paris, France

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Maui, Hawaii

Kyoto, Japan

Edinburgh, Scotland (holds a special place in my heart)

I would love to visit places where I can see the Aurora Borealis
(Probably Iceland or even Alaska)

Prague, The Czech Republic
Greece
Egypt
Spain

 

[stracci2000]

I forgot a few:

Niagara Falls (thanks for reminding me, @missy)
Jackson Hole WY
Telluride CO
Estes Park CO
White Sands NM
Saguaro Nat'l Park
Carlsbad Caverns NM

 

[dk168]

I have many happy memories of places that I have visited.

Some may not be classified as beautiful, however, I was happy when I was there, either on my own with or without the dog, or with someone else.

DK

 

[doberman]

Capri, St. John, Monaco, beaches in the south of France (St Tropez etc), Alaska (the Denali), Scotland (the Highlands). In my opinion Italy is the most beautiful country in Europe. My daughter disagrees and says Austria.

For northeast US splendor, you can't beat where I live, particularly in the fall.

 

[Ally T]

The most beautiful & peaceful places i have ever been are:

The Scottish Highlands
Norway
The Whitsunday Islands, Australia
The Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Yosemite, US
Vanuatu, South Pacific

The most amazing places I have visited for culture are:

Prague, Czech Republic
Wellington, New Zealand (my second home)
South Carolina, US
Edinburgh, Scotland (I leave a piece of my heart here every year)

Where i want to go as soon as I am allowed:

Bora Bora
The Maldives

 

[Mreader]

Sicilia, Sicilia, and Sicilia!!!!

Beautiful places I've been to:

The Grand Canyon
Yellowstone Nat'l Park
Death Valley
Sequoia Nat'l Park
San Francisco
Kanab UT
Sedona AZ
Monument Valley AZ
Sanibel Island FL
Gettysburg PA
Williamsburg VA
Cape Cod
Acadia Nat'l Park, Maine
Maui, Kauai, Oahu

And right here where I live, beautiful northern New Mexico

So lucky to live out West! In the US some of those parks are my favorite. I went to Yellowstone last summer for the first time.

 

[Mreader]

Sicilia, Sicilia, and Sicilia! Specifically Taormina, Cefalu, Agrigento. One of the most gorgeous places on the planet.

 

[Austina]

We used to regularly go to Grand Bahama, you could sit on a totally deserted beach of white sand and turquoise water, it really felt like paradise.

 

[rcjtraveler]

Some of my favorite most beautiful places:
Bali
Stocking Island, Great Exuma Bahamas
Santorini Greece
Rhodes Greece
Venice italy
Burano Italy
Prague
Sienna, Italy
Lake Como
Cinque Terre
Florence
Santa Fe
NH in the fall
So many beautiful places. Can’t wait to travel again

 

[Snowdrop13]

The Isle of Iona

 

[qubitasaurus]

In terms of scenery the most remarkable I have seen is probably lombok, erice and I think kyoto.

In terms of spectacular, maybe not beautiful but breathtaking for sure. Athens, Istambul and Rio de Janero all have some breathtaking vantage points.

 

[Lookinagain]

Many that others have mentioned so adding some of the places a bit off the beaten path:

Comogli, Italy
St. Cirq Lapopie, France
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Locronan, France
the White Villages, Spain
The walls of Avila, Spain

And so many more.

 

[Lula]

Big Bend National Park, Texas
The Rio Grande Gorge, Taos, New Mexico
Abiqui, New Mexico & Ghost Ranch
Sedona, Arizona
Big Sur, California
The Dolomites of Italy
Ticino region of Switzerland and Lago Maggiore
Interlaken, Switzerland
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Pyrenees, France
Lisbon, Portugal
Lima, Peru
Rotterdam, Netherlands (modern architecture)
Chicago, Illinois (birthplace of the skyscraper)

 

[Lula]

I forgot a few:

Niagara Falls (thanks for reminding me, @missy)
Jackson Hole WY
Telluride CO
Estes Park CO
White Sands NM
Saguaro Nat'l Park
Carlsbad Caverns NM

Oh, yes - White Sands is amazing!

 

[stracci2000]

Oh, yes - White Sands is amazing!

Yes, it's stunning there.
I was also going to mention Abiquiu and Taos, but you beat me to it!

 

[lucida818]

Nobody mentions Amalfi Coast in Italy yet?

Tromso in northern Norway

 

[facetgirl]

7 mile beach in Grand Cayman is a bit of paradise.