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Best Attractions worldwide (2026)

1,107 places · Updated November 12, 2026

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81. Red Fort

Mughal fort and palace complexOld Delhi

Shah Jahan's red sandstone citadel, completed in 1648, with audience halls, palace pavilions, gardens and several museums inside a UNESCO-listed complex in Old Delhi.

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82. Rijksmuseum

National art and history museumMuseumplein

The national museum of the Netherlands, housed in Pierre Cuypers's 1885 building and home to Rembrandt's Night Watch and Vermeer's Milkmaid.

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84. Sacsayhuamán

Inca archaeological siteSacsayhuamán Archaeological Park

The great Inca complex on the hill above Cusco, famed for zigzag terrace walls of huge, precisely fitted stones and a plaza still used for Inti Raymi.

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85. Sagrada Família

Basilica and landmarkEixample

Antoni Gaudí's still-unfinished basilica in the Eixample, Barcelona's defining landmark, with a forest-like nave, two sculpted façades and climbable towers.

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86. Schönbrunn Palace

Imperial palace and gardensHietzing

The Habsburgs' 1,441-room summer palace in Hietzing, with state apartments, formal Baroque gardens, the Gloriette and the world's oldest working zoo in its grounds.

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87. Senso-ji

Buddhist templeAsakusa

Tokyo's oldest and most visited Buddhist temple, reached through the Kaminarimon gate and the shop-lined Nakamise approach in historic Asakusa.

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91. Space Needle

Observation towerSeattle Center

Built for the 1962 World's Fair, the Space Needle at Seattle Center has an observation level at 520 feet and The Loupe, a revolving glass floor.

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93. Stanley Park

Urban parkWest End

Opened in 1888, Stanley Park covers about 405 hectares of forest, beaches and lakes on the Downtown peninsula, circled by an 8.8 km stretch of seawall.

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94. Stone Town

Historic old town (UNESCO World Heritage Site)Stone Town

Zanzibar's historic Swahili trading town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, packed into 96 hectares of coral-stone houses, carved doors and winding lanes.

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96. Sydney Opera House

Performing arts centre and landmarkBennelong Point

Jørn Utzon's sail-roofed performing arts centre on Bennelong Point, opened in 1973 and the setting for opera, theatre, concerts and daily guided tours.

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97. Table Mountain

Mountain, cableway and viewpointTable Mountain National Park

Cape Town's flat-topped mountain rises above the city, reached by a cableway with rotating cars from Tafelberg Road or on foot via routes such as Platteklip Gorge.

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99. Teatro Colón

Opera houseSan Nicolás

Buenos Aires' great opera house, opened in 1908 with Verdi's Aida and famed for its acoustics, with daily 50-minute guided tours of its halls.

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100. The Bund

Historic waterfrontHuangpu

Shanghai's colonial-era waterfront, a 1.6-kilometre line of 52 banks, hotels and trading houses facing the Lujiazui skyline across the Huangpu River.

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