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  • Tranquil Memorial Park with Historical Significance in Paris, France - Deportation Martyrs Memorial

    Belleville

    A hilly, multicultural quarter straddling Paris’s 19th and 20th arrondissements, known for successive immigrant communities, a leading street-art scene around Rue Denoyez, and city views from Parc de Belleville.

  • Interior Of The Blue Mosque

    Pamukkale Village Pamukkale

    The Turkish village beside the cotton-castle travertine terraces, gateway to the white calcite pools fed by thermal springs and the UNESCO-listed ancient spa city of Hierapolis on the ridge above.

  • Town Hall in Palermo, Italy

    Kalsa Palermo

    A waterfront quarter in Palermo’s historic center, founded as the 10th-century Arab Al-Khalesa and now home to Palazzo Chiaramonte Steri, Palazzo Butera and Arab-Norman and Baroque landmarks.

  • Botanical Garden of Padua in Italy, with lush greenery and historical architecture.

    Historic Center of Padova

    The medieval heart of Padua in the Veneto, home to Giotto’s frescoed Scrovegni Chapel, the vast market hall Palazzo della Ragione, and Prato della Valle, one of Europe’s largest squares.

  • Statue in front of the Royal castle in Oslo in Norway

    Grünerløkka

    A former working-class district along the Akerselva river, now one of Oslo’s hippest quarters, lined with vintage shops, coffee roasteries and lively cafes on Thorvald Meyers gate.

  • Japanese Restaurant in an Airport

    Dotonbori Osaka

    Osaka’s neon-lit entertainment district along the Dotonbori canal, famed for the running Glico sign, the giant mechanical crab signboard and street food in the Namba nightlife quarter.

  • Orvieto is a clifftop city in Umbria, Italy

    Centro Storico Orvieto

    Umbria’s hilltop old town atop a 150-metre tufa cliff, crowned by the Gothic Duomo with its luminous facade and threaded by medieval lanes above an underground network of caves and wells.

  • Buena Vista Suites Orlando

    Lake Eola Heights Orlando

    Orlando’s first designated historic district (1989), a leafy residential neighborhood just north of Lake Eola Park with craftsman bungalows and revival-style homes built mostly 1905-1925 on brick streets.

  • Touristic boat on open sea at beautiful golden sunset.

    Old Town Omis

    A Dalmatian old town at the mouth of the Cetina River, once a notorious medieval pirate stronghold, its stone lanes watched over by the clifftop Mirabella (Peovica) fortress.

  • Aerial view of Omaha Nebraska skyline on summer day

    Old Market Omaha

    A historic warehouse district in downtown Omaha where 1880s brick jobbing houses on cobblestone streets now hold restaurants, art galleries, shops and loft apartments.

  • Berlin Cathedral in Berlin, Germany

    Altstadt Oberwesel

    A medieval town on the UNESCO Upper Middle Rhine, known as the town of towers and wine for its well-preserved walls with 16 defensive towers, red Liebfrauenkirche and Riesling vineyards.

  • Gorgeous Hawaii sunset on Oahu's North Shore

    Waikiki Honolulu

    Honolulu’s famed beachfront neighborhood on Oahu’s south shore, birthplace of modern surfing, lined with historic resorts along Kalakaua Avenue beneath the Diamond Head crater.

  • Bali, Indonesia, traveler on tree house at Diamond Beach in Nusa Penida Island.

    Kelingking Beach Nusa Penida

    Nusa Penida’s most iconic site, a dinosaur-shaped limestone headland nicknamed the T-Rex cliff, with a steep ridge trail descending to a white-sand cove above turquoise water.

  • Prambanan Temple Ruins Java Indonesia

    Jungut Batu Nusa Lembongan

    The main beach village of Nusa Lembongan, a white-sand arc with surf breaks, beach warungs and dive operators, looking across the strait to Bali’s Mount Agung.

  • Prambanan Temple Ruins Java Indonesia

    Nusa Dua Nusa Dua

    A gated luxury resort enclave on Bali’s southeastern tip, developed from the 1970s by the BTDC/ITDC, with over twenty five-star resorts on a reef-protected white-sand beach.

  • Imperial Castle of Nuremberg at twilight, showcasing medieval architecture against a serene sky

    Altstadt Nuremberg

    Nuremberg’s walled medieval old town in Bavaria, crowned by the 11th-century Kaiserburg Imperial Castle, with the Hauptmarkt and its Schoner Brunnen fountain ringed by well-preserved city walls.

  • Sunset View from Trolltunga, Norwegian Fjords

    Geirangerfjord Geiranger

    A UNESCO World Heritage fjord in western Norway, framed by sheer cliffs and the 410-metre Seven Sisters waterfall, with the small village of Geiranger at its head.

  • Monument in Omaha Beach, Normandy

    Honfleur Normandy

    A Normandy port town on the Seine estuary, centered on the Vieux Bassin harbour ringed by tall slate-fronted houses and the timber-built Sainte-Catherine church, France’s largest wooden church.

  • Where to Stay in New York City with Family

    Williamsburg New York

    A waterfront neighborhood in Brooklyn along the East River, known for its arts scene, Bedford Avenue boutiques and bars, and parks with sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline.

  • Lobby at The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans

    Bywater

    A bohemian quarter, local dive bars, colorful houses neighborhood ideal for Artists, Locals, Alternative crowd.

  • Airbnb Paris Les Invalides

    Baie des Citrons

    A sheltered, family-friendly beach cove minutes from central Noumea, New Caledonia, with calm swimming water and a lively waterfront strip of bars, restaurants and ice-cream terraces.