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Explore Glacier National Park, Montana (UNESCO site)
Glacier National Park is located in the U.S. state of Montana, bordering the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. The park encompasses over 1,000,000 acres (4,000 km2) and includes parts of two mountain ranges (sub-ranges of the Rocky Mountains), over 130 named lakes, more than 1,000 different species of plants and hundreds of species of animals. This v... -
Explore Glarus thrust (Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona), Switzerland (UNESCO site)
The Glarus thrust (Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona) is a major thrust fault in the Alps of eastern Switzerland. Along the thrust the Helvetic nappes were thrusted more than 100 km to the north over the external Aarmassif and Infrahelvetic complex. The thrust forms the contact between older (Helvetic) Permo-Triassic rock layers of the Verrucano group and younger (external... -
See Gobustan National Park, Azerbaijan (UNESCO site)
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape or simply Gobustan is a hill and mountain site occupying the southeast ending of the Big Caucasian Ridge, mainly in the basin of Jeyrankechmaz River, between the rivers Pirsagat and Sumgait. It is located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of the centre of Baku on the west bank of the Caspian Sea. ... -
See Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites, South Korea (UNESCO site)
The Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites are the location of hundreds of stone dolmen which were used as grave markers and for ritual purposes during the first millennium BCE when the Megalithic Culture was prominent on the Korean Peninsula. The sites were designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. Korea is said to contain more than 40% of the worlds d... -
Visit Goiás, Brazil (UNESCO site)
Goiás (also known as Goiás Velho, Old Goiás) is a small city and municipality in the state of Goiás in Brazil. It is the former capital of the state and preserves much of its colonial heritage. In Goiás, the most popular festival is the Procession of the Fogaréu, which occurs on the Wednesday before Easter Sunday. It is one of... -
Visit Gola-Tiwai Complex Sites, Sierra Leone (UNESCO Sites)
This serial property includes the Gola Rainforest National Park and the Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary. Part of the Greater Gola Landscape, it lies within the Upper Guinean Forest, a biodiversity hotspot. The area hosts more than 1,000 plant species (113 endemic), 55 mammals (19 globally threatened), and key species like the African Forest Elephant and Pygmy Hippopot... -
See Golden Temple of Dambulla (Dambulla Cave Temple), Sri Lanka (UNESCO site)
Dambulla Cave Temple, also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla is a World Heritage Site (1991) in Sri Lanka, situated in the central part of the country. This site is situated 148 km east of Colombo and 72 km north of Kandy. It is the largest and best-preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka. The rock towers 160 m over the surrounding plains.There are more t... -
Visit Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran (UNESCO Site)
Golestān Palace pronounced "Kakheh Golestān" is the former royal Qajar complex in Iran's capital city. The oldest of the historic monuments in Tehran, a world heritage, the Golestan Palace (also Gulistan Palace) (The Rose Garden Palace) belongs to a group of royal buildings that were once enclosed within the mud-thatched walls of Tehran’s Historic Arg (cita... -
Visit Gonbad-e Qābus Tower, Iran (UNESCO site)
Gonbad-e Qabus tower is a monument in Gonbad-e Qabus (city), Iran. The Tower in the central part of the city reaches 72 metres (236 ft) (including the height of the platform), however, it is not the tallest brick tower in the world (after many towers). However,it is still the tallest pure-brick tower in the world. The baked-brick-built tower is an enormous decagon bui... -
Visit Gordion, Phrygia, Turkey (UNESCO Site)
Gordion was the capital city of ancient Phrygia. It was located at the site of modern Yassıhüyük, about 70–80 km (43–50 mi) southwest of Ankara (capital of Turkey), in the immediate vicinity of Polatlı district. Gordion's location at the confluence of the Sakarya and Porsuk rivers gave it a strategic location with control over fertile land. Gordi... -
Explore Gorham's Cave Complex, Rock of Gibraltar (UNESCO Site)
Gorham's Cave is a natural sea cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, considered to be one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals in Europe. Gorham's Cave gives its name to the Gorham's Cave complex, which is a combination of four distinct caves of such importance that they are combined into a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The three other caves ... -
Visit Goslar, Germany (UNESCO site)
Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Salian Emperor Henry I founded the town in the 10th century after the discovery of silver deposits in the ne... -
Explore Gough and Inaccessible Islands, Tristan da Cunha, UK (UNESCO site)
Gough Island, also known historically as Gonçalo Álvares or Diego Alvarez, is a volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a dependency of Tristan da Cunha and part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. It is uninhabited except for the personnel of a weather station (usually six people) which the South... -
Visit Granada, Spain (UNESCO site)
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. The city of Granada is placed at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, Beiro, Darro and Genil, at an elevation of 738 metres above sea level yet only one hour from the Mediterranean coast, the Costa Tropical. Nearby ... -
Visit Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire (UNESCO site)
Grand-Bassam is a city in Côte d'Ivoire, lying east of Abidjan. It was the French colonial capital city from 1893 until 1896, when the administration was transferred to Bingerville after a bout of yellow fever. The city remained a key seaport until the growth of Abidjan from the 1930s. Grand-Bassam is the chief city of Grand-Bassam Department. The city has ...
