Must See Places
What are your must see places? Do you have a "bucket list?" Patricia Schultz wrote a popular book entitled 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, A Traveler's Life List. Our luxury travel agents had the opportunity to hear her speak at Virtuoso Travel Mart in 2008. We have thought about the places we have been and all the wonderful memories created there. Part of full service travel is helping our clients find their ultimate trip or dream escape. Some of you may have a "must see places" list or at least an idea of what places you would like to visit next or in the future. If you need some inspiration we provide this list of some of the our must see places:
North America:
The Grand Canyon (Arizona is home to the most famous natural wonder in the United States)
Yellowstone (Old Faithful and other wonder's await in the first National Park on earth)
Yosemite (Site of famed falls and rock formations in California's mountains)
Golden Gate Bridge (Man made wonder at the mouth of San Francisco Bay)
The Alamo (Historic ruins in San Antonio Texas)
The Capitol (National monuments, museums and the seats of government of the United States)
Statue of Liberty (The great symbol of America's welcome to immigrants)
New York City (Cultural and financial capitol of the world)
Europe:
La Posta Vecchia (One of Italy's great hotels on the coast not far from Rome)
La Scala Opera House Teatro Alla Scala (Possibly the most famous theatrical venue on earth in Milan, Italy)
Pharmacy of Santa Maria Novella (Europe's oldest Pharmacy in Florence, Italy now a museum)
Ann Frank House (The home where "The Diary of Ann Frank" was written now a museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Eifel Tower (Paris' famed iconic steel building)
The Tower of London (Beefeaters yeoman guides tell the history of London's original castle)
The Louvre Museum (Find the Mona Lisa and other great art treasures in Paris' famed museum)
Hyde Park (London's fashionable address)
Cannes (Site of the famous film festival on the French Riviera)
Fiords of Norway (Scandanavia's rugged scenic coastline where Vikings sailed forth to conquer)
Tulip season in the Netherlands (Holland and tulips have long been synomonous)
The Coloseum (The Roman Empires most well known ruins)
Farmacia Santa Maria Novella (Florence Italy is the home of Europe's oldest pharmacy)
Red Square (The famed onion domes and the Kremlin frame Russia's well known square)
Stonehenge (The massive stone monoliths in England's countryside)
Amalfi Coast (Rugged scenery and refined lodgings on the coast of Italy)
The Blue Danube (Pass unique and historic cities on Europe's romantic river)
The Grand Canal (All of Venice is a living museum)
The Alhambra (Dating to the Moorish period is one of Spain's most beautiful structures)
The Parthanon (Ancient Athen's crown jewel)
Africa and The Middle East
The Pyramids at Giza and the Sphinx (This icon of ancient glory is on many people's must see list)
Saqqara Pharoah Tombs (Lesser known but historic site of ancient Egypt)
Ruins of Luxor (Long the capitol of the Pharoahs of Egypt many sites are here)
Alexandria and the Nile Delta (Site of the grandest library of the ancient world and a natural wonder)
Petra Jordan (The grand trading city carved into the sandstone walls of a canyon)
Table Mountain and Cape Town (One of most beautiful ports and it's iconic mountain backdrop-must see by ship)
Kruger (South Africa's best known National Park is a wonder of nature and wildlife)
Ngorongo Crater (One of the most unique of Africa's wild landscapes in a dormant volcano crater)
Mount Kilimanjaro (Famed in literature and popular lore for it's vistas and distinct ecology)
Serengeti (Tanzania's famed National Park is a safari favorite)
Ambuseli, Masai Mara, and Tsavo (Kenya's National Parks are famed safari visits)
Jeruselem (Isreal's famed "Holy City" sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims)
Masada (Desert redoubt high on a cliff where Jews resisted Roman incursion)
Dead Sea (The lowest place on the planet in elevation and saltiest body of water)
Dubai (Glizty man made wonder of tourism featuring the most expensive hotel on earth)
Musqat (Ancient trading capitol of Yemen has distinctive historic archetecture)
Latin America
Machu Pichu (Peru's famed "Lost City of the Inca" perched on a lush green mountain ridge)
Nazca Plain (Site of massive line drawings carved in the earth of a desert plain)
Chichen Itza (Mexico's most famed Maya ruins and New Wonder of the World)
Teotihuacan (Ruined city of the great civilization the predated the Aztecs in the Valley of Mexico)
Xochimilco (Famed "floating gardens" on the outskirts of Mexico City)
Plaza de Tres Culturas (Three cultures meet at the heart of Mexico City: Aztec, Spanish and modern Mexican)
Palenque (Lesser known than Chichen Itza but just as important in the ancient Maya world)
Tikal (Guatemala's best known Mayan ruins)
Copan (At the southern terminus of the Mayan civilization lies the ruins in Honduras)
Panama Canal (Man made wonder of engineering connects Atlantic and Pacific Oceans)
Asia and Pacific
Great Barrier Reef (Largest living thing on earth Australia's reef is one of the best diving sites)
The Outback (Harsh and seemingly endless desert interior of Australia)
Uluru (Famed red rock mountain also known as Ayers Rock)
Sydney (The famed Opera House alone is worthy of note in this lovely port city)
Fiord Land (New Zealand's rugged coastline is a cruising favorite)
Auckland (Quaint and scenic capitol of New Zealand)
Bora Bora Lagoon (Photo famous blue waters surrounded by reefs and ringing a green peak)
Papua New Guinea (Jungles with many zones and plants and animals found nowhere else)
Mekong River (One of Asia's great waterways in Viet Nam and Cambodia)
Halong Bay (Magnificent coastline and rock formations in verdant green on Viet Nam's Coast)
Singapore (Great trading city of South East Asia is a modern wonder)
Hong Kong (Vibrant former British trading city and shopping mecca)
Forbidden City (Beijing's ancient heart was the capitol of China's emperors)
Summer Palace (Pleasure gardens and palace of China's rulers)
Great Wall of China (The only man-made structure visible from space and the largest construction project on earth)
Himalayas (Highest mountains on earth home of Everest and K2)
Lhasa (Capitol of the Buddhist culture of Tibet)
Taj Mahal (India's most famed monument a tomb to a beloved wife)
This brief list only scratches the surface of the many places we fell are "must-see"
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