Scotland Attractions and Tour Destinations

Cuillin Hills

Cuillin Hills are famous are better known as Black Cuillin, is a range of Rocky Mountains located in Scotland. It is one among the major tourist attractions of Scotland. The Hills ranks one of the 40 National Scenic Areas in Scotland. The peak is mainly composed of basalt and gabbro. There are no natural sources of water on the Hills and it should be carried by the visitors. There is also Red Cuillin Hills which are considerable lower and less rocky compared to Black Hills. Red Hills are mainly composed of granite and when viewed in some angles of light it appears to be a beautiful and attractive reddish color. 

Cuillin Hills Scotland Attractions

Our Dynamic Earth

Our Dynamic Earth is a science centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is one of the major visitors’ attractions. The principal focus of "Our Dynamic Earth" is to facilitate a better public understanding of the processes that have shaped the Earth. This includes the Big Bang, abiogenesis, plate tectonics and glaciation.

Our Dynamic Earth Edinburgh Scotland

Deep Sea World

Deep Sea World is an aquarium located in Fife, Scotland. It is home to collections of sharks, sand tiger sharks and various species of sharks. One of the main attractions is the 112 meter long transparent acrylic underwater viewing tunnel, which is one of the longest of its kind in the world. The aquarium also have exotic fish and other sea animals. 

Deep Sea World Scotland

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is one of the famous national park located in Scotland. The park is the fourth largest in the British Isles. The park consists mountains and lochs, and major attractions are scenery, walking, and wildlife. 

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Scotland

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a scientific centre for the study of plants as well as a popular tourist attraction located in Edinburgh Scotland. The Botanic Garden is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It is the second oldest botanic garden in Britain after Oxford's. 

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Scotland 

Other Attractions of Scotland includes Blair Drummond Safari Park, Usher Hall, Culzean Castle, National Museum Scotland, Lock Fyne, Scottish National Gallery and Edinburgh Festival Theatre.

Blue Mountains of New South Wales Australia

The Blue Mountains is a mountainous region located in New South Wales, Australia. The Mountains are dissected plateau carved in sandstone bedrock. A large part of the Blue Mountains is listed in the World Heritage Site as the Greater Blue Mountains which consist of seven national park areas and a conservation reserve.

The mountain is named as Blue Mountain due to the blue tinge of the range that is viewed from a distance. The tinge is believed to be caused by mie scattering which occurs when incoming ultraviolet radiation is scattered by particles within the atmosphere creating a blue-grayish colour to any distant objects, including mountains and clouds. One of the main natural disasters of the area is bush fires and severe storms. The Greater Blue Mountain area has 400 varieties of animals, rare species of mammals. The Blue Mount is now famous as one of the popular tourist destinations in Australia with good food and accommodation facilities. 

Blue Mountains Australia

Blue Mount New South Wales Australia

Blue Mountains New South Wales Australia

Wat Asokaram Buddhist Monastery Thailand

Wat Asokaram is a beautiful Buddhist monastery located in the mouth of river Chao Phraya. The place is home for a large community of monks and nuns. Wat Asokaram Temple is known for its awesome temple architecture. The temple stands as one of the famous Buddhist pilgrimage in Thailand and its scenic beauty attracts tourist from different parts of the world. The atmosphere of the temple fills peace and joy in the minds of the visitors. During the worshiping hours the temple area experience pin drop silence gathering attention in prayers and meditation. The Wat Asokaram Temple Bangkok, Thailand is popular among the tourist for its beautiful White Buddhist Stupta with multiple spires. It is one of the major tourists’ attractions in Thailand. 

Wat Asokaram Buddhist Monastery Thailand

Wat Asokaram Buddhist Pilgrimage Tourist Destination Thailand

White Buddhist Stupa Wat Asokaram Thailand

Tourist Attractions in Alaska US

Being the largest state in the US, Alaska features a lot of tourist attractions for national and international visitors. The state has the longest coastline, the highest mountains, and best winter surfing spots in the United States. Some of important tourist destinations in Alaska include Kenai Fjords National Park, Mendenhall Glacier, Anchorage Museum, Alaska SeaLife Center and Misty Fiords National Monument.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Kenai Fjords National Park is a United States National Park located in the state of Alaska. The park contains the Harding Icefield, one of the largest ice fields in the United States. The park is known for numerous fjords carved by glaciers moving down the mountains from the ice field.  Exist Glacier is the popular tourist destination as it is only area of the park reachable by road. The remainder of the Park is accessible by boat.

Kenai Fjords National Park Alaska

Mendenhall Glacier

Mendenhall Glacier is a glacier is another famous tourist attraction located at Mendenhall Valley, in the U.S. state of Alaska.  The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center offers stunning views of a lake-terminating, calving glacier. There is a glacier cave, a cave formed within the ice of a glacier, under Mendenhall Glacier.

Mendenhall Glacier Alaska

Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center

Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center is another main tourist destination located in the state of Alaska. The museum mission is to share and connect Alaska with the world through arts, science and history. The Anchorage Museum features Alaska paintings and a collection of 25,000 objects and 500,000 historic photographs with nearly 2 lakhs annual visitors.

Anchorage Museum Rasmuson Center Alaska

Scala dei Turchi Sicily Italy

Scala dei Turchi is a rocky cliff on the coast of Realmonte, southern Sicily, Italy. It is famous due to the white color of the rock. This unique feature of the rock made the place a famous tourist destination. Scala is formed by marl, a sedimentary rock with a characteristic white color and lies between two sandy beaches. Scala dei Turchi is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Scala dei Turchi Sicily Italy

White Rock Scala dei Turchi Italy

Olympic National Park Washington United States

Olympic National Park is a United States national park located in the state of Washington. Olympic National Park has became an International Biosphere Reserve and designated as a World Heritage Site by United States. The National Park features three distinct ecosystems to its visitors, they are the Temperate Rainforests, Pacific Shore, and Sub Alpine Forest and Wildflower Meadow. Residents of the Olympic Peninsula consider it as a gift from sea shaped by water and ice. Within the center of Olympic National Park rise the Olympic Mountains whose sides and ridge-lines are topped with massive, ancient glaciers. The western side of the park is mantled by temperate rain forest and the park is famous for its unique turbidites. Turbidite is the geologic deposit of  turbidity current distributing clastic sediment into the deep ocean.

The place is one of the best tourist destination for all age group. The trip takes at least two days stay to see all around the Olympic Park. The main airports to reach the National Park are Port Angeles, Seattle, Sequim, and Olympia. 

Olympic National Park Washington United States

Olympic National Park Forest Washington

Olympic National Park Mount Olympic United States

Castle of the Moors Portugal

Castle of the Moors is a hilltop medieval castle located in Portuguese. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is also classified as a National Monument. The castle was constructed during the 8th to 9th century. The castle is taken by Christian forces from the Moors after the fall of Lisbon. The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of Morocco. The castle is situated on the top of the Sintra Mountains with in the limit of Sintra-Cascais Nature Park.

Castle of the Moors Portuguese

UNESCO World Heritage Castle of the Moors

Castle of the Moors Portuguese National Monument Sintra

Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand

Coromandel Peninsula located in New Zealand is part of the Waikato Region and Thames-Coromandel District that forms a natural barrier. The peninsula features steep and hilly, covered with temperate rain forest. The area shows signs of previous volcanism and geothermal activity is present on the Peninsula, with hot springs in several places specially at Hot Water Beach. The place is known for its hardrock gold mining and kauri industries. Now Coromandel Peninsula is a famous Ecotourist Centre. 

Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand

Coromandel Peninsula Ecotourism

Coromandel Peninsula

Great Dune of Pyla France

Dune of Pilat is the tallest sand dune of Europe, located in France. The dune is a famous tourist destination with more than one million visitors per year.  The dune has been observed to move landward, slowly pushing the forest back to cover houses, roads and portions of the Atlantic Wall. 

Great Dune of Pyla France

Great Dune of Pilat France Europe

Atlantic Ocean Road Norway

Atlantic Road runs through an archipelago in Eide and Averoy, Norway. The Ocean Road connects the island of Averoy with the mainland and Romsdalshalvoya peninsula. It is built on several small islands and skerries, which are connected by several causeways, viaducts and eight bridges. The road is preserved as a cultural heritage site and is classified as a National Tourist Route. It has been declared as the world's best road trip, and been awarded the title as "Norwegian Construction of the Century".

Atlantic Ocean Road Norway

Atlantic Ocean Road National Tourist Route Norway

Chateau de Villandry Garden France

Chateau de Villandry is a castle-palace located in Villandry France is known for its beautiful gardens. The place is the hard work of Joachim Carvallo who  purchased the property and spend his time, money and devotion to make the most beautiful garden. The garden include a water garden, ornamental flower gardens, and vegetable gardens. The gardens are laid out in formal patterns created with low box hedges. It also entered into the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Chateau de Villandry is open to the public and is one of the most visited chateaux in France.

Beautiful France Garden Chateau de Villandry

Chateau de Villandry Garden France

UNESCO World Heritage Site Chateau de Villandry Garden France

Koneswaram Temple Srilanka

Koneswaram Temple or Thirukonamalai Konesar Temple is the Temple of Thousand Pillars, located in Srilanka. The Temple is popularly known as Dakshna Kailasam because it lies on  the same longitude of Tibetan mountain, Mount Kailash. It is one of the major Hindu religious pilgrimage. The temple worships Lord Shiva in the Kona- Eiswara as the main shrine.  Koneshwaram temple is considered as one of the 18 Maha Shakti Peetha. It is believed that Sati Devi's Groin has fallen here. Shakti Peethas divine shrines of the Mother Goddess Sati Devi. 

Koneswaram Shiva Temple Srilanka

Dakshna Kailasam Koneswaram Temple Srilanka

Koneswaram Temple of Thousand Pillars Srilanka

Dubrovnik Dubrovnik-Neretva County

Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea, in the region of Dalmatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean. The city of Dubrovnik joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. The prosperity of the city of Dubrovnik was historically based on maritime trade. The city is famous for its wealth and skilled diplomacy.

Dubrovnik Dubrovnik-Neretva County

Dubrovnik Croatian City Adriatic Sea

Ibiza Island Mediterranean Sea Spain

Ibiza is a rock island in the Mediterranean Sea.  It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. The island has become famous for the association with tourism, nightlife, and the electronic music. The place is well known for its summer club scene which attracts very large numbers of tourists. Ibiza is home to the legendary "port" in Ibiza Town, a popular stop for many tourists and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Ibiza is  primarily known for its party scene, large portions of the island are registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites and thus protected from the development and commercialization of the main cities. Because of its rustic beauty, companies and artists alike frequently use the island for photographic and film shoots.

Ibiza Island Night Life

Ibiza Island Spain

Ibiza Rock Island Mediterranean Sea

Clifton Suspension Bridge England

Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge,  linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset, England. The Clifton Suspension Bridge is well known as a suicide bridge as two men were killed during the construction of the bridge. The bridge stands as a distinctive landmark of the country.  

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Clifton Suspension Bridge Night

Christ of the Abyss San Fruttuoso Liguria Italy

Christ of the Abyss is a submerged bronze statue of Jesus Christ, the Christian Messiahof which the original is located in the Mediterranean Sea off San Fruttuoso between Camogli and Portofino on the Italian Riviera.  It was placed in the water and is around 17 meters depth. The statue is placed with his head and hands raised skyward.

Christ of the Abyss San Fruttuoso Liguria Italy

Christ of the Abyss Liguria Italy

Christ of the Abyss Italy

La Digue Island Seychelles

La Digue is the third largest inhabited island of the Seychelles. The inhabitants of La Digue are called Diguois. The place have a warm temperature all year. It experience frequent and heavy rains as it is located near to equator.   Belle Vue or the Eagle's Nest Mountain is the tallest peak of La Digue. The place is known for its wide variety of underwater creatures like fish, sharks and rays. The island has plenty of accommodation and activities to offer tourists.

La Digue Island Seychelles

La Digue Island Beach Seychelles

La Digue Beach Island