Before you settle on summer vacation plans, here is enough breathtaking variety to boggle your mind or inspire your spirit: equal parts nature and human ingenuity.
Church of the Fields, The Dolomites , Italy
The Wave on Hyden Rock, Australia, a giant surf wave of multicoloured granite about to crash onto the bush below. From over 2,700 million years ago, before dinosaurs roamed the earth!
Underwater room, Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, Maldives
Art deco-style lighthouse in Kálfshamarsvík, Iceland, by Vilhjálmur Ingi Vilhjálmsson.
Azalea Road of Mt. Katsuragi, Japan
Altea, Alicante, Spain
Aurora borealis, Finland
Bruges, Belgium
Burma or Myanmar
Ancient monastery in Armenia
Aspen Road, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Beach Huts in Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa
Cork, ireland
Double Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, by Jeffrey Stylos
Dubai bathed in Sunlight
Ghenghis Khan on the Mongolian Steppes
The Julian Alps, Slovenia
Conques, France by toughsl on Flickr
Balancing Rock, Nova Scotia
Butchart Gardens near Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada • photo by John Rogers
Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland by David Clapp
Kalyazin, Russia
Giethoorn in Netherlands
Kotor, Montenegro
La Muralla Roja – 1973, Calpe, Alicante, Spain
Salt cones on Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by John Shaw.
Jerusalem, Israel via Takeya Yoda on pinterest
Gilan, Iran
Entry Bridge, Meteora, Greece
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico, USA
Casa del Duque in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain
Mohabbat Maqabara Palace in Junagadh, Gujarat, India
Mogan, Canary Islands, Spain
Mount Fuji from the village of Saiko, Japan
Ocho Rios, Jamacia
Eguisheim, France
Boynton Canyon-Sedona, Arizona
Le Moulin de l’Abbaye Hotel in Brantome, France
Photo by @mikeylikesrocks, Patagonia in South America
Argentine Fuegian Andes VIII by Walter Q’s on Flickr
Villa on Lake Thun, Spiez, Switzerland
La chiesetta del lago, Italy by Agostino Clerici on Flickr
Liaohe River Delta, the Red Beach. Not far from Panjin City, China
Castle in Werfen, Austria
Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peru
Saint Paul de Vence, France
Shan Hai Guan. Where the great wall of China meets the sea
California redwoods
Stockholm, Sweden
Sunset at Honeymoon Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Maldives
Castle del Monte Abruzzo, Italy
Tamblian Lake, Indonesia
The village Torrox, Andalucía, Spain
The temple of sky, Iceland
The Fairy Glen, Conwy River near Betws-y-Coed, North Wales
Tsingy de Bemaraha, a nature reserve on the western coast of Madagascar
Santa Catalina, Arequipa, Peru
Leros Island, Greece
Spitfire Lake in the Adirondack Park at around 7 a.m.
Water Wall – San Sebastián, Spain
Trentino sunset, Italy
Sorvagsvatn – lake over the ocean, Faroe Islands
Wind Cathedral Namibia
Vermont, USA
Chateau de Chillon, Switzerland
Miradouro de Santa Iria, São Miguel Island, Azores by rui Almeida on flickr
Sunrise over Lofoten, Norway
The Blue Dragon, Portugal
Stresa streets – lake Maggiore, Italy
Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia. by danielab on flickr
Utter Inn, Västerås, Sweden, A hotel with only one guest room, complete with a bedroom below the water with windows for watching marine life.
Valley Home, The Faroe Islands photo via nord
Sunset at Trentino, Italy
Italian Alps
For more vacation destinations try: dream vacations, or vacation destinations 2, or vacation destinations 3
Thanks to: Mel, Micky, National Geographic, Unusual hotels of the world
These are all breathtaking. I wish I was a bird that could fly around to all these places whenever I wanted.
Totally awesome! Thank you all for the wonderful pics.
always such a pleasure to see what ‘s on your site , and the most beautiful pic’s that take your breath away..
thanks alot and GOD BLESS
patti r j
Beautiful, thanks for sharing some wonderful places I didn’t know existed before, love your site
Enjoy seeing these lovely pics, thanks. You done a great favor for those that can not afford to travel.
I always enjoy the escape to beauty and wonder when I view the spectacular pictures on your site. Thank you, AM
these are most beautiful destinations one would like to visit. I am sure there are thousands as beautiful places on the earth which are not yet seen the light of the day. Even if am not able to go to all these places ,looking at these photographs one’s mind gets submerged into the peace and serenity that oozes out from them. Great and thanks.
As usual, stunning images! Thanks Dusky.
Images attendrissantes avec les animaux,étonnantes avec les arbres et meerveilleuses avec tous les paysages.Merci
So many places to go, such wonders to see. Places and sights I never knew existed. Dusky: thank you for posting this beautiful tour.
Tim
Esta colección de fotos,mas las de los árboles,son magnificas;es como si me fuera de mi escritorio y vagara con la imaginación por esos lugares paradisíacos.Mucho le agradeceré si me quiere enviar otros que yo no conozca.Para mi,éste fue el primero,no conocía este lugar.
Thanks for all the wonderful pictures
The captions DO NOT match the pictures. They’re beautiful, but if you want me to want to go to these places for a dream vacation, it would be nice to know what and where these pictures are of . Thanks for your attention and keep these DELIGHTFUL PICTURES coming!
Janis,
I would also love to be able to pinpoint where every one of these places is, and also tell who the photographer is. Alas, I only know what I find on a site and if I love an image I pass it along even without the info that would help.
Très intéressant comme article !
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