There are a few types of vacations. There are the ones where you go to do shopping, see famous locations and sample the local culture. Then there are those you take to just feel like you have taken a step away from everything in your life, and into some kind of dream or fantasy. The sights stop your heart, the beauty and strangeness of the place you seeps into your soul, and you let out a long sigh of satisfaction at being so suffused in something so different, so beautiful. These 15 places all offer that second kind of place, a dream that exists in reality, a view that keeps on giving, taking you somewhere else... |
1. Villajoyosa, Alicante, Spain |
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2. Cimon della Pala, Dolomites, Italy |
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3. Trolltunga, Odda, Norway |
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4. Bermuda |
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5. Khao Phing Kan, Thailand |
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6. Kauapea Beach, Kauai, Hawaii |
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7. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming |
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8. Nugget Point Lighthouse, New Zealand |
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9. Derweze, Turkmenistan |
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10. Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia |
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11. Chapada Diamantina National Park, Brazil |
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12. Bora Bora, French Polynesia |
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13. Fairy Pools, Drynoch, Scotland |
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14. Havasupai Falls, Grand Canyon National Park |
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15. The Sand Dunes of Namibia |
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