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The 20 most beautiful places in the world according to the Lonely Planet

For the famous travel guide that we drag under the arm to the 4 corners of the globe, there are 20 essential places to visit at least once in your life, to discover on the occasion of the publication of a book on the 500 most beautiful sites in the world (released at the beginning of August).

And number 1 is… Angkor and its 1000 temples, in Cambodia, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and considered the place to have seen before dying as its panorama and its Buddhas are incredible. The country already welcomes 4.5 million foreign tourists a year and this figure is only increasing...

Second destination not to be missed:the 3000 km of the Great Barrier Reef, in Australia, its transparent waters, its sublime fauna and flora... It is considered the largest living structure on Earth because it is made up of billions of corals , tiny organisms.

The 4th step of the podium goes to the Great Wall, built in the 3rd century BC to protect China from invasions from the North. It too has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For the rest, here is the list, all you have to do is draw (and save) for our next destination!

1 – The temples of Angkor (Cambodia)

2 – The Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

3 – Machu Picchu (Peru)

4 – The Great Wall (China)

5 – The Taj Mahal (India)

6 – Grand Canyon National Park (USA)

7 – The Colosseum (Italy)

8 – Iguazú Falls (Brazil-Argentina)

9 – The Alhambra (Spain)

10 – Hagia Sophia (Turkey)

11 – The medina of Fez (Morocco)

12 – The Twelve Apostles (Australia)

13 – Petra (Jordan)

14 – Tikal (Guatemala)

15 – The British Museum (United Kingdom)

16 – The Sagrada Familia (Spain)

17 – Fiordland National Park (New Zealand)

18 – Santorini (Greece)

19 – The Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)

20 – The Museum of Old and New Art (Australia)