The 20 best views in the world.
By Andrew Harper, travel.yahoo.com | Apr 12, 2009
1. The Grand Canyon from the South Rim.
2. Hong Kong Island from Kowloon.
3. Phang Nga Bay, Thailand.
4. Manhattan from the top of Rockefeller Plaza.
5. Istanbul skyline from the Bosphorus strait, Turkey.
6. The Ngorongoro Crater from North Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Tanzania.
7. St. Paul’s from Waterloo Bridge, London.
8. The Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin Headlands.
9. Machu Picchu, Peru.
10. The Yucatan Peninsula from the top of Chichen Itza, Mexico.
11. Florence from the loggia of Villa San Michele, Italy.
12. Paris from the Pont des Arts, France.
13. The medina of Fes from the Palais Jamai, Morocco.
14. Annapurna from Sarankot, Nepal.
15. Sydney Harbour from Taronga Zoo, Australia.
16. The Potala Palace from across the Lhasa River, Tibet.
17. The Parthenon from Mount Lycabettus, Athens, Greece.
18. The Lemaire Channel, Antarctica
19. The City Palace from the Lake Palace, Udaipur, India.
20. The temples of Bagan, Myanmar.

http://www.eturbonews.com/8744/20-best-views-world

What has he missed?

Oooh great list! Martin I love your lists lately, thanks.

I dunno if this is just me, but the view of Mexico City from the Torre Latino Americana (sp?) was pretty awesome. I was a young and impressionable youth at the time:

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entri...91340/tpod.html

I would say he has missed a view of the Aurora Borealis over the Arctic tundra.

Ohhhhhhhhh does that count though?

I also like Martin's list so much, I want to investigate further:

http://blog.travelpod.com/2009/04/14/20-be...s-in-the-world/

I wasn't sure but there didn't appear to be any sort of criteria in the original listing that would disallow including the Northern Lights..... was there?



That's a great addition to the list!

I can come up with other ones too, but it is hard to argue with any on that list.

The South Rim of the Grand Canyon is definitely the best view of the canyon from the rim, but the view from the bottom in the river looking up is something incredible too.

Goodness Louise...that's a labour of love! It seems Travepodders have been there, done that, and even photographed it. Is there anywhere Travelpodders haven't been? I wonder if a Travelpodder has ascended Everest yet?

I was there a couple of years ago and they no longer let you climb it

That would explain why it was so hard for me to find new pictures!