Where was the most AMAZING place you've visited?

[Totemoneru]

I'm enjoying reading the post "Where is the most boring place you've visited" but it's making me wonder what are considered the most amazing places visited?
Maybe we can build the dream wish list for destinations?

Personally I vote for the western fjords of Norway. Every turn is picture perfect scenery and the people were so nice.

Italy, chilled doesn’t touch it, everyone was just so warm and content. Siestas daily. Stunning scenery and buildings.

Also got a bit of a shock by how beautiful Sydney was. I felt like I was in a postcard!

Best avoid Dublin and the other cities then!

Argentina (everywhere we went!), Japan (ditto!), Imhotim and Barra Grande in Brazil. The train journey between Dubrovnik and Kosovo. Lefkada in Greece, particularly the drive to it from the airport. Takes my breath away every time. The beaches at St Ives. Lake Baikal in Russia, and the Hermitage. Hawaii.

However, I'm a real believer in places or things being magical because of the time in my life I experienced them. A lot of these places were places were I had real adventures or felt a sudden sense of freedom and excitement.

Some of my favourite ever places - ones I wish I could go back to:

Iceland
Kyoto during cherry blossom season
Kawaguchi-ko, with Mt Fuji in the distance
Green Island - Great Barrier Reef - on my honeymoon - once in a lifetime kind of thing!
Loch Ness

Joshua tree national park

Top of the mountain in palm springs reachable by cable car (Monte jacinto?) Same trip.

The alps always breathtaking especially when skiing on a sunny day

Helicopter trip to grand canyon

Same. An extraordinary country.

Grand Canyon North Rim, staying overnight with my family, watching the sunset was incredible
Also Rocky Mountain National Park, absolutely stunning

Istanbul. An unexpected treasure. Great for a long weekend away in springtime.

Egypt - Morocco - California - India

Oh and DC in cherry blossom season

Machu Picchu. It was top of my bucket list, but even so I wasn't prepared for how stunning it was, in every single direction and from every viewpoint.

The opera house in Venice. Please Google it. And if you go to Venice, go. You don’t need to go to a show.

Antarctica. So utterly clean and beautiful.
We were put in very small boats every day, Humpback whales just feet away.
Visited tiny islands.
Had our boots pecked by penguins.
Talks by scientists every evening.

Iceland

Great Barrier Reef for me. Closely followed by the Alps in winter, stunning.

The oracle of Delphi. Athens.

I grew up in Oman - and I will never forget camping on a beach and seeing the phosphorescent sea at night.

The jungle is Costa Rica is also pretty special.

New York early 2000s before 9/11

Been to loads of lovely places abroad but the Lake District still always blows me away. Especially from the top of skiddaw.

Mount Fuji. Just breathtaking.

Northern Ireland.

The Causeway Coastal route in County Antrim is truly stunning.

Iceland - I loved the Golden Circle, going glacier-hiking and visiting a blue ice-cave
Venice - stunning despite all the crowds
Bhutan - almost everything about this country seems to be beautiful and very distinctive
The Taj Mahal - I was lucky enough to see it by moonlight one evening
Easter Island - as it's so remote, it's probably only worth making a special trip there if it really appeals to you, but I loved it

Smoo cave

I find it curious that you’ve singled out my post knowing nothing about me on the basis of my carbon footprint. At the age of 60, this trip was the only time I’d travelled outside of Europe. I’m confident that my carbon footprint is significant smaller than many of the well travelled people on this thread (not a criticism of anyone else).
Antarctic tourism, done responsibly through IAATO operators, brings many positives for the region as well as for the traveller. Bio security measures are strictly enforced and landing limits rigidity adhered to. Beneficial links with organisations such as the British Antarctic Survey and South Georgia Heritage Trust mean that resources and personnel can be transported as part of expeditions. Scientists and researchers are offered free passage, allowing important marine surveys etc to be done at minimal cost to the organisation or academic institutions. Simply having an international presence in the region raises awareness which can be disseminated worldwide.
There’s a lot more to it than ‘don’t go - it’s all bad’.

Oh, Albaicín, one of my favourite places in the world.