Where is the single most beautiful place you have been?

Saddleworth2 said:
Its interesting that there are many different opinions of what beautiful place conjures.
A mountain and lake landscape
An encounter with nature
A city scape
A resort
A road trip

Its different for everyone. For me, my favourites have been encounters with the natural world.

- snorkling on the Great Barrier Reef
- Dolphins off Moreton Island
- Bear watching on Vancouver Island and then seeing a lone wolf
- Driving up to Lake Louise from Banff and coming across a Grizzly eating dandelions in a meadow
- Watching Trout on the Test on a beautiful late spring day
- a wild sea otter on mull
- puffins not more than three feet away as I took photos on Staffa
- a kingfisher on the Swale
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And also sometimes the most beautiful place, is very much on a personal level, based on memories, emotions, rather than just the view itself.

I will never forget walking along the Siq (Made famous in Indiana Jones Last Crusade) on my way to the ‘lost City’ of Petra. It was not just Petra itself, it was the build up before, watching Indiana Jones and Lawrence of Arabia, reading up on this ancient trading route before walking along the siq (in 46 degree heat) knowing that at any moment, we would finally turn the last corner and the carved pink facade of Petra would reveal itself.
 
Very difficult to single out the 'most beautiful' and many I've been to have already been mentioned. Loved Corsica, the Alps, beach at Santos, Bahamas, Prague plus Oslo's fjords.

However, the one place that stands out as the most mind blowing is Cairo. The pyramids, Sphinx and museum were all incredible. The rest is quite the shit hole.
 
franksinatra said:
And also sometimes the most beautiful place, is very much on a personal level, based on memories, emotions, rather than just the view itself.

I will never forget walking along the Siq (Made famous in Indiana Jones Last Crusade) on my way to the ‘lost City’ of Petra. It was not just Petra itself, it was the build up before, watching Indiana Jones and Lawrence of Arabia, reading up on this ancient trading route before walking along the siq (in 46 degree heat) knowing that at any moment, we would finally turn the last corner and the carved pink facade of Petra would reveal itself.
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Yeah, it is a great walk. Our guide made us look at a lion shaped rock just before we got in sight of the Treasury so when we turned round, there it was.

The monastery on top at the far end and the High Places are equally good.
 
OB1 said:
That part of the world is stunning; I think Bryce Canyon is the most stunning of the Utah / Arizona locations.
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So I'm told. Friends of my daughter-in-law's family in Pittsburgh have done that part of the world and they told me the Utah locations were the most beathtaking of the lot.

I was hoping to do a trip there in Spring 2022, as I thought my son would be in Phoenix at least until Sumer 2022. But it looks like they're moving back east in 9 months time so might have to think about the timing of that trip.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
Yeah, it is a great walk. Our guide made us look at a lion shaped rock just before we got in sight of the Treasury so when we turned round, there it was.

The monastery on top at the far end and the High Places are equally good.
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Yes, great idea by the guide. The walk just heightened experience expecting the Treasury to be around every corner.
 
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