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1. Caminito
A 100-metre painted alley in La Boca, transformed by the artist Benito Quinquela Martín from a disused railway line into an open-air street museum.
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2. Comuna 13 Graffiti and Escalators
A hillside district in western Medellín known for its outdoor escalators, murals and hip-hop culture, now visited by close to two million people a year.
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3. Copacabana Beach
A 4-kilometre curve of white sand along Avenida Atlântica, framed by Roberto Burle Marx's wave-patterned promenade and two historic forts.
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4. Getsemaní
The historic barrio just outside the walls where Cartagena's independence movement began, now known for murals, the Plaza de la Trinidad and lively evenings.
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5. Machu Picchu
The Inca citadel on a ridge above the Urubamba, about 80 km from Cusco, visited on one of three official circuits reached by train and bus via Aguas Calientes.
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6. Mercado Central de Santiago
Santiago's 1872 iron-roofed market hall, made in Glasgow, where fishmongers and seafood restaurants serve paila marina, mariscal and fried fish.
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7. Mercado Municipal de São Paulo (Mercadão)
The city's grand 1933 food market, designed by Ramos de Azevedo's office, with stained-glass windows, more than 290 stalls and a mezzanine of restaurants.
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8. Plaza de Mercado de Paloquemao
Bogotá's best-known covered market, open from before dawn, with flower sellers, tropical fruit, meat, dairy and herbs brought in from across Colombia.
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9. Puente de los Suspiros and Barranco
A walk through Barranco centred on the wooden Bridge of Sighs, first opened in 1876, with the Bajada de Baños path leading beneath it down to the beach.
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10. Avenida Paulista on a Sunday
Walk the 2.8-kilometre avenue that symbolises modern São Paulo, closed to cars on Sundays and holidays and lined with museums, cultural centres and a small forest park.
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11. Feria de San Telmo
The Sunday antiques fair on Plaza Dorrego, started in 1970 to revive San Telmo and now spreading to more than 200 stalls of old objects and curiosities.
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12. Ipanema Beach
A 2.6-kilometre beach between Arpoador and Leblon, celebrated in The Girl from Ipanema and framed by the twin peaks of Dois Irmãos.
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13. Islas del Rosario
An archipelago of about 28 small islands under an hour by boat from Cartagena, with white-sand beaches, coral reefs, snorkelling and an oceanarium.
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14. La Vega Central
Santiago's working fruit and vegetable market on the north bank of the Mapocho, trading produce from central Chile since its warehouses opened in 1916.
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15. Malecón de Miraflores and Parque del Amor
A walk along the clifftop boardwalk of Miraflores to the Parque del Amor, opened in 1993, with Víctor Delfín's sculpture El Beso and mosaic walls of love poems.
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16. Mercado de las Pulgas de Usaquén
A weekend craft and flea market around the old centre of Usaquén, founded in 1990, with ceramics, textiles, recycled crafts, food stands and live music.
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17. Metrocable Ride
Medellín's cable-car network, launched in 2004 and now six lines long, gives visitors an aerial ride over the hillside neighbourhoods and up to Parque Arví.
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18. Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca)
A striped mountain of coloured minerals at over 5,000 metres south-east of Cusco, reached on a long day trip with a short but very high-altitude walk.
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19. Barrio Chino and Calle Capón
Lima's Chinatown in Barrios Altos, centred on Calle Capón and Jirón Paruro, with its 1971 Chinese arch, community temples and the chifa restaurants it gave the city.
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20. Barrio Lastarria
A protected heritage quarter between Cerro Santa Lucía and Parque Forestal, with winding streets, cafés, restaurants, boutiques and street performers.
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