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21. Beco do Batman
A car-free alley in Vila Madalena whose walls are covered in constantly changing graffiti, named after a Batman stencil painted there in the 1980s.
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22. Cerro El Volador Hike
A walk up Medellín's largest urban nature park, a protected hill with pre-Hispanic burial sites, an open-air butterfly house and views across the whole Aburrá Valley.
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23. Ciclovía de Bogotá
Every Sunday and public holiday, more than 120 km of Bogotá's main roads close to cars from 7:00 to 14:00 for cyclists, runners, skaters and walkers.
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24. El Ateneo Grand Splendid
A bookshop inside a 1919 theatre on Avenida Santa Fe, with the original boxes, a painted ceiling and a café set on the old stage.
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25. Las Bóvedas
A row of 23 late 18th-century vaults built into Cartagena's walls, once used as storerooms and prison cells and now filled with craft and souvenir shops.
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26. Maras Salt Pans (Salineras de Maras)
Terraced salt ponds in a canyon below the village of Maras, fed by a salty spring and worked by local families since Inca times.
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27. Santa Teresa Tram (Bonde de Santa Teresa)
Rio's historic hilltop tramway, opened in 1877, which crosses the Lapa Arches from the centre and climbs through Santa Teresa in replica cars.
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28. Café de los Angelitos tango show
An evening tango show in a café that opened in 1890 and counted Carlos Gardel among its regulars, with dinner-and-show or show-only options.
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29. Chorro de Quevedo
A small square in upper La Candelaria traditionally linked to the founding of Bogotá in 1538, with a rebuilt fountain and a small chapel.
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30. Feria de las Flores
Medellín's flower festival, held every August since 1958, built around the Desfile de Silleteros, in which farmers from Santa Elena carry huge flower arrangements on their backs.
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31. Liberdade
São Paulo's Japanese, Chinese and Korean quarter, marked by a red torii on Rua Galvão Bueno and busy at weekends with a craft and food fair on Praça da Liberdade.
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32. Mercado de Bazurto
Cartagena's sprawling central market between the Ciénaga de Las Quintas and La Popa, where some 35,000 traders sell fish, meat, fruit and fried food daily.
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33. Pedra do Arpoador
A rocky point between Ipanema and Copacabana where crowds gather to applaud the sunset over the sea, and one of Rio's best-known surf breaks.
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34. Plaza San Martín and Jirón de la Unión
A walk from the Plaza Mayor along Jirón de la Unión to Plaza San Martín, opened in 1921 for Peru's independence centenary and framed by 1920s buildings.
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35. San Pedro Market
Cusco's central iron-roofed market, a short walk from the Plaza de Armas, with juice stalls, soup counters, Andean produce, herbs and crafts.
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36. Teatro Municipal de Santiago
Chile's main opera house, opened in 1857, staging opera, ballet and concerts with its resident Ballet de Santiago, orchestra and chorus.
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37. Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM)
A performing arts centre on the Alameda, built in 1972 for a UN conference and reopened in 2010, staging contemporary theatre, dance, music and exhibitions.
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38. Concert at Sala São Paulo
Hear the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in a 1,498-seat concert hall built inside the restored Júlio Prestes railway station, known for its adjustable ceiling.
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39. Costa Verde beaches and surfing
The beaches below Lima's cliffs, linked by the Circuito de Playas road, with surf spots such as La Pampilla and a cycle path south to Agua Dulce.
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40. Hatun Rumiyoc and the San Blas Quarter
A walk past the Twelve-Angled Stone on Hatun Rumiyoc and up into San Blas, Cusco's hillside quarter of artisans' workshops, cafés and city views.
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