World Greatest Sites

World Greatest Sites celebrates the most outstanding places of the world, from Unesco World Heritage Sites to natural wonders and engineering marvels. From this website, you can explore the whole world without leaving your desk. All the sites are just a click away, and we would encourage you to point, click and discover! At World Greatest Sites, we don't just describe a place, we want to show you exactly where it is. By using our state-of-the-art Google Map, we achieve pinpoint accuracy of locating all the greatest places of the world.

World Greatest Sites encompass outstanding places that include Unesco World Heritage Sites, engineering man-made marvels, architectural megaprojects, skyscrapers, ancient ruins, castles, natural landscape, or some of the most popular and awesome tourist attractions. This website is far from completion - and we never expect it to be ever completed, as we continue to add new sites that are worth mentioning. To ensure we keep you updated on the latest sites added in, be sure to sign up to receive our beautiful newsletter - free to all subscribers.

We created World Greatest Sites because we ourselves simply love to explore and find out about the greatest places of the world, and we are enthusiastic to share this information with you. Our hope is that World Greatest Sites will be the place that document all the outstanding destinations of the world, and that you, our cherished readers, will have a great time browsing the information we have assembled.

If there is a site you deem worthy of inclusion, write to us and we will investigate and research it. It make take some time before a new site is added to World Greatest Sites, depending on how soon we are able to assemble the details about it. This involves looking for photographs, putting together the map, and assembling other related details. It is a lot of hard work but we sure enjoy it very much. So please, keep your suggestions coming.

Now we leave you to enjoy the information and photographs of World Greatest Sites, and we hope you will visit us ever so often. Enjoy your visit.



New on the Web: Falkirk Wheel


Falkirk Wheel, by Sean Mack, GFDL


Falkirk Wheel, a world greatest site in Scotland, United Kingdom, is one of the engineering marvels of the 21st century. Get to know more about it here.

Map of World Greatest Sites


Site List

Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt
Alhambra
Alhambra, Granada, Spain
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Angel Falls
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Bora Bora
Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Borobudur
Borobudur, Indonesia
Chichen Itza
Cappadocia, Turkey NEW
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Christ the Redeemer
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
CN Tower
CN Tower, Toronto, Canada
Colosseum
Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Easter Island
Easter Island, Chile
Eiffel Towr
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Falkirk Wheel
Falkirk Wheel, Scotland, UK
Golden Temple of Amritsar
Golden Temple of Amritsar, India
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon, USA
Great Wall of China
Great Wall, China
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina
Itaipu Dam
Itaipu Dam, Brazil/Paraguay
Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu, Peru
Mecca
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Mont St Michel
Mont St Michel, France
Mount Bromo
Mount Bromo, Indonesia
Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany
Oresund Bridge
Oresund Bridge, Denmark/Sweden
Osaka
Osaka, Japan
Petra
Petra, Jordan
Pyramids of Giza
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Santorini
Santorini, Greece
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, Russia
St Basil's Cathedral
Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia
Sensoji
Sensoji, Tokyo, Japan
Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty, USA
Stonehenge
Stonehenge, United Kingdom
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House, Australia
Taipei 101
Taipei 101, Taiwan
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal, India
Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan, Mexico
Three Gorges Dam
Three Gorges Dam, China
Torii of Itsukushima Shrine
Torii of Itsukushima Shrine, Japan
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe/Zambia
Wat Si Saket
Wat Si Saket, Vientiane, Laos


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