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Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Cancún Underwater Museum
The Cancún Underwater Museum (: Museo Subacuático de Arte, known as MUSA) is a non-profit organization based in , devoted to the art of conservation. The museum has a total of 500 sculptures, most by the British sculptor and the others by five Mexican sculptors,[1] with three different galleries submerged between three and six meters (9.8 and 19.6 ft ) deep in the ocean at the . The museum was thought up by Marine Park Director Jaime Gonzalez Canto, with Taylor's assistance, with the objective of saving the nearby coral reefs by providing an alternative destination for divers.
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Parque Maya Tours
Start your journey aboard your own speedboat, and drive along the fantastic landscapes and mangroves that the Nichupte lagoon offers; dive into the depths of the “Nizuc” reef and discover a marine world while you snorkel, swim in a variation of colorful fish and amaze yourself with the forms and shapes of the great coral reef barrier.
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Kranidi, Argolis, Greece
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Franchthi Cave
Franchthi Cave or Frankhthi Cave is an archaeological site overlooking Kiladha Bay, in the Argolic Gulf, opposite the village of Kiladha in southeastern Argolis, Greece.
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Nara, Nara, Japan
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Hōryū-ji Temple
Horyuji Temple (法隆寺, Hōryūji) was founded in 607 by Prince Shotoku, who is credited with the early promotion of Buddhism in Japan. Horyuji is one of the country's oldest temples and contains the world's oldest surviving wooden structures. It was designated a world heritage site in 1993. Horyuji's temple grounds are spacious and separated into two main precincts, the Western Precinct (Saiin Garan) and the Eastern Precinct (Toin Garan).
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Nara Park
Nara Park (奈良公園, Nara Kōen) is a large park in central
. Established in 1880, it is the location of many of Nara's main attractions including , , and the . It is also home to hundreds of freely roaming deer.Historical Sites
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Watamu, Watamu, Kenya
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Watamu Marine National Park
Watamu Marine National Park and Reserve is located in Kenya. Established in 1968, it was one of Kenya's first marine parks. It is located about 90 miles north of Mombasa, Kenya's second largest city.
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Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya
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Fort Jesus
Fort Jesus is a fort located on Mombasa Island. Designed by Italian Giovanni Battista Cairati, it was built between 1593 and 1596, by order of King Philip I of Portugal, to guard the Old Port of Mombasa.
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Lovćen, Cetinje, Montenegro
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Njegos Mausoleum
Lovćen’s star attraction, this magnificent mausoleum (built 1970 to 1974) sits at the top of its second-highest peak, Jezerski Vrh (1657m). Take the 461 steps up to the entry where two granite giantesses guard the tomb of Montenegro’s greatest hero. Inside, under a golden mosaic canopy, a 28-tonne Petar II Petrović Njegoš rests in the wings of an eagle, carved from a single block of black granite.
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Njegoš Birth House
The birthplace of Petar II Petrovic Njegos is located in Erakovici, a little village near Njegusi. It was erected by his uncle, Petar I Petrovic Njegos in 1779. The birthplace of Petar II Petrovic Njegos was renovated several times, and in 1973 it was converted to a memorial museum.
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Kotor, Kotor, Montenegro
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Maritime Museum
Long-running museum with nautical history exhibits, including model ships, paintings & furniture.
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Kotor Old Town City Walls
The 4.5 km long surround the old town of Kotor, from the sea level up to 250m high to the fortress of San Giovanni (St John). Their thickness changes from 2m to 16m, height of some parts are 20m. Some parts of the were built during the Byzantines but the current walls mostly date back to 17th and 18th century, the time of Venetians.
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Beijing, Huairou District, China
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The Palace Museum
The Palace Museum is a national museum housed in the Forbidden City at the core of Beijing, China. It was established in 1925 after the last Emperor of China was evicted from his palace, and opened its doors to the public. Constructed from 1406 to 1420, the museum consists of 980 buildings and covers 72 hectares.
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Mutianyu Great Wall
Well-preserved section of the Great Wall of China with watchtowers, accessible by a cableway & luge.
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Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is a palace complex in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, and with a total area of 720,000 square meters, it is the largest palace in the world.
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Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Parque Nacional Tulum
It has an area of 664 hectares, which are distributed mainly along the coastal area and go from the lighthouse of the town of Tulum to the area known as Casa Cenote. It constitutes the only terrestrial Protected Natural Area (Anp) in the Cancun-tulum corridor (Riviera Maya) and is located around the archaeological zone renowned as the “walled” demarcation of Tulum. One of its main attractions is the wide variety of environments it has, such as the mangroves, which are home to various species of gallantry and fauna characteristic of the area, the banks and the cenotes. It also serves as a home and sanctuary for many species threatened by extinction, such as the sea, white and loggerhead turtles that nest on the Park's beaches and are protected by the Federal Government.
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Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
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Tianmen Mountain
Tianmen Mountain, or Heaven's Gate Mountain, is located within Tianmen Mountain National Park in the northwestern part of .
A cablecar was constructed in 2005[1] by the French company
from nearby Zhangjiajie railway station to the top of the mountain. Tianmen Mountain Cableway is claimed in tourist publications as the "longest passenger cableway of high mountains in the world", with 98 cars and a total length of 7,455 m (24,459 ft) and ascent of 1,279 m (4,196 ft). The highest gradient is 37 degrees. Tourists can walk on kilometres of paths built along the cliff face at the top of the mountain, including sections with glass floors. An 11 km (7 mi) road with 99 bends also reaches the top of the mountain and takes visitors to Tianmen cave, a in the mountain of a height of 131.5 m (431.4 ft).[2]Mountains
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Tianmenshan Temple
Tianmenshan Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Tianmen Mountain of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China. The temple is built within grounds of some 20,000 square metres area.
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Chichen Itza, Yucután, Mexico
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Temple of the Warriors
Striking Mayan temple featuring rows of columns carved with figures of warriors.
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El Caracol
El Caracol, the Observatory, is a unique structure at pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Chichen Itza. El Caracol, which means 'snail' in Spanish, is so named due to the spiral staircase inside the tower.
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Ik Kil Cenote
The Sacred Cenote is a water-filled sinkhole at the pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in the northern Yucatán Peninsula. It is located to the north of Chichen Itza's civic precinct, to which it is connected by a 300-metre sacbe, or raised and paved pathway.
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Balankanche Caves
Balancanché are the most famous Maya cave sites, near Chichen Itza, in Mexico. Other names of the cave include, Balancanche, Balaamcanche, Balaancanche, Balankanche and Balancanchyn. The name translates to "the cave of the sacred jaguar throne"
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Kukulkan Pyramid
The Kukulkan Pyramid in Chichen-Itza which known as “El Castillo” (the castle), is one of the new seven wonders of the world elected in 07.07.2007. It is exactly 24 m. high considering the upper platform.
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Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Xcaret Park
Xcaret Park is a privately owned and operated theme park, resort and self-described ecotourism development located in the Riviera Maya, a portion of the Caribbean coastline of Mexico's state of Quintana Roo.
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Canyon Point, Utah, USA
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Zion National Park
Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. A prominent feature of the 229-square-mile park is Zion Canyon, which is 15 miles long and up to 2,640 ft deep. The canyon walls are reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone eroded by the North Fork of the Virgin River. The lowest point in the park is 3,666 ft at Coalpits Wash and the highest peak is 8,726 ft at Horse Ranch Mountain.
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