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100 world famous tourist attractions

World-famous tourist attractions include the Grand Canyon in the United States, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Aegean Sea, Provence, the Taj Mahal in India, Bali, Mount Fuji, Maldives, the Eiffel Tower and Milan Cathedral.

1, Grand Canyon, USA

The Grand Canyon is located on the Kaibabu Plateau in northwest Arizona, USA. It is a world-famous natural wonder, and the Colorado River flows through it. It is one of the protected natural heritages selected by UNESCO, one of the more magnificent scenery on the earth and one of the longest canyons in the world.

2. Australia's Great Barrier Reef

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest and longest coral reef group in the world, located in the southern hemisphere. It runs through the northeast coast of Australia, starting from the Torres Strait in the north and reaching the tropic of Capricorn in the south, stretching for 20 1 1 km, with the widest point of 16 1 km. There are 2900 large and small coral reef islands here, and the natural landscape is very special.

3.Aegean Sea

Aegean Sea lies between the Greek Peninsula and Asia Minor Peninsula. It is a blue ocean in the eastern part of the Greek Peninsula, a part of the Mediterranean Sea, and a necessary water area for countries along the Black Sea to reach the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. It plays an important role in shipping and strategy.

4. Provence

Provence, located in the southeast of France, is the blue coast near the Mediterranean Sea. It is a world-famous hometown of lavender, producing high-quality wine. Provence is the "city of knights" and the birthplace of medieval knight love poems. Famous towns include Marseille and Aix.

5. Taj Mahal in India

The Taj Mahal, one of India's historical sites and world cultural heritage, was selected as one of the "New Seven Wonders of the World". The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum mosque built of white marble, which was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Han Jiayu in Agra from 163 1 to 1653 to commemorate his beloved concubine.

6. Bali

Bali, located in the east of Java, is an island in Indonesia and a world-famous honeymoon tourist and holiday resort. Bali enjoys many nicknames, such as the Island of God, the Island of Devil, the Island of Romans, the Island of Beauty, the Island of Paradise, the Island of Magic and the Island of Flowers.

7. Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, one of the important national symbols of Japan, and an active volcano spanning Shizuoka Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture. It is called "Furong Peak" or "Fuyue Mountain" and "No other mountain". Mount Fuji in Japan is conical, and the top of it is covered with snow all year round. The foothills are 3775.63 meters high, with a perimeter of 1.25 kilometers and an area of about 1.200 square kilometers, surrounded by five freshwater lakes.

8. Maldives

Maldives is located in South Asia. It is an island country in the Indian Ocean and a larger coral island country in the world. Maldives consists of more than 65,438+0,200 small coral islands, of which 202 are inhabited. Birds falling from the sky are like a string of pearls scattered in the Indian Ocean.

9. Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower was built in 1887, completed in 65438+126/0/889. It was designed by Gustave Eiffel and built by gustave eiffel at the World Expo celebrating the centenary of the French Revolution in 1889. It is a world-famous building, one of the symbols of French culture and one of the landmarks of Paris, and is deeply loved by the French.

10, Milan Cathedral

Milan Cathedral is a famous Catholic church in Italy, Milan Cathedral, a larger Gothic building in the world, with the reputation of "the symbol of Milan", one of the five largest cathedrals in the world and the second largest in the world. The construction of Milan Cathedral in Italy began in 1386, and the vault was completed in 1500 and 1965, which lasted for five centuries.