Most beautiful place in the world?

[Mazza558]

What's the most beautiful place in the world, in your opinion?

Post photos to aid your expanation.

I'm going to have to cast my vote for the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland (I've been there myself)... (though parts of New Zealand are also contenders)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/2093278893_a63eb2d680.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/54364471_002d20d890.jpg
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[bommeli]

Hi Everybody.

For me is Silvaplana, in Switzerland too..


http://www.engadin.stmoritz.ch/winter/images/wintercontent/region/pic_silvaplana.jpg

[dannytatom]

New Zealand & Switzerland are pretty places, but my vote goes to Iceland.

http://i39.tinypic.com/3167t04.jpg

[bruce89]

New Zealand & Switzerland are pretty places, but my vote goes to Iceland.

That's strange, I was going to say that too.

[zmjjmz]

http://www.ourtimelines.com/hist/chernobyl.jpg

[damis648]

I feel honored you posted a picture of my own house. :popcorn:
I really don't know. I really like those pictures of Switzerland the OP posted.

[-grubby]

I do enjoy the Chernobyl picture, even though it is reminiscent of a terrible tragedy.

[nothingspecial]

Bealach na Ba

008/12/20/http://www.picamatic.com/show/203/30/1571412_bigthumb.jpg (http://www.picamatic.com/view/1571412_1414811762_1a5443bf48/)

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2008/12/20/03/22/1571396_bigthumb.jpg (http://www.picamatic.com/view/1571396_Applecross-2/)

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2008/12/20/03/27/1571401_bigthumb.jpg (http://www.picamatic.com/view/1571401_visi1/)

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2008/12/20/03/28/1571406_bigthumb.jpg (http://www.picamatic.com/view/1571406_375851433_9304117c8f/)

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2008/12/20/03/29/1571410_bigthumb.jpg (http://www.picamatic.com/view/1571410_hills135/)

[cariboo]

These were taken about 60Km from where I live.

Note: they were taken with my long dead Nokia cell phone.

Jim

[binbash]

Abant / Turkey

http://www.abant.info/abant4.jpg

[Le-Froid]

New York City, USA

http://www.iveynetwork.ca/Portals/9/NYC.jpg

[alphatrip]

in no order

yorkshire dales
antarctica
Vanuatu

[acelin]

The Grand Tetons.

http://robertarood.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/tetons.jpg

[Sealbhach]

Ireland, not just because of the landscapes, but the light, the strange light you get there:

http://picasaweb.google.com/odonnelldon/Rosnowlagh#5181411535087875346



Also, I like the look of Shibam, a desert city in Yemen built from mud:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Shibam_Wadi_Hadhramaut_Yemen.jpg


.

[-grubby]

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_GFWBcVZ_rLw/R-gSVsAGNRI/AAAAAAAABAk/9-RyoyN_PWo/DSC00524.JPG


That's a dead link.

[dannytatom]

Shibam does look pretty cool. I hope that one day I'll be able to travel the world. :o

[Lucho]

ok, I ḿ seeing some nice places, but they don't compare with where I live: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Man and Mother Nature, in harmony. And, yes, I took these photos myself (I'm an incorrigible shutterbug) :guitar:

[dannytatom]

This is a bit off topic, but this is where I live.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2238/2266729887_3cc45fa248.jpg?v=0

I'm jealous of you guys that live in such beautiful places. ;(

[vikramaditya]

Wow! "Big Sky" country in teeny-tiny Europe...who knew? :D

[Kingsley]

http://blueroof.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/suburb.png

Little boxes on the hillside.
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky.

[Noah Schoem]

See attachment.

[chucky chuckaluck]

lake louise in banff national park (alberta, canada) is the most beautiful place i've ever been.

http://www.mountaingetaway.com/Guides/files/imagecache/full_image/files/images/Banff_scenic.jpg

[grazed]

http://www.funfonix.com/clipart/bed.gif

my bed.

[grazed]

http://blueroof.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/suburb.png

Little boxes on the hillside.
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky.

i hope this next season is better than the last. =/

[Sneaky07]

http://www.roomsinscotland.com/Pics/travelguide/pics/Edinburgh/Edinburgh_Castle.jpg

Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland has some pretty amazing stuff. The city is very nice too.

[Kingsley]

i hope this next season is better than the last. =/
Ah, now I'm braced to be disappointed about season 4. I only just downloaded it a few days ago.

[infoseeker]

Cape Peninsula, South Africa

[overdrank]

:popcorn:

[lisati]

http://www.roomsinscotland.com/Pics/travelguide/pics/Edinburgh/Edinburgh_Castle.jpg

Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland has some pretty amazing stuff. The city is very nice too.

This is the only place illustrated so far anywhere near where somewhere I've been (1971)

Must confess to a bias toward NZ: pic (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1095648) taken at Nga Manu bird sanctuary, Waikanae, NZ

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/thumbnail/1095648.jpg

[mips]

What's the most beautiful place in the world, in your opinion?

There are way to many beautiful places on this lovely planet to have a favourite, impossible for me to single one out.

[logos34]

What's the most beautiful place in the world, in your opinion?

Post photos to aid your expanation.

I'm going to have to cast my vote for the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland

+1

IMO it puts even Yosemite to shame...

[I-75]

Catskill Region of NY State

Used to go camping there years ago.

[logos34]

Catskill Region of NY State

Used to go camping there years ago.

yes, I like that too. I also thought the Finger Lakes would be a neat place to live and recreate. Agree?

[Eisenwinter]

There are way to many beautiful places on this lovely planet to have a favourite, impossible for me to single one out.
+1, it's impossible.

[I-75]

yes, I like that too. I also thought the Finger Lakes would be a neat place to live and recreate. Agree?

NY State has some of the most scenic areas that I have been to. Lake George, Adirondack Mountains, Niagara Falls, Liberty NY, Catskill Mountains, never been to the Finger Lakes..I see what you mean about the Finger Lakes.

[overdrank]

There are way to many beautiful places on this lovely planet to have a favourite, impossible for me to single one out.

This is true but the pictures posted are great to look at. well most of them :p

[mips]

This is true but the pictures posted are great to look at. well most of them :p

With that I agree 100% ;)

[xpod]

Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland has some pretty amazing stuff. The city is very nice too.

A wee bit bias on my part but...+1
There`s no place like home.In fact,the longer i spend down here in London the better Edinburgh seems to look.

[gn2]

Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland has some pretty amazing stuff. The city is very nice too.

I lived in Edinburgh Castle for two years during my time in the Army, Edinburgh is a great place to visit, but attempting to travel round the city by car is a complete nightmare just now.


A wee bit bias on my part but...+1
There`s no place like home.In fact,the longer i spend down here in London the better Edinburgh seems to look.

Further north looks better ;)
Ye'll aye be welcomed hame, ken.

Anyway, my fave place on the planet is Calanais.

http://perfectplanet.co.uk/landscape/CalanaisStonesByMoonlight.jpg

[perspectoff]

Looks very much like Yosemite in California.


What's the most beautiful place in the world, in your opinion?

Post photos to aid your expanation.

I'm going to have to cast my vote for the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland (I've been there myself)... (though parts of New Zealand are also contenders)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/2093278893_a63eb2d680.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/54364471_002d20d890.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/54364467_1f5a8ce392.jpg

[Delever]

My country has some nice places too.

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1153/trakaiwu2.th.jpg (http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1153/trakaiwu2.jpg)

[nothingspecial]

I`m going to expand my original post from the balach na ba (highest road in the uk) to the entire west coast highlands of scotland. My wife and I used to visit every year before we had kids (not much to do except walk and make kids ;-) )

Sunrise on Loch Torridon -

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2008/12/20/09/52/1575149_bigthumb.jpg (http://www.picamatic.com/view/1575149_5411ED97-0A0B-2521-6C5E549D357C5C40/)

Dunvegan Castle - Skye

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2008/12/20/09/52/1575150_bigthumb.jpg (http://www.picamatic.com/view/1575150_dunvegan_castle/)

Winter in Glen Torridon

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2008/12/20/09/53/1575151_bigthumb.jpg (http://www.picamatic.com/view/1575151_liathach2/)

Loch Maree

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2008/12/20/09/53/1575154_bigthumb.JPG (http://www.picamatic.com/view/1575154_Loch_Maree/)

I don`t live in scotland btw, I live here

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2008/12/20/09/58/1575202_bigthumb.jpg (http://www.picamatic.com/view/1575202_manchester-aerial/)

[xpod]

Further north looks better
Ye'll aye be welcomed hame, ken.

That was always the one advantage Glasweigans had over us i thought,a few miles North of Glasgow and you have the beauty of Loch Lomond but a few miles North of Edinburgh you get Fife:P

[Dixon Bainbridge]

Every country in the world has beautiful places. Even Belgium.

[TrD]

My favorite place is my home country Portugal, I think everyone has the same felings about their home.

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4593/penedonodf7.th.jpg (http://img72.imageshack.us/my.php?image=penedonodf7.jpg)

Penedono Castle - Viseu, Portugal

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5762/pisoeswp1.th.jpg (http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pisoeswp1.jpg)

Pisões - Central Portugal

[gn2]

Every country in the world has beautiful places. Even Belgium.

It has the best race track in the world, Spa Francorchamps.
I've ridden round it a few times and the countryside in the area is definitely very beautiful.


~ but a few miles North of Edinburgh you get Fife:P

The East Neuk's very pretty but as for Methil, Leven and the like......

[WaeV]

I can't decide between New Zealand, Switzerland, and Iceland.

[eragon100]

My Room! :)

[bruce89]

That was always the one advantage Glasweigans had over us i thought,a few miles North of Glasgow and you have the beauty of Loch Lomond but a few miles North of Edinburgh you get Fife:P

Fife's nice in a non-scenic sense.

[Kernel Sanders]

lake louise in banff national park (alberta, canada) is the most beautiful place i've ever been.

http://www.mountaingetaway.com/Guides/files/imagecache/full_image/files/images/Banff_scenic.jpg

We have a winner. That looks awesome! You have any wallpapers of that? :o

[chris4585]

you know when you think about it, all those places came from the earth... its too hard to choose just one

http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect19/earth-3d-space-tour-big.jpg

high resolution picture of the earth

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/zerot001/architecture/UltimateEarth.jpg (http://blog.lib.umn.edu/zerot001/architecture/UltimateEarth.jpg)

[notwen]

Yosimite for me. =]

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[twisted_steel]

We have a winner. That looks awesome! You have any wallpapers of that? :o

Yes, that would be excellent. I've always wanted to go to Banff.

[DrHackenbush]

This is in central Ohio. It's not exotic but I spend lots of my time hunting here and I think it's pretty.

[christhemonkey]

I dont think you can single out one place as most beautiful, but the area around where my parent's live I think is gorgeous.

Sheffield. Greenest city in England (so i'm told anyway).

http://static1.bareka.com/photos/medium/12736836.jpg

[Mazza558]

I dont think you can single out one place as most beautiful, but the area around where my parent's live I think is gorgeous.

Sheffield. Greenest city in England (so i'm told anyway).

http://static1.bareka.com/photos/medium/12736836.jpg

Heh, one of my Uni choices is Sheffield :)

When I visited, it was indeed very green.

[Thelasko]

The Grand Tetons.

http://robertarood.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/tetons.jpg

That would have to be number two for me. Number one would be Santorini, Greece. Unfortunately, I was there before the days of digital cameras and the pictures on wikimedia (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Santorini) do it no justice.

[bommeli]

Some pictures of my country..

http://www.myswitzerland.com/html/products/summer/wallpapers08/melchsee_frutt/de/melchseefrutt_zentralschweiz_800x600.jpg
http://www.myswitzerland.com/html/products/winter/wallpapers07/meiringen-hasliberg_berner_oberland/de/meiringen-hasliberg_berner_oberland_800x600.jpg
http://www.myswitzerland.com/html/products/summer/wallpapers07/zermatt_wallis/de/zermatt_wallis_800x600.jpg
http://www.myswitzerland.com/html/products/summer/wallpapers07/filisur_graubuenden/de/filisur_graubuenden_800x600.jpg
http://www.myswitzerland.com/html/products/winter/wallpapers06/CorvatschGraubuenden/de/CorvatschGraubuenden_800x600.jpg
http://www.myswitzerland.com/html/products/winter/wallpapers05/Rosenlaui_BernerOberland/de/Rosenlaui_BernerOberland_800x600.jpg
http://www.myswitzerland.com/html/products/summer/wallpapers/KV_Switzerland_Active_04_Grenchen/de/KV_Switzerland_Active_04_Grenchen800x600.jpg
http://www.myswitzerland.com/html/products/winter/wallpapers/stw0107/Wallpaper_STW0107_800x600.jpg

[cardinals_fan]

Switzerland is indeed very beautiful. I was also tempted by Cabo Pulmo in Baja California Sur, Denali National Park up here in Alaska, the Ko'olau Range on Oahu, and many other areas in the southwest, but I chose Zion National Park in Utah.

To me, Zion provides a medley of the best characteristics of the major southwest parks. It has a bit of the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Arches, and Canyonlands. The hiking is fantastic and the whole area is spectacular.

[amitabhishek]

I am not comparing it to Switzerland and am no professional photographer either. This is Ooty, India.http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll15/amitabhishek/IMG_0312.jpg

[kaivalagi]

IMO it is Levuka, Fiji...and the reefs off the coast :)

http://e.imagehost.org/t/0919/levuka_fiji.jpg (http://e.imagehost.org/view/0919/levuka_fiji)

Out of the water: http://www.levukafiji.com
In the water: http://www.owlfiji.com/gallery.htm

[Polygon]

lake louise in banff national park (alberta, canada) is the most beautiful place i've ever been.

http://www.mountaingetaway.com/Guides/files/imagecache/full_image/files/images/Banff_scenic.jpg

i knew i recognized that picture from somewhere, then i looked to my right and i realized that i have a slightly different picture of that same spot as a giant poster on my wall. it certainly is beautiful.

[kaivalagi]

lake louise in banff national park (alberta, canada) is the most beautiful place i've ever been.


I've gotta say that Canada in general is beautiful, I particularly like Banff and Jasper in the Rockies, but also the southern gulf islands off the west coast of Vancouver...fond memories of my travels...

[jmejedi]

Bogota, Colombia

[IMG]http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/8476/bogotdesdemonserrate032s7bt.jpg

[Mancman]

I`m going to expand my original post from the balach na ba (highest road in the uk) to the entire west coast highlands of scotland. My wife and I used to visit every year before we had kids (not much to do except walk and make kids ;-) )



I don`t live in scotland btw, I live here

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2008/12/20/09/58/1575202_bigthumb.jpg (http://www.picamatic.com/view/1575202_manchester-aerial/)


.....which looks suspiciously similar to my home city of Manchester !! ):P

[pluviosity]

wherever my special someone happens to be...

[joninkrakow]

Man, my first thought, reading the title was that it was impossible to declare the most beautiful place in the world. I've done a lot of traveling, and I've seen a lot of beautiful sights. In fact, I can think of real beauty hidden in some of the most unexpected places (coming down a mountain in W. PA, and suddenly seeing the Ohio River winding its way through a valley, with barges floating up and down it, or a hidden beach on the Fl panhandle, or the beautiful Tatra mountains (from Slowakia and Poland), or the German Alps, as viewed from an airplane on approach, just to name a few). However, that thought lasted for only a second or two. I suddenly realized that there is one place that I _know_ I could never get enough of! There is absolutely no way to even begin to capture its grandeur, it's massive scale, and the beauty that surpasses even its vast scale. If you want to find a place that takes your breath away, and doesn't give it back, and does this around every corner, and that will literally fill whatever memory card(s) you may have for your digital camera, yet, despite all the skill in the world, you will never begin to capture its trembling beauty... if you want a place that surpasses it all, there is only one place that I can think of--at least for me. That place, I'm surprised to say, I haven't found on any of the previous 7 pages, and I'm surprised. That place is the Grand Canyon. I visited it for a day and a half back in 2005, and I have never truly left it. I fell in love with the deserts of Arizona, but the Grand Canyon is just absolutely a step above most other places in the world. Now, I know that for its massive beauty, there are the Himalayas, with Mt. Everest and K2, and there are some spectacular mountains, but this is the most gut-wrenchingly beautiful hole you will ever find. ;-) My one, lame sunset photo doesn't begin to capture one thimble-worth--it would take a thousand photos to reach even that bit. I offer up the Grand Canyon.

-Jon

[jimi_hendrix]

out in the mountains of costa rica when you can look down huge vallies of green and see the shore and all of the towns...

[|eafhound]

Man, my first thought, reading the title was that it was impossible to declare the most beautiful place in the world. I've done a lot of traveling, and I've seen a lot of beautiful sights. In fact, I can think of real beauty hidden in some of the most unexpected places (coming down a mountain in W. PA, and suddenly seeing the Ohio River winding its way through a valley, with barges floating up and down it, or a hidden beach on the Fl panhandle, or the beautiful Tatra mountains (from Slowakia and Poland), or the German Alps, as viewed from an airplane on approach, just to name a few). However, that thought lasted for only a second or two. I suddenly realized that there is one place that I _know_ I could never get enough of! There is absolutely no way to even begin to capture its grandeur, it's massive scale, and the beauty that surpasses even its vast scale. If you want to find a place that takes your breath away, and doesn't give it back, and does this around every corner, and that will literally fill whatever memory card(s) you may have for your digital camera, yet, despite all the skill in the world, you will never begin to capture its trembling beauty... if you want a place that surpasses it all, there is only one place that I can think of--at least for me. That place, I'm surprised to say, I haven't found on any of the previous 7 pages, and I'm surprised. That place is the Grand Canyon. I visited it for a day and a half back in 2005, and I have never truly left it. I fell in love with the deserts of Arizona, but the Grand Canyon is just absolutely a step above most other places in the world. Now, I know that for its massive beauty, there are the Himalayas, with Mt. Everest and K2, and there are some spectacular mountains, but this is the most gut-wrenchingly beautiful hole you will ever find. ;-) My one, lame sunset photo doesn't begin to capture one thimble-worth--it would take a thousand photos to reach even that bit. I offer up the Grand Canyon.

-Jon

Interesting post, i have been there, and yes it is beauty and immensely grand on scale, but for me not the most beautiful for example, the great barrier reef has it beaten yet i doubt i could even call that the most beautiful.

For me the most beautiful place has to be somewhere that's none commercial and obscure........

Yet i respect that it's a matter of opinion

[KiwiNZ]

New Zealand , And I am not biased

Except for these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta

[the8thstar]

I love Sedona, one of the treasures of the Southwest of the United States.

[cardinals_fan]

Nice pic, but could you post it as

a) a thumbnail + link?

or

b) an attachment?

[the8thstar]

No because I felt it deserved a BIG picture.

[NintendoTogepi]

New Zealand. I've never even been there, but it's beautiful.

[KiwiNZ]

No because I felt it deserved a BIG picture.

I deleted the Pic , please use thumb nails. Remember some folks still use dial upor have limited bandwidth

[tpe11etier]

This thread is irritating!

Why you ask? Because now I want to go to Switzerland and I can't afford to.... :x

[fissionmailed]

In the middle of the woods in winter, laying on the ground with no one around.

[Messyhair42]

Nepal->Sagarmatha National Park
http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff169/frogwk/Asia/?action=view&current=DSC_0009.jpg
http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff169/frogwk/Asia/?action=view&current=DSC_0243.jpg

Guangxi, China
http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff169/frogwk/Asia/?action=view&current=DSC_0379.jpg
http://http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff169/frogwk/Asia/?action=view&current=DSC_0096.jpg