Where is the single most beautiful place you have been?

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KnaresboroughBlue said:
I lived in Andel when I first came here too and later lived in Nove Butovice. I live in the centre now (Josefov) which I'm really enjoying. I might feel a bit differently when the tourists come back though!
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Andel had everything. Great bars and some decent clubs. Close to work, not many tourists and that big shopping centre for anything I needed. I was on my own there mostly so weeks were good as I was busy with work, weekends were mostly spent in a little bar in the centre called O’Ches and got to know a few ex pats which made it decent.
 
Brightwells left peg said:
The ice-field parkway is 4 of the best hours of driving time you’ll ever do. From Banff to Jasper is incredible.
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Yes, have done it. Great part of the world, I would love to go back. You can just pull in at any lay-by and be amazed by the views, or stumble across really good trails or lakes. Mistaya Canyon and Athabasca Falls were two more good ones on this route.
 
Many, many places mentioned on here that I found fabulous. Yes, the Outer Hebrides. Yes, the Lofotens. Yes, the Greek islands of the Aegean. Yes, Highway 1. Yes, the Canadian Rockies. Yes, Florence and Siena. Yes, Torres Del Paine down in Chilean Patagonia. Yes, waking up and looking out over Hong Kong harbour from HK island as the dawn comes up. Yes, Kinder Scout, in fact, with my Manc girlfriend, the rain fucking lashing it down…
Many, many years ago, when I was 21, I hitched a ride in a Land Rover across the Sahara, coming up from the south. The driver was Italian, spoke no English or French. I spoke no Italian. So we did the entire journey in almost total silence. It only took a few days to Tamanrasset, in fact. Nights, I just took my sleeping bag fifty yards away or so, to leave him in peace, spread it out on the sand, and lay there looking up at the dome of stars. No towns, no cities, no villages, no human habitation of any kind for hundreds of miles in all directions. Just the unbelievably clear, massive dome of stars above me. And no sound except the whispering of the harmattan, the desert wind. Until I went off to sleep.
And the landscapes during the day. Simply unbelievable.
I'm not a religious man, but that experience changed my life. Probably the most beautiful place I've been.
But I also want to say the Serengeti, visited in the last ten years. Because it's incredibly beautiful to see hundreds of wild animals, of all kinds, just living in the open, free, not taking any notice of us. Just going about their business.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
And smelly, no doubt?

I've also stayed there and the smell of sulphur from the springs is something else.

Would recommend Antigua or Grenadines in that part of world if not been mate?
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Good to see you back Tolmie.

Never been to the West Indies but my mate (Chinny, IE Gordon Chin) has a Chinese Grandfather and Barbadian Grandma amongst others that make up his ethnicity, he reckons Barbados is one of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean.

Due to loss of funds with this virus I'm actually looking forward to just seeing anywhere that I can get to for the minimum amount of wonga but if things improve there's a lot of inspiration on this thread, I can but dream.
 
Touching on Prague, I was a bit underwhelmed when I went, but it was very very touristy, which sometimes sways your view on things. We rushed our trip a bit but stumbled across the Castle steps, that was an incredible view from the top at night.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Many, many places mentioned on here that I found fabulous. Yes, the Outer Hebrides. Yes, the Lofotens. Yes, the Greek islands of the Aegean. Yes, Highway 1. Yes, the Canadian Rockies. Yes, Florence and Siena. Yes, Torres Del Paine down in Chilean Patagonia. Yes, waking up and looking out over Hong Kong harbour from HK island as the dawn comes up. Yes, Kinder Scout, in fact, with my Manc girlfriend, the rain fucking lashing it down…
Many, many years ago, when I was 21, I hitched a ride in a Land Rover across the Sahara, coming up from the south. The driver was Italian, spoke no English or French. I spoke no Italian. So we did the entire journey in almost total silence. It only took a few days to Tamanrasset, in fact. Nights, I just took my sleeping bag fifty yards away or so, to leave him in peace, spread it out on the sand, and lay there looking up at the dome of stars. No towns, no cities, no villages, no human habitation of any kind for hundreds of miles in all directions. Just the unbelievably clear, massive dome of stars above me. And no sound except the whispering of the harmattan, the desert wind. Until I went off to sleep.
And the landscapes during the day. Simply unbelievable.
I'm not a religious man, but that experience changed my life. Probably the most beautiful place I've been.
But I also want to say the Serengeti, visited in the last ten years. Because it's incredibly beautiful to see hundreds of wild animals, of all kinds, just living in the open, free, not taking any notice of us. Just going about their business.
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Wonderful post
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Many, many places mentioned on here that I found fabulous. Yes, the Outer Hebrides. Yes, the Lofotens. Yes, the Greek islands of the Aegean. Yes, Highway 1. Yes, the Canadian Rockies. Yes, Florence and Siena. Yes, Torres Del Paine down in Chilean Patagonia. Yes, waking up and looking out over Hong Kong harbour from HK island as the dawn comes up. Yes, Kinder Scout, in fact, with my Manc girlfriend, the rain fucking lashing it down…
Many, many years ago, when I was 21, I hitched a ride in a Land Rover across the Sahara, coming up from the south. The driver was Italian, spoke no English or French. I spoke no Italian. So we did the entire journey in almost total silence. It only took a few days to Tamanrasset, in fact. Nights, I just took my sleeping bag fifty yards away or so, to leave him in peace, spread it out on the sand, and lay there looking up at the dome of stars. No towns, no cities, no villages, no human habitation of any kind for hundreds of miles in all directions. Just the unbelievably clear, massive dome of stars above me. And no sound except the whispering of the harmattan, the desert wind. Until I went off to sleep.
And the landscapes during the day. Simply unbelievable.
I'm not a religious man, but that experience changed my life. Probably the most beautiful place I've been.
But I also want to say the Serengeti, visited in the last ten years. Because it's incredibly beautiful to see hundreds of wild animals, of all kinds, just living in the open, free, not taking any notice of us. Just going about their business.
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Lofotens and Torres del Paine are amazing. I've Ben to the Masai Mara but not the Serengeti - ballooning at dawn is amazing.

I had a night at a desert camp in Morocco, just us and the Milky Way for company.

I'd also offer Kinabatangan river in Borneo, Tortuguero in Costa Rica, and La Gran Cabana in southern Venezuela.
 
dozzie26 said:
Yes, have done it. Great part of the world, I would love to go back. You can just pull in at any lay-by and be amazed by the views, or stumble across really good trails or lakes. Mistaya Canyon and Athabasca Falls were two more good ones on this route.
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That part of Canada was my last holiday - end of September and it snowed like crazy at the Athabasca Glacier. The view over the South Saskatchewan river was quite something.
 
After some planning I took a little motorbike ride in November 2019 across Thailand then crossed the border at Chong Chom into Cambodia.
Pointed the bike and basically apart from a little planning on a few stops went where the roads took me. It truely is a beautiful country and hard to imagine the horrors that have taken place there. While riding around I lost count of the amount of killing field monuments I saw, that sounds a bit dark for this thread but my mind was swiftly taken away from them by the truely stunning lanscapes I rode through and the welcoming smiling people in the towns and small villages I walked around. I can't even think of just one that stood out as I came across so many but most notably while at Virachey National Park. Any pictures on the internet do not do it justice.
10 days riding around wasn't enough and my planed 3 week return last year was only paused by Covid.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
Lofotens and Torres del Paine are amazing. I've Ben to the Masai Mara but not the Serengeti - ballooning at dawn is amazing.

I had a night at a desert camp in Morocco, just us and the Milky Way for company.

I'd also offer Kinabatangan river in Borneo, Tortuguero in Costa Rica, and La Gran Cabana in southern Venezuela.
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Did you get to Merida and the town of Los Nevados in the Andes?

Angels falls was stunning, but more so, for me, the waterfalls around it.
 
franksinatra said:
Did you get to Merida and the town of Los Nevados in the Andes?

Angels falls was stunning, but more so, for me, the waterfalls around it.
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No, apart from the last night in Ciudad Bolivar, we didn't go to main cities. Climbed Mt Roraima, the basis of the mountain in the Pixar film Up, went down to the Brazil border (Santa Elena, I think), flew to Canaima on small Cessnas and saw the Angel Falls from both above and below ( sitting in the pool at the bottom!). There wasn't a lot of water coming over it at the time, so, yes, some of the others were better.

Cities were just dangerous after dark. Even at Santa Elena (main industry: contraband, such as people driving from Brazil to fill cars with cheap petrol) we were out on the very edge.
 
I know it's not where you're talking about, but Rio — which is every bit as photogenic and stunning as the photos suggest, and then some — was spoilt for me by the constant, unrelenting sense of being in danger. Including during the day. The person I was staying with (I did a homestay), a born and bred carioca, said she had never in her life seen the city like that. She more or less forbade me to go out at night. She said it just wasn't worth the risk. There was of course a high fence and a night-and-day guard on her apartment block. I was intensely aware of sticking out like a sore thumb, and being scrutinised, at all moments. Partly paranoia, of course. But not only.
 
Went to St. Lucia on my honeymoon - absolutely beautiful place. Stayed up in Rodney Bay. I have said I'd take my wofe back on our 25th Anniversary in 2025. Other places Barbados & Cancun in that part of the world. We are wanting to go to Antigua when we can.

Also Phuket - we stayed at the Le Meridien in Karon - amazing hotel with its own Private beach - you have the place to yourselves.
 
Travelling around British Columbia when I went to Vancouver blew my mind. A truly stunning place. I've camped in Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland too. Astonishingly pretty...but i've gotta say even a lot closer to home, the Isle of Skye is breathtakingly beautiful and unique.
 
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