What's the best sight in the world you have seen?

[bramblina]

I'm not very well travelled but found the view of Mount Vesuvious (sp?) from the plane a week after it errupted quite something. And the climb on the motorway to the Mont Blanc tunnel (pre accident, 12 yrs ago) wonderful.

I know a retired pilot who, of all the views in the world he has seen, thinks the most amazing is the drive down Glen Docherty, 20 miles from where I live! I don't think it's very good on Google Earth. NW Scotland if you're intersted.

I was wondering what your favourite view is?

Broad Haven beach, from the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, on a summer evening

St David's Cathedral, from the path above it

Oxford, from Boars Hill (Matthew Arnold's 'dreaming spires' viewpoint)

Rievaulx Abbey

Lake Victoria, as the train pulls into Kisumu

oo I've seen loads - the sun setting over table mountain in Cape Town, sun setting over Lake Kariba, Victoria Falls....

albosmum just seen yours is similar to mine - I prefer Vic Falls from the Zim side, absolutely stunning...........and I'll be seeing it again in just a few weeks time

And how could I forget the look on my future MIL's face when I first met her?

I have not seen very much but I remember thinking how beautiful the sea looked at night when I was on a ferry going to Spain, no land all around and flat sea with a cloudless starry sky. Beautiful.

Sunrise over the Pyramids in Egypt - was awe inspiring. Sadly there is a road with street lights there, but you didn't see that as the sun was rising over the Great Pyramid. Zocolo in Mexico City - has to be the most enormous square I have ever seen followed by sunset over the Rockies - I'm lucky I get to see that most days.

Close-up of Michael Portillo when he lost his seat. No contest.

lol Greensleeves that's brilliant

getting up to go for a wee at about 5am while camping in the Blue Mountains, Australia and walking through the Australian bush with a low lying morning mist

The view of the valley from the swimming pool in the Chedi hotel in Ubud

The view from our hotel window in Paris on a freezing but sunny January day

The sight of a glacier from a mountain the the low alps

The sight of a deep dive cliff wall dropping down miles below us full of sharks

watching pelicans flying through the mist in California, over the sea

the Iguazu falls (from Argentinian and Brazlian sides, both v different)

sunsets in Barbados on pink, sandy beaches

My favourite ever view is one in Cornwall - won't be too specific as i know many Mners know it and I want to have my ashes scattered there so I am keeping it to myself.

Another memorable view was flying over Ayres rock/Uluru as the sun was setting on it and he whole thing was lit up orangey red while the surrounding countryside was nearly black - amazing.

View of the rain-forest covered mountains while standing up on the plane's descent into Rio

Piazza di San Marco in Venice at sunset looking towards the Basilica

The golden buddha in the caves at Perak, Malaya

Practically any view from the Amalfi Coast

Kings Canyon in Australia

A glimpse of Mt Kilimanjaro on way home from Kenya - in a plane.

Flying over Grand Cnayon in light aircraft.

Rice paddies in Bali

La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

oh and view from my beach shack - Perhentian Islands Mayaysia

oh and view from top of tower in Trinidad, Cuba.

Not sure I can decide!

The night sky when driving back to our hotel on Praslin (Seychelles). It was v v v dark, but the sky also seemed white at the same time because we could see so many stars. They looked as though they were showering into the sea.

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Alipiggie where are you? My sister is in Fernie and we're going there in September!

Anyone else anything to add? These are great!

jaipur in india
marrakech
mount fuji

I know the Grand Canyon has a lot of votes but i thought because i'd seen it so often on film etc i knew what to expect but the reality was amazing!
Others... watching the monkeys in the Malaysian rainforest, watching seals Isle of Skye on our wedding day, Machu Pichu/Cuzco, Durham Cathedral, New York, Rome, flying over Siberia and seeing hundreds of miles of nothing and then the lights of a small town surrounded by white, just about any helicopter ride, landing at the old Hong Kong airport, the stars over Cuba........ I'll have to stop, I'm starting to think of all the places I want to see!

My 4 babies for the first time

Machu Pichu - the photographs don't really do it justice.
Taj Mahal at sunrise.
Flying into the Maldives on a seaplane.
Caribbean sunsets.

Can't decide!
This thread has made me want to go and see the Grand Canyon though but have just had DD so our days of expensive travel are over!!

I've travelled quite a lot abroad but I still think there are some amazing sights in the UK. There is a road somewhere in Scotland that I have been down a couple of times, its in the highlands and you go around a corner and there is a loch in front of you, no idea of the loch or road and its a fantastic sight, Isle of Skye, Culloden took my breath away, some lovely sights in London especially with the right light, driving from one of the hills into Bath, lots of Beaches - too many to mention.

Abroad - Great Barrier Reef, Maldives - agree with stargazing there which was fantastic, Rock Islands of Palau