What is the one spot on earth that took your breath away?

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Part inspired by a thread I just read about Switzerland and happy memories of beautiful scenes there.

What is the single most beautiful scene / spot / vista / landscape you've ever seen? Anywhere in the world. Pictures encouraged!

Mine (funnily enough) is not Switzerland but Bavaria. Lake Konigsee. So incredibly picturesque that it doesn't seem real.

(The Matterhorn reflected in a lake up the mountain from Zermatt is a very close second though)

A place we scuba dived in Turkey called "The Wall" I remember just floating there thinking "wow"

And the Last section at the Harry Potter studio tour. I'm so glad I didn't know what was in that bit until I got there. Not even ashamed to say I cried. Both times I've been

sometimes I think I'm not sophisticated enough for MN

El Jem
Sidi Bou Said
Carthage

All Tunisia.

Our Lady's View in Killarney is magical with the mountains etc travelled to many places but this one sticks in my mind always..

Inhotim. I don't know how to explain it!

The Cliffs of Moher. In the pissing rain, blowing a gale, the sky was so overcast. We were the only people there and it was glorious. Genuinely one of my favourite moments ever.

@SacreBlue , so much of NI is incredibly beautiful. Rugged, and craggy, and amazing. I love the sight of the Mourne Mountains. Oh, and The Gobbins.

Rome, too. There's not a bit of Rome that I don't find stunning. I could just walk random streets around Rome all day and it'd make me so very happy.

I've not traveled much but lake Garda in Italy is stunning . Lake buttermere is beautiful too.

The Gilli Islands, Indonesia, seeing them from Lombok, and then actually being there.
Tiny islands with no motorised vehicles, and absolutely picture perfect.

Loch an Eilein near Aviemore, Scotland. Late afternoon getting dark, seeing the nearby landscape reflected on the dark lake.

The Peak in Hong Kong at night, looking down over the illuminated city.

I would take a cityscape over countryside any day.

The Bund in Shanghai - completely mental but also wonderful.

Pictures don't do it any justice at all, it's the atmosphere that blows you away.

The grand canyon for me to. Away from the visitor center it is stunningly beautiful.

Also Uxmal in Mexico.

Lake Louise and Moraine Lake near Banff in the Canadian Rockies

Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand
Positano, Amalfi Coast

I've just arrived to say here too. Stunning!

Uganda. The whole country; the Nile, the bright red earth and green vegetation. The sky and earth and water. Words cannot describe it. Although Winston Churchill came close with 'the pearl of Africa'.

I also met some of the nicest people there, which helps.

As a PP said, arriving in Venice by train is a heartstopping experience

The visitor center at the top of the Mauna kea volcano in Hawaii.

We had driven for about 3 hours through cloud and rain to get up there. And then all of a sudden we were above the cloud and it was completely clear.
As night falls they have telescopes for the public to use.
It felt like the milky way was so close, we could touch it.
Youngest Ds was 8 at the time and adored astronomy. I was glad that we could give him that experience. Especially as he can now barely leave on our house.
It's a real privilege to be able to travel and I didn't appreciate how lucky we were, until Ds's health meant that we couldn't do it anymore.

@Pallisers I agree with the West Cork coast, it is stunning.

Niagara Falls

So there's this Chapel in Vatican city, the Cistine...

Flying over the Maldives or Gulfoss waterfall in Iceland.

View from Tekapo observatory in New Zealand

Lake Bled Slovenia

Timanfaya National park lanzarote - not breath taking for beauty as much as just surrealnwss and vastness.

Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park moved me to tears!

Not so much a place but on honeymoon we were on an evening safari in Africa, the moon was enormous and we'd stopped to view it, a wind blew through us that was just magical, a moment I hope I'll never forget

I'm going to lower the tone massively now and say flying into Las Vegas at night and seeing the Strip all lit up from the air was pretty amazing!