There are so many amazing places around the world to visit, and about which children should know. Sawan’s 221 Amazing Places to Visit book brings them right on the hands of your children!😊📚
The Cancún Underwater Museum is a beautiful museum situated within the ocean waters at the Cancún National Marine Park, in Mexico. With as many as 500 sculptures submerged between three and six metres deep, it was conceptualized to help Nature form coral reefs. Funded by a non-profit organization, this incredible silent world was created by …
The Verzasca River is a Swiss mountain river, located in Ticino, Switzerland. A 30-km long mountain river, the Verzasca River is known for its crystal-clear waters and stunning array of coloured rocks. A strong treacherous current and cold-water temperatures do not deter tourists from scuba diving in the river; since the river waters are the …
The Azores Island is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal, an archipelago of 9 volcanic islands, located in the North Atlantic Ocean. Considered by many to be the next ‘Eden’, Azores is the ideal place for Nature-lovers and fans of adventure sports. Made up of underwater mountains, the Azores Islands are directly over …
The Great Banyan Tree is located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Gardens, near Kolkata, in India. The Botanical Gardens are beautiful in their own right, but they are world-famous for a single tree ‘The Great Banyan Tree’. The Tree which is over 250 years old. And while its age is truly incredible, what is …
Black Beach is an actual beach with black sand located in the village of VÃk in Iceland. While the village of VÃk is small area, it has made a name for itself, thanks to the beautiful stretch of black sand and basalt sea stack on its beach, making it one of the 10 most beautiful …
The Pink Beach is a beach on the island of Budelli, in Sardinia, Italy. One of the most beautiful islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Budelli is popular for its Spiaggia Rosa or ‘pink beach’. White sandy beaches are beautiful, but common. The Pink Beach actually boasts of a gorgeous blush pink hue that is a …
The Great Wall of India or the Kumbhalgarh Wall is the second longest continuous wall in the world and is located in Rajsamand, India. Built more than half a millennium ago, the Kumbhalgarh Wall is one of India’s best-kept secrets. Constructed in tandem with the Kumbhalgarh Fort, the Wall was built to protect the Fort …
The Blue Lagoon Hot Springs are man-made geothermal pools located in Iceland. The Blue Lagoon pools gradually came into existence, after a pool had formed from the wastewater of a geothermal plant in 1977. As it gained popularity for having supposed healing properties, the pool was opened for the public by 1992. The rich minerals …
Cascadas de Agua Azul are picturesque waterfalls found in Chiapas, Mexico. Spanish for ‘blue waterfalls’, the Cascadas de Agua Azul comprise many cataracts that follow one after another in a sequence, with the larger cataracts gushing water from as high as 6 metres. Due to the high mineral-content, the waters of the Agua Azul are …
Tolantongo is a box canyon that has been beautifully transformed into a resort located in Hidalgo, Mexico. Situated in a semi-desert area, the box canyon is a wonderful blend of Nature and man-made comforts. The bottom of the box canyon has heated pools, with walls as high as 500 metres. However, the main attraction of …
Dettifoss is a waterfall located in the Vatnajökull National Park, in Iceland. Considered the most powerful waterfalls in all of Europe, the waters of the Dettifoss are a force to reckon with. While the sediment rich greyish white waters of the Vatnajökull glacier flow to make this waterfall, it receives its ‘power’ from the strong …
The Playa del Amor or the ‘Hidden Beach’ is a beach located near Puerto Vallarta, in Mexico. The Playa del Amor does not look like it belongs to this planet. Literally a hidden beach, it looks like something out of a fantasy novel. While the white sandy beach with the blue Pacific waters rushing in …
Krishna’s Butterball is the name given to a unique rock formation located in Mahabalipuram, India. A gigantic granite boulder, 5 metres high and 6 metres wide, weighing approximately 250 tons, Krishna’s Butterball is not just any rock formation. This gravity-defying boulder sits on a short incline and has been in the same place for more …
Lake Kaindy is a unique lake located to the southeast of the city of Almaty, in Kazakhstan. 400 metres in length and 30 metres deep in certain areas, Lake Kaindy literally means, ‘Birch tree lake’, because of the numerous dried-out submerged trunks of birch trees that rise out of its surface. The lake was created …
The Hornocal Mountains or as they are locally known, ‘Serranias del Hornocal’, are located 25 km from Humahuaca, in Argentina. These mountains have such vivid colouring that it leaves anyone spellbound. The inverted ‘v-shaped’ patterns in bright red, purple, orange and yellow colours are a result of the limestone formation known as Yacoraite. Unlike other …
The Abandoned Salt Fields in Crimea, located in Ukraine, are majestic. The Salt Fields with unpleasant smells wafting from the salty lagoons are often the reason why the place is known as ‘Rotten Sea’. However, once you move past the smell, the sight before you is truly staggering. These incredible fields are stunning blood red …
Rio Celeste or the Blue River is an incredible waterfall located in the Tenorio Volcano National Park, in Costa Rica. A waterfall straight out of a fairytale, Rio Celeste has often left all those who set their eyes on it to stand dumbfounded. After an intense trek through the National Park, one is rewarded with …
Chefchaouen is a unique city located in the Ref Mountains in northwest Morocco. The beautiful city of Chefchaouen was founded in 1471, initially as a small fortress that still exists till date. But what is most striking about the city are the numerous buildings and structures that are painted blue. Famously known as ‘Morocco’s Blue …
Chalfont St. Giles is a village and also a civil parish located in southeast Buckingham, in England. Known for its terrain, the area was named Chalfont meaning ‘Chalk spring’ because of the water-carrying capacity of the land. The village is a part of a group of villages known collectively as ‘The Chalfonts’. The quaint village …
Grindelwald is an Eiger village located in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland. Human settlements in this pristine village date back centuries, with Neolithic tools found in the area. However, the first mention of this village by name was only in 1146. Nestled in the Alps, the village is a popular tourist destination for adventure-seekers; it …
The Avenue of the Baobabs is a dirt road lined with the strange Baobab trees in the Menabe region of Madagascar. A dirt road, 260 metres long lined with 20-25 Baobab trees, the Avenue of the Baobabs creates an extremely striking landscape that is probably not seen anywhere else in the world. These strange exquisite …
Five Flower Lake is a beautiful lake located in the Jiuzhai valley, in China. Pride of the Jiuzhai valley, this incredible lake is considered a holy lake amongst the locals. Only 5 metres in depth, the lake is vividly coloured because of the calcium carbonate and hydrophytes present in the water, making its colours range …
The Godafoss Waterfall is one of the most breathtaking waterfalls located in the Bárdardalur district, in North-central Iceland. Godafoss means ‘Waterfalls of the Gods’ in Icelandic. And true to its name, the waterfall ‘falls’ from a height of 12 metres. The waterfall is on a glacial river and falls over a width of 30 metres. …
Caño Cristales is a Columbian River located in Meta, Columbia. Known popularly as ‘Liquid Rainbow’ or ‘The River of Five Colours’, Caño Cristales is renowned the world over for its striking colours. Considered the most beautiful river in the world, the riverbed in the summer and autumn months varies from yellow and green to blue, …
Ani is a ruined medieval city situated in the province of Kars, in Turkey. Famously known as the ‘City of a 1001-Churches’, Ani was strategically located on many trade routes; as a result of which many religious buildings and palaces were built here. Almost all the structures were built of local volcanic basalt, a tufa …
Canon Beach is a city located in Clatsop County, in Oregon, the United States of America. Known primarily for its world-famous landmark, the Haystack Rock, which stands tall on the beach at 235 feet, Canon Beach has been a tourist destination. The city has a rich history, with its name first being mentioned in the …
The Yuyuantan Park is one of the major urban parks located in Beijing, China. Also known as the ‘Jade Deep Lake Park’, the Yuyuantan Park covers 137 hectares area with 61 hectares covered by water. The scenic Yuyuantan is a calm pond situated within the park and literally means the jade deep pond. The pond …
Pontrieux is a small village located in the northwest region of France. One of the 22 small cities that form a part of the Character Brittany, Pontrieux is known to have been inhabited since ancient times. The word Pontrieux means, ‘Bridge over the Trieux’. Destroyed and rebuilt numerous times over the years, Pontrieux was always …
The Nohkalikai Fall is the tallest plunge waterfall near Cherrapunji, in India. These incredible falls get their name from a local legend. Literally meaning ‘Jump of Ka Likai’, the falls were named after a lady by the name of ‘Likai’ who had jumped off a cliff near the falls. The falls themselves are 1115 feet …
The Amazonia or the Amazon Rainforest is a moist broadleaf jungle that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. Spread over a vast area that covers nine nations, the Amazon Rainforest encompasses 70,00,000 sq.km of which 55,00,000 sq.km is covered by the rainforest. This vast area represents more than half of the planet’s …
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