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1,000 Places to See Before You Die

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by Patricia Schultz


  Het Loo, Apeldoorn, Neth., 233

  Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, Neth., 232

  Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, île-de-France, Fr., 114

  Keukenhof Gardens, Lisse, Neth., 231–32

  Palais de la Berbie, Albi, Languedoc-Roussillon, Fr., 119

  Quinta Palmeira, Madeira, Port., 243–44

  Villa Cimbrone, Ravello, Campania, It., 175–76

  Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Fr., 129

  Villa Rufolo, Ravello, Campania, It., 175–76

  Villa San Michele, Anacapri, Campania, It., 177

  Great Britain and Ireland

  Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Eng., 25

  Bodnant Garden, Tay-y-Cafn, North Wales, Wales, 47

  Cashel House, County Galway, Ire., 65

  Castle Howard, York, Yorkshire, Eng., 32–33

  Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire, Eng., 6–7

  Chelsea Flower Show, London, Eng., 20

  Eden Project, Cornwall, Eng., 6

  Hampton Court Palace, London, Eng., 17

  Hidcote Gardens, Chipping Campden, Cotswolds, Eng., 10

  Kensington Gardens, London, Eng., 17–18

  Kew Gardens, London, Eng., 19

  Kildare Hotel and Country Club, County Kildare, Ire., 69

  Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent, Eng., 14–15

  Regent’s Park, London, Eng., 19

  Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Sissinghurst, Kent, Eng., 15

  Stourhead Garden, Stourton, Wiltshire, Eng., 31–32

  Tresco, Cornwall, Eng., 5

  Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, Eng., 29

  Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ire., 75–76

  Mexico

  Xochimilco, Mexico City, 953

  Middle East

  Al Bustan Hotel, Muscat, Oman, 464

  Baha’i World Centre, Acre, Isr., 445

  Pacific Islands

  Taveuni Island, Fiji, 682–83

  South America

  Jardim da Luz, Säo Paulo, Braz., 1018

  United States

  Biltmore, North Carolina, 850

  Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York, 844

  Conservatory Garden, New York, 841

  Fall Tours of Homes and Gardens, South Carolina, 867

  Festival of Houses and Gardens, South Carolina, 867

  Foster Botanical Garden, Hawaii, 776

  Historic Georgetown, Washington, D.C., 894

  Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, California, 723

  Kahanu Garden, Hawaii, 771

  Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Texas, 880

  Longwood Estate, Pennsylvania, 745

  Mirbeau Inn and Spa, New York, 838

  National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii, 766

  New York Botanical Garden, New York, 844

  The Public Garden, Mass., 805

  Winterthur, Delaware, 744–45

  Parks and Wilderness Preserves

  Africa

  Benguerra Island, Moz., 411

  Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Ugan., 431–32

  Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Namibia, 412

  Chobe National Park, Botswana, 398

  Etosha National Park, Namibia, 412

  Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanz., 425–26

  Kruger National Park, S.Afr., 421–22

  Masoala National Park, Madag., 437–38

  Matobo National Park, Zimb., 436

  Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana, 401

  New Selinda Reserve, Botswana, 399–400

  Ras Mohammed, Sinai, Egypt, 379

  Sainte Anne Marine National Park, Mahé, Seych., 441

  Serengeti National Park, Tanz., 429

  Simien Mountains National Park, Eth., 404–5

  Sossusvlei Dunes and NamibRand Private Reserve, Namibia, 413–14

  South Luangwa National Park, Zamb., 434

  Tampolo Marine Park, Zimb., 437–38

  Tsitsikamma National Park, Western Cape, S.Afr., 425

  Asia, East

  Black Dragon Pool Park, Lijiang, Yunnan, China, 501

  Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaido, Jap., 505

  Foping National Nature Reserve, Qinling Mountains, China, 495

  Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, Honshu, Jap., 518

  Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, Gobi Desert, Mong., 526

  Nara Koen, Nara, Jap., 515

  New Territories, Hong Kong, China, 488–89

  Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Hokkaido, Jap., 505

  Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Jap., 505–6

  Summer Palace, Beijing, China, 481

  Asia, South and Central

  Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, 539–40

  Chitwan National Park, Nep., 561

  Gallipoli, Thrace, Turkey, 585

  Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India, 537

  Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka, 571

  Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, 540

  Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, 544

  Patara National Park, Patara, Turkey, 584

  Asia, Southeast

  Ang Thong National Marine Park, Koh Samui, Thai., 628

  Bulabog Puti-An National Park, Panay, Visayas, Phil., 617

  Cat Ba National Park, Cat Ba, Viet., 633

  Cendarawasih Bay, Raja Ampat, Papua, Indon., 599

  Kep National Park, Kep, Camb., 590

  Komodo National Park, Komodo, Indon., 597

  Subterranean River National Park, Palawan, Phil., 616

  Tubbataha Reefs, Palawan, Phil., 616

  Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malay., 605

  Australia

  Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, 645

  Cape Range National Park, Western Australia, 665

  Cape Tribulation/Daintree, Queensland, 651–52

  Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania, 660–61

  El Questro Wilderness Park, Western Australia, 666

  Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia, 658

  Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, 661

  Kakadu National Park and Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, 649

  Purnululu National Park, Western Australia, 666

  Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, 650–51

  Canada

  Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, 926

  Confederation Park, Ontario, 930

  Jacques-Cartier Park, Quebec, 930

  Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, 918–19

  Prince Edward Island National Park, Prince Edward Island, 934

  Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, 923

  Caribbean, Bahamas, and Bermuda

  Andromeda Botanic Garden, Platinum Coast, Barb., 1067

  Asa Wright Nature Centre and Lodge, Arima, Trin. and Tobago, 1107–8

  Bonaire National Marine Park, Bonaire, 1068–69

  Buck Island, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., 1112

  Caroni Swamp, Trin., 1108

  Curaçao Underwater Marine Park, Curaçao, 1079

  El Yunque National Forest, P.R., 1096–97

  Estate Concordia Preserve, St. John, U.S.V.I., 1114

  Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Bahamas, 1063, 1064

  Grand Etang National Park, Grenada, 1084

  Guana Island, B.V.I., 1073

  Îlet Pinel, St. Martin, 1103

  Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Dominica, 1080

  Saba Marine Park, Saba, 1097

  Tobago Cays Marine Park, Grenadines, 1107

  Tobago Forest Reserve, Tobago, 1110

  Toro Negro, P.R., 1094

  Trois Rivières, Basse-Terre, Guad., 1086

  Vieques, P.R., 1095–96

  Virgin Islands National Park, St. John, U.S.V.I., 1113–14

  Washington-Slagbaai National Park, Bonaire, 1069

  Central America

  Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas, C.
Rica, 965–66

  Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve, Placencia, Belize, 963

  Half Moon Caye National Park, Ambergris Caye, Belize, 961

  Hol Chan Marine Reserve, Ambergris Caye, Belize, 961

  La Amistad International Park, Chiriqui, Pan., 977

  Manuel Antonio National Park, Puntarenas, C. Rica, 966–67

  Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Puntarenas, C. Rica, 967–68

  Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, Cayo, Belize, 962

  National Marine Park, Isla Bastimentos, Pan., 976

  Natural Metropolitan Park, Panama City, Pan., 979

  Pico Bonito National Park, Hond., 973

  Santa Elena Reserve, Puntarenas, C. Rica, 968

  Soberania Park, Panama Canal, Pan., 979

  Tikal National Park, El Petén, Guat., 970

  Tortuguero National Park, Limón, C. Rica, 965

  Europe, Eastern

  Curonian Spit, Lith., 306

  Kampinos National Park, Pol., 312–13

  Kornati National Park, Croat., 285

  Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape, Moravia, Czech Rep., 293

  Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croat., 286–87

  Tatra National Park, Pol., 314

  Tihany, Lake Balaton, Hung., 302

  Triglav National Park, Slovenia, 330

  Viidumäe Nature Reserve Saaremaa, Saaremaa Island, Est., 295

  Europe, Western

  Archaeological Park, Athens, Gr., 157

  Berchtesgaden National Park, Bavaria, Ger., 143

  Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Ger., 138

  The Camargue, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Fr., 126–27

  Covadonga National Park, Cangas de Onís, Asturias, Sp., 255–56

  De Hoge Veluwe National Park, Apeldoorn, Neth., 232–33

  Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria, 82

  Maddalena Archipelago National Park, Sardinia, It., 197

  Natural Park of Serra de São Mamede, Alentejo, Port., 237

  Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Catalonia, Sp., 262–63

  Parc Güell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Sp., 261

  Parc Naziunal Svizzer, Engadine Valley, Graubünden, Switz., 277

  Parco Archeologico, Sicily, It., 200

  Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso, Valle d’Aosta, It., 216

  Parco Nazionale della Maremma, Maremma, Tuscany, It., 211

  Parque Natural de Picos de Europa, Cantabria/Asturias, Sp., 255

  Troodos Mountains, Cyprus, 172–73

  Great Britain and Ireland

  Brecon Beacons National Park, Mid Wales, Wales, 46

  Castle Howard, York, Yorkshire, Eng., 32–33

  Connemara National Park, County Galway, Ire., 64

  Dartmoor, Devon, Eng., 7–8

  Exmoor, Devon/Somerset, Eng., 8–9

  Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim, N.Ire., 78

  Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal, Ire., 58

  Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ire., 67

  The Lake District, Cumbria, Eng., 16

  Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent, Eng., 14–15

  Llŷn Peninsula, North Wales, Wales, 49

  North York Moors National Park, Yorkshire, Eng., 33

  Peak District, Derbyshire, Eng., 7

  Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Pembrokeshire, West Wales, Wales, 53

  Trossachs National Park, Scot., 43

  Wicklow Mountains National Park, County Wicklow, Ire., 76

  Mexico

  Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, 959

  Middle East

  Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jor., 458

  En Gedi Nature Reserve, Isr., 453

  Mujib Nature Reserve, Jor., 455

  New Zealand

  Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, South Island, 671–72

  Arthur’s Pass National Park, South Island, 672–73

  Fiordland National Park, South Island, 673–74

  Tongariro National Park, North Island, 668

  Pacific Islands

  Bouma Falls National Heritage Park, Taveuni, Fiji, 682–83

  Namena Marine Reserve, Fiji, 684

  Scandinavia

  Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland, 346

  Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland, 353

  South America

  Amazon Biosphere Reserve, Amazonas, Peru, 1038

  Caiman Ecological Refuge, Mato Grosso do Sul, Braz., 1007

  Canaima National Park, Gran Sabana, Venez., 1051

  Cape Horn National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Arg., 993

  Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Braz., 1010

  Galápagos Islands, Ecua., 1032–33

  Glaciers National Park, Patagonia, Arg., 989–90

  Hato Cedral, Los Llanos, Venez., 1052

  Lake Nahuel Huapi, Patagonia, Arg., 991

  Los Roques Archipelago National Park, Venez., 1051

  Madidi National Park, Bol., 998

  Mamirauá Reserve, Amazonas, Braz., 1001

  Manu National Park, Peru, 1045

  Mashpi Lodge, Ecua., 1033–34

  Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, Amazonas, Peru, 1037

  Parque Nacional del Café, Eje Cafetero, Col., 1031

  Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados, Eje Cafetero, Col., 1031

  Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego, Tierra del Fuego, Arg., 993

  Punto Tumbo Nature Reserve, Chubut, Arg., 986

  Sajama National Park, Bol., 1000

  Salar de Atacama, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, 1027

  Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Braz., 1013

  Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, 1023–24

  Yasuni National Park, El Oriente, Ecua., 1035

  United States

  Acadia National Park, Maine, 800

  Adirondack State Park, New York, 835–36

  Alcatraz Island, California, 727

  Amelia Island, Florida, 746

  Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin, 903

  Arches National Park, Utah, 881

  Badlands National Park, South Dakota, 869

  Balboa Park, California, 726

  Block Island, Rhode Island, 864

  Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota, 816–17

  Canyonlands National Park, Utah, 881

  Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, 828–29

  Cayo Costa State Park, Florida, 755

  Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, 756

  Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, 856

  Crazy Horse Memorial, South Dakota, 870

  Custer State Park, South Dakota, 870

  Death Valley National Park, California, 715

  Denali National Park, Alaska, 702

  Diamond Head State Monument, Hawaii, 777

  “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, 755

  Everglades National Park, Florida, 748–49

  Finger Lakes, New York, 838–39

  Glacier National Park, Montana, 821–22

  Golden Gate Park, California, 727

  Grand Canyon, Arizona, 706–7

  Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, 884

  Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 907–8

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, 871–72

  Hanauma Bay, Hawaii, 778

  Harriman State Park, Idaho, 781–82

  Harriman–Bear Mountain State Park, New York, 756

  Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, 759

  High Line, New York, 846

  Hill Country State Natural Area, Texas, 880

  Hulopoe Bay, Hawaii, 769

  Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California, 725

  Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Hawaii, 771

  Hunting Island State Park, South Carolina, 866

  Iao Valley State Park, Hawaii, 773

  Independence National Historical Park, Pennsylvania, 861–62

  John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Florida, 750

  Joshua Tree National
Park, California, 715

  Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Hawaii, 775

  Kentucky Horse Park, Kentucky, 793

  Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 782

  Lithia Park, Oregon, 854

  Little St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, 757

  Luray Caverns, Virginia, 891

  Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest, Colorado, 738

  Mesa Verde, Colorado, 736–37

  Moran State Park, Washington, 900

  Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, 869–70

  My Old Kentucky Home State Park, Kentucky, 794

  Na Pali Coast State Park, Hawaii, 765–66

  Nags Head and Jockey’s Ridge State Park, North Carolina, 851

  National Marine Sanctuary, Mass., 810

  No Return Wilderness, Idaho, 783

  Point Reyes National Seashore, California, 733

  Rio Chama, New Mexico, 830

  Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 737–38

  Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho, 783

  Shelburne Farms, Vermont, 888

  Slide Rock Canyon State Park, Arizona, 711

  Turtleback Mountain Preserve, Washington, 900

  Wai’anapanapa State Park, Hawaii, 771

  Waimea Canyon, Hawaii, 766

  White Memorial Foundation, Connecticut, 742

  White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire, 826

  Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 909–10

  Yosemite National Park, California, 733–34

  Natural Wonders

  Africa

  Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, S.Afr., 420

  The Great Sahara, Mor., 387–88

  Matobo National Park, Zimb., 436

  Murchison Falls, Ugan., 432–33

  Ngorongoro Crater, Tanz., 427–28

  Siwa Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt, 382–83

  Sossusvlei Dunes and NamibRand Private Reserve, Namibia, 413–14

  Victoria Falls, Zamb./Zimb., 435–36

  Antarctica

  The White Continent, Antarctica, 1053

  Asia, East

  Cherry Blossom Viewing, Nara, Honshu, Jap., 517–18

  Gobi Desert, Mong., 526–27

  Huangshan, Anhui, China, 479

  Mount Fuji, Honshu, Jap., 518

  Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Jap., 505–6

  The Three Gorges, Hubei and Chongqing, China, 493–94

  Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan, China, 501

  Asia, South and Central

  Annapurna Sanctuary, Nep., 565–66

  The Backwaters of Kerala, Kerala, India, 538–39

  Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, 572–73

  Ladakh, Jammu/Kashmir, India, 537

  Pamukkale, Anatolia, Turkey, 573–74

  Asia, Southeast

  Ha Long Bay, Viet., 632–33

  Phangnga Bay, Thai., 629–30

  Australia

  The Bungle Bungle Range, Western Australia, 666

  Flinders Ranges, South Australia, 658

  Kakadu National Park and Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, 649

 

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