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Worth stepping out for.

Gardens, palaces and places you’ll talk about long after you’re home.

Palaces & landmarks

Gold Coast, Australia

SkyPoint Observation Deck

Beaches, towers and waterways from a glass deck near the top of Q1.

The Gold Coast from aboveExplore

The Empire State Building rising above Midtown Manhattan at dusk

Palaces & landmarks

New York, USA

Empire State Building

The open-air 86th-floor deck of the Art Deco tower that opened in 1931.

New York from aboveExplore

Sydney Tower rising above the trees, its golden turret on a slender shaft held by cables

Palaces & landmarks

Sydney, Australia

Sydney Tower Eye

The highest view in the city, from a golden turret 250 metres up.

The city from aboveExplore

The Breakers seen across its lawn, with arcaded loggias between two wings and red-tiled roofs

Palaces & landmarks

Newport, USA

The Breakers

The Vanderbilts’ 70-room summer house of 1895 on the cliffs above the Atlantic.

A Gilded Age summer houseExplore

A blue Scenic Skyway cabin crossing the gorge towards the cliff-top station at Scenic World, above eucalypt forest

Gardens & outdoors

Blue Mountains, Australia

Scenic World

A cliff railway, a glass-floored cable car and a rainforest boardwalk in the Blue Mountains.

Rides above the rainforestExplore

The mansion at Nemours Estate beside a clipped boxwood parterre and a gravel walk

Palaces & landmarks

Wilmington, USA

Nemours Estate

A French-style mansion of 1909–10 with formal gardens on one grand axis.

Versailles in DelawareExplore

Schools of silver fish and a shark swimming above coral in a large tank at SEA LIFE Sydney

Gardens & outdoors

Sydney, Australia

SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium

Sharks, reefs, penguins and Pig the dugong on Darling Harbour.

The ocean on the harbourExplore

The Empire State Building rising above Midtown, seen from Top of the Rock

Palaces & landmarks

New York, USA

Top of the Rock

Three levels of views from the Art Deco tower at the heart of Rockefeller Center.

Central Park from aboveExplore

A male lion resting on a timber platform in the sun at Sydney Zoo

Gardens & outdoors

Sydney, Australia

Sydney Zoo

Lions, tigers, primates and an aquarium in the Western Sydney Parklands.

A zoo in the westExplore

The glass cube of the Rose Center for Earth and Space lit blue at dusk, with its great sphere inside

Art & culture

New York, USA

American Museum of Natural History

Fossil halls, habitat dioramas and the Rose Center for Earth and Space by Central Park.

Dinosaurs to the cosmosExplore

A koala sitting on a branch beneath the roof of its habitat

Gardens & outdoors

Sydney, Australia

WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo

Koalas, kangaroos and Tasmanian devils in Australian habitats on Darling Harbour.

Wildlife in the cityExplore

The Mansion at Mount Vernon with its tall columned piazza, red roof and cupola, seen across the lawn

Palaces & landmarks

Alexandria, USA

George Washington’s Mount Vernon

George Washington’s Mansion above the Potomac, and the story of the people enslaved there.

Washington’s river estateExplore

A koala sitting on a log at Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park

Gardens & outdoors

Sydney, Australia

Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park

Koalas, kangaroos and native birds in a family-founded park in Sydney’s west.

Koalas in Sydney’s westExplore

The west front of Monticello, with its white columned portico and dome above a wide lawn, under autumn trees

Palaces & landmarks

Charlottesville, USA

Monticello

Thomas Jefferson’s domed house, and the story of the people enslaved on its mountaintop.

Jefferson’s mountaintopExplore

The long cell block of the Old Melbourne Gaol, with iron galleries above a stone floor

Palaces & landmarks

Melbourne, Australia

Old Melbourne Gaol

A bluestone gaol of the gold-rush years, where Ned Kelly was hanged in 1880.

Bluestone and Ned KellyExplore

The white-columned portico and stone façade of Graceland, with a white lion statue on each side of the front steps

Art & culture

Memphis, USA

Graceland

The Memphis mansion Elvis Presley called home, with his garden, rooms and jets.

Elvis Presley’s homeExplore

Verandahed shops along the unsealed Main Street of Sovereign Hill

Art & culture

Ballarat, Australia

Sovereign Hill

Ballarat’s 1850s gold rush brought back to life, with panning, a mine and a gold pour.

A gold-rush townExplore

Clipped yew topiary in front of Longwood’s glass conservatories, with the new West Conservatory roof on the left

Gardens & outdoors

Kennett Square, USA

Longwood Gardens

Great conservatories, fountain gardens and meadows in the Brandywine valley.

Glasshouses and fountainsExplore

Eureka Tower and the Southbank skyline beyond the Yarra River, with the Arts Centre spire on the left

Palaces & landmarks

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne Skydeck

Melbourne, the Yarra and the bay from the 88th floor of Eureka Tower.

Views from Level 88Explore

The acrylic tunnel through the Ocean Voyager habitat, with shoals of fish overhead and a moving walkway below

Gardens & outdoors

Atlanta, USA

Georgia Aquarium

Whale sharks, belugas and the Ocean Voyager tunnel in the largest aquarium in the United States.

An ocean downtownExplore

A visitor silhouetted against a large, glowing blue aquarium window

Gardens & outdoors

Melbourne, Australia

SEA LIFE Melbourne

Penguins, sharks, rays and a saltwater crocodile on the banks of the Yarra.

Life beneath the YarraExplore

The front of ʻIolani Palace, with its towers and two storeys of verandas under a blue sky

Palaces & landmarks

Honolulu, USA

ʻIolani Palace

The palace of Hawaiʻi’s last monarchs, restored in the heart of Honolulu.

A royal home in HonoluluExplore

The Mr Moon face and twin towers at the entrance to Luna Park, framed by palm trees

Art & culture

Melbourne, Australia

Luna Park Melbourne

A seaside amusement park from 1912, with Mr Moon and the Scenic Railway.

Rides by the bayExplore

The Main House at Vizcaya seen across the formal gardens

Palaces & landmarks

Miami, USA

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

An Italian-style villa and formal gardens on the shore of Biscayne Bay.

A villa by the bayExplore

The roofless sandstone Penitentiary at the Port Arthur Historic Site, beside a grassy lawn

Palaces & landmarks

Port Arthur, Australia

Port Arthur Historic Site

Sandstone ruins, gardens and a harbour cruise at Tasmania’s best-known convict site.

Convict historyExplore

The Victorian front of the Winchester Mystery House, with gables, turrets and red roofs above clipped hedges

Palaces & landmarks

San Jose, USA

Winchester Mystery House

Sarah Winchester’s sprawling Victorian mansion, with 160 rooms and a century of legends.

A house of many stairwaysExplore

MONA’s rust-red buildings on the Berriedale peninsula, seen across the River Derwent from the east

Art & culture

Hobart, Australia

MONA, Museum of Old and New Art

A museum cut into the cliffs above the River Derwent, with art that sets out to provoke.

Art in the cliffsExplore

A pale mansion beyond a wide lawn and tall trees at The Huntington

Gardens & outdoors

Los Angeles, USA

The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens

Sixteen themed gardens, an art museum and a great library in San Marino.

Gardens, art and great booksExplore

The rendered walls and arched windows of the Woolmers homestead, with roses along its front

Gardens & outdoors

Longford, Australia

Woolmers Estate

A convict-built farming estate and rose garden, with a walk to its neighbour Brickendon.

Convict heritageExplore

The Space Needle beside the towers of downtown Seattle, with Mount Rainier in the distance

Palaces & landmarks

Seattle, USA

Space Needle

Views over Seattle from 520 feet up, and a revolving glass floor.

Seattle from aboveExplore

The pale limestone Main Cell Block of Fremantle Prison, with its pedimented centre and rows of small windows

Palaces & landmarks

Fremantle, Australia

Fremantle Prison

Guided tours of a convict-built prison that held prisoners until 1991.

Behind the wallsExplore

The sun setting over Midtown and Lower Manhattan, seen from SUMMIT One Vanderbilt

Palaces & landmarks

New York, USA

SUMMIT One Vanderbilt

Mirrored rooms, glass ledges and a terrace high above Grand Central.

Midtown from the topExplore

The white sails of the Sydney Opera House above its podium on Bennelong Point, seen across the harbour

Art & culture

Sydney, Australia

Sydney Opera House

A guided tour inside Utzon’s sails on Sydney Harbour.

Inside the sailsExplore

One World Trade Center rising above the trees of the World Trade Center site

Palaces & landmarks

New York, USA

One World Observatory

The top of One World Trade Center, with views across the city and harbour.

Views from the 100th floorExplore

Two elephants beside a pool in a leafy enclosure at Australia Zoo

Gardens & outdoors

Sunshine Coast, Australia

Australia Zoo

Crocodiles, elephants and native wildlife at the Irwin family’s zoo on the Sunshine Coast.

Home of the Crocodile HunterExplore

Carved stone columns and cornices along the top of The Met’s Fifth Avenue façade

Art & culture

New York, USA

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Egyptian temples, armour, period rooms and masterpieces on Fifth Avenue.

Art across five millenniaExplore

Two koalas cuddled together among eucalyptus leaves

Gardens & outdoors

Gold Coast, Australia

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

Koalas, crocodiles and wild lorikeets in 27 hectares of Gold Coast bushland.

Lorikeets since 1947Explore

The red clapboard museum buildings on their pier, with a tall ship moored alongside and Boston beyond

Art & culture

Boston, USA

Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum

Replica tea ships, live re-enactments and the story of December 1773.

Tea in the harbourExplore

Sharks and fish swimming above coral in a large tank at Cairns Aquarium

Gardens & outdoors

Cairns, Australia

Cairns Aquarium

Sharks, rays and reef fish on a journey from rainforest rivers to the Coral Sea.

Rainforest to reefExplore

Space Shuttle Atlantis on display in its exhibit hall, tilted as if in orbit

Art & culture

Orlando, USA

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Space Shuttle Atlantis, the Rocket Garden and a Saturn V on Florida’s Space Coast.

Where Apollo lifted offExplore

A large saltwater crocodile at the surface of its pool, seen half above and half below the water through glass

Gardens & outdoors

Darwin, Australia

Crocosaurus Cove

Giant saltwater crocodiles and Top End reptiles in the centre of Darwin.

Crocodiles in the cityExplore

The Space Shuttle replica Independence mounted on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft NASA 905 at Independence Plaza

Art & culture

Houston, USA

Space Center Houston

A shuttle on its carrier aircraft, flown spacecraft and a tram tour to a Saturn V.

Home of Mission ControlExplore

A Tasmanian devil walking across a bed of wood chips

Gardens & outdoors

Hobart, Australia

Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary

Tasmanian devils, quolls and hand-fed kangaroos at a wildlife sanctuary north of Hobart.

Devils north of HobartExplore

The battleship Missouri moored at Ford Island, seen across the water of Pearl Harbor

Art & culture

Honolulu, USA

Battleship Missouri Memorial

The battleship where the Second World War ended, now a memorial at Pearl Harbor.

Where the war endedExplore

A row of miniature English houses, one half-timbered, beside a still pond

Gardens & outdoors

Canberra, Australia

Cockington Green Gardens

A miniature English village and buildings from around the world, set in colourful gardens in Canberra.

The world in miniatureExplore

The USS Midway moored on the San Diego waterfront, with aircraft on her flight deck

Art & culture

San Diego, USA

USS Midway Museum

An aircraft carrier that served from 1945 to 1992, now a museum on San Diego Bay.

A carrier on the bayExplore

The moss-streaked towers of the castle at Paronella Park, rising above tropical plants

Gardens & outdoors

Mena Creek, Australia

Paronella Park

Moss-covered castle ruins, a waterfall and gardens built by hand in the 1930s.

A castle in the rainforestExplore

The Lake Michigan shoreline and Lake Shore Drive in the evening, seen from the observation deck

Palaces & landmarks

Chicago, USA

360 CHICAGO

Views over Lake Michigan and the skyline from an X-braced 1969 tower.

Chicago from the 94th floorExplore

A koala sitting on a branch among eucalyptus leaves at Lone Pine

Gardens & outdoors

Brisbane, Australia

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Koalas, free-range kangaroos and daily shows at Brisbane’s riverside sanctuary.

Koalas since 1927Explore

The aircraft carrier Intrepid moored at Pier 86 on the Hudson River, with Manhattan behind

Art & culture

New York, USA

Intrepid Museum

An aircraft carrier, a space shuttle and a submarine at Pier 86.

A carrier on the HudsonExplore

The Sydney Harbour Bridge across the blue water of the harbour, with a ferry passing below

Palaces & landmarks

Sydney, Australia

BridgeClimb Sydney

A guided climb of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, to the summit 134 metres above the water.

The harbour from the archExplore

Visitors on the outdoor sky deck at Edge, with the towers of Midtown Manhattan beyond the glass walls

Palaces & landmarks

New York, USA

Edge Observation Deck

A triangular sky deck 100 floors up at Hudson Yards, with a glass floor and glass walls.

A sky deck 100 floors upExplore

The ferry wharf at Aquarium Wharf on Darling Harbour, below the curved glass roofs of the aquarium building

Art & culture

Sydney, Australia

Madame Tussauds Sydney

Wax figures of stars, world leaders and sporting heroes on Darling Harbour.

Famous faces in waxExplore

The North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial, with water falling into the central void and rows of trees beyond

Art & culture

New York, USA

9/11 Memorial Museum

The museum at the World Trade Center site, telling the story of 11 September 2001 and its aftermath.

History and remembranceExplore

An eastern grey kangaroo grazing on the lawn beside its joey

Gardens & outdoors

Sydney, Australia

Symbio Wildlife Park

A family-run wildlife park with kangaroos, koalas and animals from around the world.

Wildlife south of SydneyExplore

The MoMA sign and the entrance canopy on West 53rd Street, with a street tree in leaf

Art & culture

New York, USA

The Museum of Modern Art

Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, the Sculpture Garden and modern art in galleries across Midtown.

Modern art in MidtownExplore

The steel Treetop Walk on slender supports among tall rainforest trees, with tree ferns below

Gardens & outdoors

Southern Highlands, Australia

Illawarra Fly Treetop Adventures

A steel treetop walk through the rainforest canopy, with a 45-metre tower above the escarpment.

Above the rainforestExplore

The white spiral of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue under a blue sky, with yellow taxis in the street

Art & culture

New York, USA

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Frank Lloyd Wright’s spiral museum on Fifth Avenue, with modern art along its rotunda ramp.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s spiralExplore

The cream and green pavilion at Bradman Oval, with a white sight screen on the grass in front

Art & culture

Southern Highlands, Australia

Bradman Museum and International Cricket Hall of Fame

Galleries on Don Bradman and cricket’s history, beside the Bowral oval where he played as a boy.

Cricket historyExplore

The stepped, metal-clad Whitney Museum building and a neighbouring hotel under a deep blue sky

Art & culture

New York, USA

Whitney Museum of American Art

American art on eight floors beside the High Line, with terraces looking over the Hudson.

American art by the HudsonExplore

The entrance steps and portico of AQWA under a cloudy sky, with the round blue AQWA sign and a palm tree

Gardens & outdoors

Perth, Australia

AQWA, the Aquarium of Western Australia

Sharks, seadragons and coral reefs from Western Australia’s coast, at Hillarys Boat Harbour.

The coast beneath the wavesExplore

The curving blue panels of the Pacific Visions wing beside the aquarium plaza, framed by palm trees under a cloudy sky

Gardens & outdoors

Los Angeles, USA

Aquarium of the Pacific

Sea otters, sharks, penguins and lorikeets in Southern California’s largest aquarium, in Long Beach.

The Pacific on the harbourExplore

The bowl of Optus Stadium during a cricket match, with tiered stands under the curved white fabric roof and a big screen

Palaces & landmarks

Perth, Australia

Optus Stadium HALO Rooftop Tour

A guided 360-degree walk around the roof of Optus Stadium, 42 metres up, beside the Swan River.

Perth from the roofExplore

The Warner Bros. water tower rising behind Gate 4 of the studio lot, with green hills beyond and a clear blue sky

Art & culture

Los Angeles, USA

Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood

A guided tour of a working film and television studio, from the backlot to the Central Perk set.

Behind the scenesExplore

The Bell Tower’s glass spire and copper sails rising above palm trees and a wide lawn in late-afternoon sun

Palaces & landmarks

Perth, Australia

The Bell Tower, Perth

Royal bells from London and an observation deck in a copper and glass tower on the Swan River.

Bells by the riverExplore

Blue Skyfari gondolas gliding above the wooded canyons and red-roofed buildings of the zoo under a bright blue sky

Gardens & outdoors

San Diego, USA

San Diego Zoo

Giant pandas, koalas and elephants in Balboa Park, with a guided bus tour and the Skyfari tram.

A zoo in Balboa ParkExplore

The white roof of Adelaide Oval above gum trees on the bank of the River Torrens, with a fountain in the river

Palaces & landmarks

Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide Oval RoofClimb

A guided climb over the roof of Adelaide Oval, to a lean-out point 50 metres above the ground.

Adelaide from the roofExplore

The Safari Park’s paths, trees and lagoon below open grassy plains and dry hills under a clear blue sky

Gardens & outdoors

San Diego, USA

San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Giraffes, rhinos and tigers on 1,800 acres near Escondido, with the Africa Tram across the plains.

Herds on open plainsExplore

A giant panda sitting among green plants and eating bamboo at Adelaide Zoo

Gardens & outdoors

Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide Zoo

Australia’s second-oldest zoo, home to giant pandas, on the edge of Adelaide’s city centre.

Pandas in the parklandsExplore

The giant LEGOLAND California sign above the entrance plaza, with green and blue ticket booths under a deep blue sky

Art & culture

San Diego, USA

LEGOLAND California Resort

Rides, Miniland USA and SEA LIFE Aquarium in Carlsbad, for families with children aged 2 to 12.

Built from LEGO bricksExplore

The red-framed, curved roof and arched glass entrance of the RFDS Darwin Tourist Facility on Stokes Hill Wharf, under a blue sky

Art & culture

Darwin, Australia

Royal Flying Doctor Service Darwin Tourist Facility

The Flying Doctor story and the 1942 bombing of Darwin, told with holograms and VR on Stokes Hill Wharf.

Flying Doctor and 1942Explore

The California Academy of Sciences and its planted roof above the gardens of Golden Gate Park

Art & culture

San Francisco, USA

California Academy of Sciences

An aquarium, a rainforest dome and a planetarium under a living roof in Golden Gate Park.

Science under a living roofExplore

The cream art deco front of the Flying Doctor’s Alice Springs base, with a winged emblem, a brick path and a green lawn under a blue sky

Art & culture

Alice Springs, Australia

Royal Flying Doctor Service Alice Springs Tourist Facility

John Flynn’s story, a hologram show and the Flying Doctor’s original 1939 radio base in Alice Springs.

The Flying Doctor’s first baseExplore

A green-and-cream vintage streetcar passing the arched front of Pier 15 on the Embarcadero

Art & culture

San Francisco, USA

Exploratorium

Hands-on science, art and perception exhibits on a pier over San Francisco Bay.

Science you can touchExplore

The entrance building of the Australian Reptile Park, topped by a giant frill-necked lizard, under a blue sky

Gardens & outdoors

Central Coast, Australia

Australian Reptile Park

Venom shows, Komodo dragons, alligators and kangaroos in a Central Coast park founded in 1959.

Reptiles and venomExplore

The Monterey Bay Aquarium built out over the water, with rocks and a tide pool below its decks

Gardens & outdoors

Monterey, USA

Monterey Bay Aquarium

A living kelp forest, jellies and sea otters in an aquarium built over Monterey Bay.

The life of the bayExplore

Autumn trees and a curving path beside a lake at Hunter Valley Gardens, with hills beyond

Gardens & outdoors

Hunter Valley, Australia

Hunter Valley Gardens

Ten themed gardens, lakes and a waterfall among the vineyards of the Hunter Valley.

Ten gardens in wine countryExplore

The long red-brick barracks of The Walt Disney Family Museum beyond a lawn on the Presidio’s Main Post

Art & culture

San Francisco, USA

The Walt Disney Family Museum

Walt Disney’s life and work in ten galleries, in an 1897 Army barracks in the Presidio.

A life in animationExplore

A rainbow lorikeet eating from half an orange at Hunter Valley Wildlife Park

Gardens & outdoors

Hunter Valley, Australia

Hunter Valley Wildlife Park

Lorikeets, lions, koalas and walk-through habitats in the Hunter Valley wine country.

Wildlife in wine countryExplore

The blue-painted Aquarium of the Bay building at PIER 39, with its name on the wall and an American flag above

Gardens & outdoors

San Francisco, USA

Aquarium of the Bay

Walk through tunnels of sharks and bat rays and meet river otters at PIER 39.

The bay up closeExplore

A Bolivian squirrel monkey with white ears and a dark cap, looking down, at Mogo Wildlife Park

Gardens & outdoors

Batemans Bay, Australia

Mogo Wildlife Park

Primates, big cats and giraffes in a wildlife park just south of Batemans Bay.

Primates on the South CoastExplore

Airliners under the roof of the Aviation Pavilion, from a United Air Lines Boeing 247 and a TWA airliner to the prototype Boeing 747 and a 787

Art & culture

Seattle, USA

The Museum of Flight

More than 150 aircraft and spacecraft, from Boeing’s Red Barn to Concorde and Air Force One.

Air and space at Boeing FieldExplore

A life-size long-necked dinosaur model on the forecourt of the National Dinosaur Museum, under a blue sky

Art & culture

Canberra, Australia

National Dinosaur Museum

Life-size dinosaurs, complete skeletons and fossils at Gold Creek in Canberra’s north.

Dinosaurs in CanberraExplore

The dark stone halls of Bishop Museum, with arched entrances and steep gables, under a clear blue sky

Art & culture

Honolulu, USA

Bishop Museum

Hawaiian Hall, Pacific Hall and a lava show, in a museum founded in 1889 in Honolulu.

Hawaiʻi’s state museumExplore

Chadstone Shopping Centre from the air, its long white roofs and car parks among the streets and trees of south-eastern Melbourne

Art & culture

Melbourne, Australia

LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Melbourne

LEGO rides, a 4D cinema and Melbourne in miniature, for families with children, inside Chadstone.

Bricks and ridesExplore

The red and white Ford Island control tower beside a hangar, with the mountains of Oʻahu behind

Art & culture

Honolulu, USA

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

Two hangars that survived the 1941 attack on Ford Island, with aircraft of the Pacific war.

Historic hangars on Ford IslandExplore

The Australian Sports Museum sign above Gate 3 and the Olympic Stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Art & culture

Melbourne, Australia

Australian Sports Museum

Galleries on cricket, football and the Olympics inside the MCG, with guided tours of the ground.

Sport at the ’GExplore

A stingray gliding through the blue water of a large tank, with shoals of fish around it

Gardens & outdoors

Maui, USA

Maui Ocean Center

Hawaiian corals, green sea turtles and a tunnel through the Open Ocean, at Māʻalaea on Maui.

Hawaiʻi’s reefs on MauiExplore

The timber entrance building of Moonlit Sanctuary, with its welcome sign, between dark fences and gum trees

Gardens & outdoors

Melbourne, Australia

Moonlit Sanctuary

Koalas, Tasmanian devils and rare quolls at a family-run wildlife park south-east of Melbourne.

Rare wildlife by dayExplore

Downtown Seattle, Elliott Bay and the Space Needle seen from Sky View Observatory, with the Olympic Mountains beyond

Palaces & landmarks

Seattle, USA

Sky View Observatory

Views over Seattle, Elliott Bay and Mount Rainier from the 73rd floor of Columbia Center.

Seattle from the 73rd floorExplore

The foreshore path and sea wall at Dromana, with the long pier reaching into Port Phillip Bay under a blue sky

Gardens & outdoors

Melbourne, Australia

Enchanted Adventure Garden

Hedge mazes, giant tube slides and a canopy walk in 25 acres of gardens and bush on Arthurs Seat.

Mazes on Arthurs SeatExplore

The red and glass entrance of Madame Tussauds New York at 234 West 42nd Street, with a giant silver hand on its front

Art & culture

New York, USA

Madame Tussauds New York

Lifelike wax figures of famous faces in themed areas on 42nd Street, near Times Square.

Wax figures on 42nd StreetExplore

A child finding the way between the green timber walls of the outdoor maze at A Maze’N Things, with a red viewing deck and gum trees beyond

Art & culture

Phillip Island, Australia

A Maze’N Things

Illusion rooms, magic displays and a giant outdoor maze on Phillip Island, near Cowes.

Illusions on the islandExplore

The Museum of Broadway’s lit sign and red windows above its columned entrance on West 45th Street

Art & culture

New York, USA

The Museum of Broadway

Three centuries of Broadway history, with costumes and props from more than 500 productions.

Broadway historyExplore

A kangaroo with a joey’s legs showing from its pouch, on the grassy slopes of the park beside a pond

Gardens & outdoors

Ballarat, Australia

Ballarat Wildlife Park

Hand-feed free-roaming kangaroos and meet koalas and Tasmanian devils at a family-owned park.

Kangaroos in BallaratExplore

The domed Zoo Center at the Bronx Zoo, with carved elephant heads beside its arched entrance, on a summer day

Gardens & outdoors

New York, USA

Bronx Zoo

About 4,000 animals, from gorillas to snow leopards, across 265 acres of Bronx Park since 1899.

Wildlife in the BronxExplore

The bluestone gatehouse of Kryal Castle, its name above the arched entrance between two round towers, photographed in 1996

Palaces & landmarks

Ballarat, Australia

Kryal Castle

A replica medieval castle near Ballarat, with jousting, Knight School, a maze and towers.

Knights near BallaratExplore

The glass dome of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory reflected in a lily pool under a blue autumn sky

Gardens & outdoors

New York, USA

New York Botanical Garden

A 1902 glasshouse, an old-growth forest and gardens across 250 acres of the Bronx.

Glasshouse and gardensExplore

The Grantville jetty on Western Port at sunset, with French Island low on the horizon

Gardens & outdoors

Phillip Island, Australia

Maru Koala and Animal Park

Koalas, kangaroos and keeper talks at a family-run animal park on the road to Phillip Island.

Koalas near Phillip IslandExplore

The New England Aquarium’s angled steel canopy and glass entrance on the brick plaza of Central Wharf

Gardens & outdoors

Boston, USA

New England Aquarium

A 200,000-gallon coral reef, penguins and a shark and ray touch tank on Boston’s waterfront.

Ocean life in BostonExplore

The Big Pheasant, a giant painted pheasant statue rising above native shrubs at Tynong, under a blue sky

Gardens & outdoors

Melbourne, Australia

Gumbuya World

Water slides, roller coasters and an Australian wildlife trail, about 50 minutes from Melbourne.

Slides and wildlife near MelbourneExplore

Looking up at the dark, stepped Willis Tower and a neighbouring pale tower against a blue sky

Palaces & landmarks

Chicago, USA

Skydeck Chicago

Glass boxes on the 103rd floor of Willis Tower, 1,353 feet above the Chicago streets.

Chicago from the 103rd floorExplore

The steel walkway of the Tahune Airwalk curving out over the forest, with the Huon River and wooded hills below

Gardens & outdoors

Hobart, Australia

Tahune Airwalk

A steel walkway high in the forest canopy above the meeting of the Huon and Picton rivers.

Treetops of the Huon ValleyExplore

The Field Museum’s long columned front and steps, with Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline beyond

Art & culture

Chicago, USA

Field Museum

SUE the T. rex, Egyptian mummies and four billion years of life in a 1921 hall by Lake Michigan.

Dinosaurs by the lakeExplore

A Tasmanian devil walking through long grass dotted with yellow and white wildflowers

Gardens & outdoors

Hobart, Australia

Tasmanian Devil Unzoo

Tasmanian devils and wild birds in open bushland on the Tasman Peninsula, near Port Arthur.

Devils without fencesExplore

The Art Institute’s Michigan Avenue front under a blue sky, with a bronze lion on its pedestal by the steps

Art & culture

Chicago, USA

Art Institute of Chicago

Seurat, Van Gogh and the Thorne Miniature Rooms behind the bronze lions on Michigan Avenue.

Art behind the lionsExplore

A Tasmanian devil sitting on a flat rock in front of fallen logs and a rocky stream

Gardens & outdoors

Cradle Mountain, Australia

Devils@Cradle

A conservation sanctuary for Tasmanian devils and quolls on the road to Cradle Mountain.

Devils at Cradle MountainExplore

The lit glass front of the Chicago Architecture Center on Wacker Drive at dusk, with white skyscraper models inside

Art & culture

Chicago, USA

Chicago Architecture Center

Skyscraper models and a 3D model of the city in a Mies van der Rohe tower on the Chicago River.

Chicago’s skyline, explainedExplore

The Wheel of Brisbane above the trees of South Bank, seen across the Brisbane River under a blue sky with white clouds

Palaces & landmarks

Brisbane, Australia

Wheel of Brisbane

A 60-metre wheel on South Bank, with enclosed gondolas and views over the river and city.

Brisbane from aboveExplore

The Page Brothers Building on State Street, home of the museum, beside the Chicago Theatre’s vertical sign

Art & culture

Chicago, USA

Medieval Torture Museum Chicago

More than 100 historical punishment devices and their stories, in an 1872 building on State Street.

History, told on State StreetExplore

The Dreamworld globe and sign above the park entrance, with wide curved steps in front under a blue sky

Art & culture

Gold Coast, Australia

Dreamworld

Coasters, Tiger Island and Australian wildlife at the Gold Coast theme park that opened in 1981.

Coasters and tigersExplore

The wooden observation tower above the breeding marsh at Gatorland, with still water and green trees under a blue sky

Gardens & outdoors

Orlando, USA

Gatorland

Thousands of alligators, live shows and a breeding marsh in a family-owned park founded in 1949.

The Alligator CapitalExplore

Coloured tube slides at WhiteWater World winding above yellow shade sails and a pool, with a roller coaster loop behind

Gardens & outdoors

Gold Coast, Australia

WhiteWater World

Surf-themed water slides and a wave pool beside Dreamworld, open in season.

Slides and surfExplore

Art & culture

Orlando, USA

Madame Tussauds Orlando

More than 90 lifelike wax figures of stars, superheroes and leaders at ICON Park on International Drive.

Stars in waxExplore

Tall palms and ferns crowding a shallow creek in the rainforest on Tamborine Mountain

Gardens & outdoors

Gold Coast, Australia

Tamborine Rainforest Skywalk

Steel bridges through the rainforest canopy and a 40-metre cantilever high above Cedar Creek.

Above the rainforestExplore

Nicholas, a rescued bottlenose dolphin, lifting his head from the green water of his pool with his mouth open

Gardens & outdoors

Tampa Bay, USA

Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Rescued dolphins, sea turtles and manatees at a non-profit marine rescue centre near Clearwater Beach.

Marine rescueExplore

The white SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast building with its blue signs and ocean banners, palms and a brick footpath under a blue sky

Gardens & outdoors

Sunshine Coast, Australia

SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast

Sharks and rays above an 80-metre ocean tunnel, with seals and penguins at Mooloolaba.

Under the oceanExplore

The Dalí Museum’s concrete walls and free-form glass bubble above palm trees, rocks and flowering gardens under a blue sky

Art & culture

Tampa Bay, USA

The Dalí Museum

Salvador Dalí’s art in a waterfront museum of concrete and free-form glass in St. Petersburg.

Surrealism by the bayExplore

The tall Aussie World sign by the road, with striped entrance tents, a Ferris wheel and the pub building under a blue sky

Art & culture

Sunshine Coast, Australia

Aussie World

A Sunshine Coast family park with unlimited rides, a giant slide and a carousel from 1927.

Rides since 1989Explore

Looking up through the Oculus, the round lens beneath the Gulf Stream Aquarium, at rays and shoals of fish in blue water

Art & culture

Miami, USA

Frost Museum of Science

A three-level aquarium, a planetarium dome and hands-on science galleries on Miami’s waterfront.

Science by the bayExplore

A koala sitting on a thick branch among eucalyptus leaves, looking towards the camera

Gardens & outdoors

Gold Coast, Australia

Byron Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

Koalas, kangaroos, emus and daily keeper talks at a wildlife charity near Byron Bay.

Wildlife in the hinterlandExplore

The College Football Hall of Fame on Marietta Street, its entrance shaped like a giant orange football

Art & culture

Atlanta, USA

College Football Hall of Fame

Interactive galleries, a wall of college helmets and a 45-yard indoor field in downtown Atlanta.

Helmets, galleries and a fieldExplore

A Skyrail gondola above the rainforest, with cane fields on the coastal plain below

Gardens & outdoors

Cairns, Australia

Skyrail Rainforest Cableway

A 7.5 km gondola ride over World Heritage rainforest from Cairns to Kuranda and back.

Above the rainforest canopyExplore

The glass front and bronze-toned curved wall of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights across a green lawn

Art & culture

Atlanta, USA

National Center for Civil and Human Rights

A museum of the American civil rights movement and of human rights worldwide, opened in 2014.

Civil and human rightsExplore

The central pond at Kuranda Koala Gardens, with rainforest trees and buildings around it

Gardens & outdoors

Cairns, Australia

Kuranda Koala Gardens

Pat a kangaroo and meet koalas, wombats and crocodiles in the heart of Kuranda village.

Koalas in KurandaExplore

Live oaks hung with Spanish moss along the Avenue of Oaks at Boone Hall, with a fenced field beyond

Palaces & landmarks

Charleston, USA

Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens

A Lowcountry plantation with an avenue of live oaks and cabins built for enslaved people.

Oaks, cabins and historyExplore

A southern cassowary, with its blue neck and tall casque, beside a pond at Birdworld Kuranda

Gardens & outdoors

Cairns, Australia

Birdworld Kuranda

More than 350 free-flying parrots, cockatoos and lorikeets in the heart of Kuranda village.

Free-flying birdsExplore

The red-brick Davenport House on Columbia Square, with black shutters, dormer windows and its museum sign

Palaces & landmarks

Savannah, USA

Davenport House Museum

A Federal-style house of 1820 whose rescue in 1955 began Savannah’s preservation movement.

Savannah’s preservation storyExplore

A blue Ulysses butterfly among leaves in the flight aviary of the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary

Gardens & outdoors

Cairns, Australia

Australian Butterfly Sanctuary

More than 1,200 tropical butterflies in a flight aviary in Kuranda, with a laboratory tour.

Butterflies of the tropicsExplore

The stucco front of the Andrew Low House, with green shutters, iron balconies and stone lions beside the steps

Palaces & landmarks

Savannah, USA

Andrew Low House Museum

A house of 1849 on Lafayette Square, home of the Girl Scouts’ founder in her last years.

A house on Lafayette SquareExplore

A camouflage-painted Army Duck, an amphibious wartime vehicle, parked under rainforest trees at Rainforestation

Gardens & outdoors

Cairns, Australia

Rainforestation Nature Park

An Army Duck ride, Aboriginal dance and koalas in a rainforest park near Kuranda.

Army Ducks in the rainforestExplore

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in early evening light, its curved stone wing and radio-tower spire beyond a park lawn

Art & culture

Nashville, USA

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Galleries of country music history and the Hall of Fame Rotunda in downtown Nashville.

The story of country musicExplore

A life-size model of a saltwater crocodile with open jaws beside a gravel path at Hartley’s, with an information sign and trees behind

Gardens & outdoors

Port Douglas, Australia

Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures

Crocodiles on a lagoon cruise, daily wildlife shows and boardwalks through woodland and wetland.

Crocodiles and wildlifeExplore

The red-brick Ryman Auditorium with its tall gable and pointed windows, under a blue sky among downtown Nashville towers

Art & culture

Nashville, USA

Ryman Auditorium

A self-guided tour of the 1892 hall that was home to the Grand Ole Opry for three decades.

The Mother Church of Country MusicExplore

Timber boardwalks and a raised walkway winding through a netted wetland aviary, past a pond and tropical trees

Gardens & outdoors

Port Douglas, Australia

Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas

Wetlands, rainforest and savannah habitats with cassowaries, koalas, kangaroos and crocodiles.

Wildlife parkExplore

The brick front of the Johnny Cash Museum at 119 3rd Avenue South, with its name painted in large white letters above the shop windows

Art & culture

Nashville, USA

Johnny Cash Museum

Guitars, stage clothes and personal belongings from the life of Johnny Cash, a block from Broadway.

The Man in BlackExplore

Rainforest falling away to farmland, the mouth of the Daintree River and the sea, seen from the Mount Alexandra lookout

Gardens & outdoors

Port Douglas, Australia

Daintree Discovery Centre

A canopy tower, aerial walkway and boardwalks in the Daintree Rainforest, with an audio guide.

Rainforest canopyExplore

Art & culture

Nashville, USA

Madame Tussauds Nashville

Themed zones with more than 60 wax figures of music stars, beside the Grand Ole Opry.

Music stars in waxExplore

The Qantas Founders Museum building, with its angled red roof, behind a lawn and trees under a clear sky

Art & culture

Longreach, Australia

Qantas Founders Museum

The story of Qantas in its original 1922 hangar and museum hall in outback Longreach.

Aviation historyExplore

The two-storey Lorraine Motel with turquoise doors, a wreath on the balcony outside Room 306 and two 1960s cars parked below

Art & culture

Memphis, USA

National Civil Rights Museum

Exhibitions on the US civil rights movement, at the motel where Dr Martin Luther King Jr. was killed.

At the Lorraine MotelExplore

Giraffes and antelope grazing on green open plains at Monarto Safari Park, with a bare tree in the foreground

Gardens & outdoors

Adelaide, Australia

Monarto Safari Park

Lions, rhinos, giraffes and elephants on open range, by Zu-loop bus or on foot, an hour from Adelaide.

Safari on the open rangeExplore

The Stax Museum’s red marquee and brick front on a sunny day, beside the Satellite Record Shop

Art & culture

Memphis, USA

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

The story of soul music, told on the original site of Stax Records in South Memphis.

Soulsville, U.S.A.Explore

The whale chaser Cheynes IV and the station’s silver oil tanks beside the red-roofed visitor centre, above a turquoise cove with granite boulders

Palaces & landmarks

Albany, Australia

Albany’s Historic Whaling Station

The whale chaser Cheynes IV and the factory where Australian whaling ended in 1978, on Frenchman Bay.

Australia’s last whaling stationExplore

The Memphis Rock ’n’ Soul Museum sign on a red-brick building at the FedExForum plaza

Art & culture

Memphis, USA

Memphis Rock ’n’ Soul Museum

Memphis music from Delta fields to Sun Records and soul, in seven galleries on Beale Street.

From the Delta to Beale StreetExplore

The round white Scitech Planetarium building, crowned by a geodesic dome, under a clear blue sky

Art & culture

Perth, Australia

Scitech Discovery Centre

Hands-on science galleries, live shows and a large planetarium dome at City West in West Perth.

Hands-on scienceExplore

The Memphis Zoo’s Egyptian-style entrance, painted with hieroglyphs and animal figures, under a blue sky

Gardens & outdoors

Memphis, USA

Memphis Zoo

Elephants, big cats, gorillas and hippos among 3,500 animals in Overton Park, Midtown Memphis.

A zoo in Overton ParkExplore

A dark blue 1935 Packard 120 convertible coupé with whitewall tyres, roped off among other vintage cars in the museum

Art & culture

Perth, Australia

Motor Museum of Western Australia

More than 200 vehicles, from vintage classics to racing cars, in a volunteer-run museum in Whiteman Park.

Cars and motoringExplore

The glass entrance of The National WWII Museum, with the enclosed American Spirit Bridge crossing above the drive

Art & culture

New Orleans, USA

The National WWII Museum

America’s national museum of the Second World War, with aircraft, galleries and films in New Orleans.

Remembering the Second World WarExplore

A long concrete storage tunnel lit by lamps, with interpretive panels on its curved walls and water in a channel along the floor

Palaces & landmarks

Darwin, Australia

WWII Oil Storage Tunnels

Second World War oil storage tunnels below Darwin’s city cliffs, now a self-guided heritage museum.

Second World War tunnelsExplore

The Audubon Zoo entrance, with its green sign and painted animals above the gates, framed by tall palm trees

Gardens & outdoors

New Orleans, USA

Audubon Zoo

White alligators, jaguars, giraffes and orangutans in Audubon Park, Uptown New Orleans.

A zoo in Audubon ParkExplore

A tall quartz crystal on a lawn at Crystal Castle, with rose quartz stones, subtropical gardens and the forested hills of the Byron hinterland beyond

Gardens & outdoors

Gold Coast, Australia

Crystal Castle and Shambhala Gardens

Giant crystals, a World Peace Stupa and subtropical gardens in the hills behind Byron Bay.

Crystals and gardensExplore

The seven-storey red-brick former Texas School Book Depository at the corner of Elm and Houston Streets, under a blue sky

Art & culture

Dallas, USA

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

The life, death and legacy of President Kennedy, told in the former Texas School Book Depository.

History above Dealey PlazaExplore

The Mob Museum’s stone and brick building on a street corner, with black museum banners, palm trees and steps up to the arched entrance

Art & culture

Las Vegas, USA

The Mob Museum

The story of organised crime and law enforcement, told in a restored 1933 federal courthouse.

Downtown Las Vegas historyExplore

The Golden Nugget’s great yellow sign, with GAMBL in white letters, among old signs in the Neon Boneyard at dusk

Art & culture

Las Vegas, USA

The Neon Museum

Old casino and motel signs from across Las Vegas, gathered in an outdoor boneyard downtown.

Vintage Las Vegas signsExplore

The Venetian’s hotel tower, its copy of the Doge’s Palace and the red-brick Campanile against a blue sky on the Las Vegas Strip

Art & culture

Las Vegas, USA

Madame Tussauds Las Vegas

Lifelike wax figures of famous faces in themed areas at the Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip.

Wax figures on the StripExplore

The grey AREA15 building with its name in tall white letters, and a large black truck painted with the AREA15 name parked in front

Art & culture

Las Vegas, USA

Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart

A surreal supermarket with hidden passages to other worlds, made by Meow Wolf at AREA15.

Immersive art at AREA15Explore

The Phoenix Zoo’s curved brick entrance building beneath a shade canopy and a blue sky

Gardens & outdoors

Phoenix, USA

Phoenix Zoo

About 3,000 animals along four trails in Papago Park, from desert wildlife to the Tropics Trail.

Wildlife in Papago ParkExplore

Reunion Tower’s geodesic sphere on its concrete shafts beside the mirrored towers of the Hyatt Regency Dallas, under a blue sky

Palaces & landmarks

Dallas, USA

Reunion Tower GeO-Deck

Views across Dallas from the indoor and outdoor GeO-Deck, 470 feet up Reunion Tower.

Dallas from aboveExplore

Dinosaur skeletons, among them a Tyrannosaurus and a long-necked sauropod, in the Morian Hall of Paleontology

Art & culture

Houston, USA

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Dinosaur skeletons, ancient Egypt and wildlife halls in a museum founded in 1909.

Dinosaurs by Hermann ParkExplore

The Downtown Aquarium building with its wave-shaped roofline and blue Aquarium signs, behind a row of palm trees

Gardens & outdoors

Houston, USA

Downtown Aquarium Houston

Sharks, a shipwreck, white tigers and a train through a shark tank in downtown Houston.

An aquarium downtownExplore

The Houston Zoo main entrance, with its large sign above a covered gateway on a sunny day

Gardens & outdoors

Houston, USA

Houston Zoo

Elephants, gorillas and a Galápagos habitat among more than 4,300 animals in Hermann Park.

Wildlife in Hermann ParkExplore

The stone balcony and Gothic windows of Juliet’s House in Verona

Art & culture

Verona, Italy

Juliet’s House

A medieval house, a famous balcony and a little romance in the heart of Verona.

For the romanticsExplore

The north front and flying buttresses of Westminster Abbey above a sunlit lawn, framed by trees

Palaces & landmarks

London, United Kingdom

Westminster Abbey

The Gothic church of coronations, royal tombs and Poets’ Corner, beside Parliament Square.

The coronation churchExplore

The London Eye beside County Hall on the South Bank, seen across the River Thames under a blue sky with clouds

Palaces & landmarks

London, United Kingdom

London Eye

A 135-metre wheel on the South Bank, with glass capsules and views over the Thames and Westminster.

London from aboveExplore

Dozens of orange-and-white clownfish swimming just below the surface of a reef tank

Gardens & outdoors

London, United Kingdom

SEA LIFE London Aquarium

Sharks, a coral reef, jellyfish and penguins in County Hall, beside the London Eye.

The ocean on the ThamesExplore

The green copper dome of the former London Planetarium beside Madame Tussauds on Marylebone Road, under a blue sky, with red telephone boxes on the pavement

Art & culture

London, United Kingdom

Madame Tussauds London

Wax figures of famous faces in themed zones on Marylebone Road, near Baker Street.

Famous faces in waxExplore

Two giraffes outside the brick Giraffe House at London Zoo, with its tall arched doorways, on a sunny day

Gardens & outdoors

London, United Kingdom

ZSL London Zoo

The world’s oldest scientific zoo, with gorillas, big cats and penguins in Regent’s Park.

A zoo in Regent’s ParkExplore

The Round Tower of Windsor Castle on its mound, a flag flying above it, behind battlemented stone walls under a blue sky

Palaces & landmarks

London, United Kingdom

Windsor Castle

The State Apartments and St George’s Chapel in a royal castle founded by William the Conqueror.

A working royal castleExplore

The long stone south front of Warwick Castle and its round corner tower, above the River Avon and a wide lawn

Palaces & landmarks

Warwick, United Kingdom

Warwick Castle

A castle above the River Avon founded by William the Conqueror, with towers, a Great Hall and daily shows.

A medieval fortressExplore

The timber-framed front of Shakespeare’s Birthplace on Henley Street under a blue sky

Art & culture

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Shakespeare’s Birthplace

The timber-framed Stratford house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564, with its garden and New Place.

Where the story beganExplore

The Royal Yacht Britannia dressed overall with flags at her berth in Leith, under a clear blue sky

Palaces & landmarks

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Royal Yacht Britannia

Five decks of the former Royal Yacht, from the State Apartments to the engine room, in Leith.

A royal yacht in LeithExplore

The west front of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, with its round-towered corners and the stone fountain in the forecourt, under a blue sky

Palaces & landmarks

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Palace of Holyroodhouse

The monarch’s official residence in Scotland, with Mary, Queen of Scots’ rooms and Holyrood Abbey.

The monarch’s home in ScotlandExplore

The Outlook Tower on Castlehill, with its battlements, corner turrets and the domed rooftop chamber of the Camera Obscura against a clear blue sky

Art & culture

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Camera Obscura and World of Illusions

A Victorian rooftop camera obscura and floors of hands-on illusions at the top of the Royal Mile.

Illusions on the Royal MileExplore

The dome and a west tower of St Paul’s Cathedral rising behind the Millennium Bridge, seen across the Thames

Palaces & landmarks

London, United Kingdom

St Paul’s Cathedral

Christopher Wren’s domed cathedral on Ludgate Hill, with its galleries and crypt.

Wren’s domeExplore

The White Tower rising above the outer walls of the Tower of London, seen across the Thames under a blue sky

Palaces & landmarks

London, United Kingdom

Tower of London

The Norman fortress on the Thames, with the Crown Jewels, the White Tower and the Yeoman Warders.

The Crown JewelsExplore

The masts, yards and rigging of the Golden Hinde rising against a bright sky beside a tall riverside building

Art & culture

London, United Kingdom

The Golden Hinde

A full-size reconstruction of Francis Drake’s Elizabethan galleon, moored at Bankside by London Bridge.

Drake’s galleonExplore

The red-brick front of Kensington Palace with its central pediment, behind a lawn and clipped topiary in Kensington Gardens

Palaces & landmarks

London, United Kingdom

Kensington Palace

The royal home of William and Mary and Queen Victoria’s birthplace, in Kensington Gardens.

A royal palace in the parkExplore

The long approach to the red-brick Tudor west front and Great Gatehouse of Hampton Court Palace, under a clear blue sky

Palaces & landmarks

London, United Kingdom

Hampton Court Palace

Henry VIII’s Tudor palace and Wren’s Baroque apartments, with gardens and a maze, on the Thames.

Henry VIII’s palaceExplore

The Studio Tour entrance at Leavesden, a dark curved building with the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London and Making of Harry Potter signs, behind three giant chess pieces

Art & culture

London, United Kingdom

Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter

Original sets, costumes and props from the Harry Potter films, at the studio where they were made.

Behind the filmsExplore

The south front of Blenheim Palace, a long Baroque façade of golden stone with a columned portico and corner towers, above a wide lawn

Palaces & landmarks

Oxford, United Kingdom

Blenheim Palace

The Baroque palace of the Dukes of Marlborough, birthplace of Winston Churchill, in a Capability Brown park.

A Baroque palaceExplore

The stone circle at Stonehenge on its grassy plain, sarsen uprights and lintels against a pale sky

Palaces & landmarks

Salisbury, United Kingdom

Stonehenge

The prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain, raised in stages from about 5,000 years ago.

A prehistoric monumentExplore

Brightly painted wooden boats on the sand beside a lagoon in the Islands area of Chester Zoo

Gardens & outdoors

Chester, United Kingdom

Chester Zoo

A conservation charity’s zoo of more than 130 acres near Chester, from Asian elephants to Islands.

A conservation zooExplore

The west towers and the pinnacled south side of York Minster under a blue sky with white clouds

Palaces & landmarks

York, United Kingdom

York Minster

A working Gothic cathedral completed in 1472, with the Great East Window and a 275-step tower climb.

A Gothic cathedralExplore

Gentoo penguins on round stone nests beside the penguin pool at Edinburgh Zoo, with a footbridge and trees behind on a sunny day

Gardens & outdoors

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Edinburgh Zoo

Penguins, chimpanzees, koalas and big cats on the wooded slopes of Corstorphine Hill.

Penguins and big catsExplore

The angular, silver-clad Titanic Belfast building under a deep blue sky with white clouds

Art & culture

Belfast, United Kingdom

Titanic Belfast

The story of RMS Titanic, told beside the Belfast slipways where she was built, with SS Nomadic.

Where Titanic was builtExplore

The two white stone domes of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich facing each other across a lawn, under a bright blue sky

Art & culture

London, United Kingdom

The Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College

Sir James Thornhill’s Baroque painted hall, in Wren’s Old Royal Naval College by the Thames.

Baroque painting in GreenwichExplore

The marble Grand Staircase of the Palais Garnier

Art & culture

Paris, France

Palais Garnier

A celebration of gilded detail, sweeping staircases and Parisian grandeur.

An architectural performanceExplore

The Alcazaba and the walls of the Alhambra above the trees of Granada

Palaces & landmarks

Granada, Spain

The Alhambra

Intricate arches and centuries of stories, high above Granada.

History, beautifully toldExplore

Bran Castle on its rocky hill above the trees in Transylvania

Palaces & landmarks

Brașov, Romania

Dracula’s Castle

Towers, timber galleries and the castle behind the Dracula legend.

A legend on the hillExplore

Majorelle blue architecture surrounded by lush green plants

Gardens & outdoors

Marrakech, Morocco

Jardin Majorelle

Cobalt blue, towering palms and a little escape from the everyday.

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A world of colourExplore

Palm tree and palace walls reflected in the central pool at El Badi Palace

Palaces & landmarks

Marrakech, Morocco

El Badi Palace

Vast courtyards, sunken gardens and the ruins of a Saadian royal palace.

Royal walls and open skiesExplore

The garden courtyard and mausoleum buildings at the Saadian Tombs

Palaces & landmarks

Marrakech, Morocco

Saadian Tombs

Royal mausoleums, cedar ceilings and a quiet garden courtyard.

Craft worth a closer lookExplore

The cave opening framing the Atlantic Ocean at the Caves of Hercules

Gardens & outdoors

Tangier, Morocco

Caves of Hercules

Stone chambers, ocean light and a famous opening onto the Atlantic.

Where the rock meets the oceanExplore

The Grand Courtyard of Bahia Palace with its painted galleries

Palaces & landmarks

Marrakech, Morocco

Bahia Palace

Quiet courtyards, intricate craftsmanship and a window into another era.

Details worth a closer lookExplore

The Menara Pavilion and its palms reflected in the great basin

Gardens & outdoors

Marrakech, Morocco

Menara Pavilion

A green-roofed pavilion above a great basin, with olive groves all around.

Water, olives and the AtlasExplore

The Almoravid Koubba with its ribbed dome and stepped crenellations

Palaces & landmarks

Marrakech, Morocco

Almoravid Koubba

A small domed pavilion from Almoravid Marrakech, with a carved cupola and early muqarnas.

Almoravid craft, found againExplore

The white walls and crenellated towers of the Perdicaris Palace above its paved terrace

Palaces & landmarks

Tangier, Morocco

Perdicaris Palace

A towered villa in the Rmilat forest, with a famous kidnapping in its past.

A villa above the StraitExplore

The red-ochre walls and gate tower of the Chefchaouen Kasbah, with the Rif mountains behind

Palaces & landmarks

Chefchaouen, Morocco

Chefchaouen Kasbah

A 15th-century fortress with an Andalusian garden, at the heart of Chefchaouen’s blue medina.

Earthen walls in the blue cityExplore

The white façade of Dar Sanaa, with green-tiled eaves and horseshoe-arched doors

Art & culture

Tétouan, Morocco

Dar Sanaa School of Arts and Crafts

A working craft school opposite a medina gate, where students learn Tétouan’s traditional arts.

Tiles, wood and living craftsExplore

A restored arched gate of the Roman camp at Tamuda, with Tétouan beyond

Palaces & landmarks

Tétouan, Morocco

Tamuda

Restored Roman gates on the ruins of a Mauretanian town, near Tétouan.

Roman gates by the MartilExplore

The Arch of Caracalla at Volubilis, with farmland beyond

Palaces & landmarks

Meknes, Morocco

Volubilis

A Roman arch, a great basilica and mosaic floors still in place, above a fertile plain.

Roman stone below the ZerhounExplore

The tiled courtyard of the Marinid Madrasa in Salé, with its fountain and galleries

Palaces & landmarks

Salé, Morocco

Marinid Madrasa

A 14th-century college beside the Great Mosque, with a tiled courtyard and carved cedar.

Tile, plaster and cedarExplore

The harbour tower and arches of the Skala du Port above blue fishing boats

Palaces & landmarks

Essaouira, Morocco

Skala du Port

An 18th-century harbour battery with bronze cannons, above the blue boats of Essaouira.

Cannons above the harbourExplore

Standing columns in the palatial quarter on the hilltop at Lixus

Palaces & landmarks

Larache, Morocco

Lixus

Phoenician and Roman ruins on a hill above the Loukkos estuary.

Legend above the LoukkosExplore

Flower beds and lawns in the gardens of Ain Asserdoun, with the cascade wall beyond

Art & culture

Beni Mellal, Morocco

Ain Asserdoun Heritage Centre

A modern heritage centre among the terraced gardens of a mountain spring.

A region in one visitExplore

The white marble façade of Dolmabahçe Palace on the Bosphorus

Palaces & landmarks

Istanbul, Türkiye

Dolmabahçe Palace

Grand architecture and a glimpse of imperial life beside the Bosphorus.

A different side of IstanbulExplore

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Check the ticket instructions, bring your sense of wonder and enjoy being somewhere new.

THE APOLLONAUT WAY

Travel with
the details.

We get to know each attraction inside out—from its history and character to the little details that bring your visit to life.

Places we know inside out.

From the must-see highlights to the quieter corners, discover what makes each attraction special.

The history behind the beauty.

The people, ideas and moments behind the gardens, palaces and landmarks you come to see.

The little things worth knowing.

What to look for, how to plan your time and the small details that are easy to miss.

A FEW HELPFUL ANSWERS

Good to know
before you go.

More exploring. Fewer question marks.

What is Apollonaut?

Apollonaut is a place to book tickets for gardens, palaces and landmarks. Tickets on Apollonaut are sold by Apollonaut Pty Ltd, which takes payment, emails your tickets and provides booking support. Apollonaut Pty Ltd does not run the attractions themselves.

How do I choose the right ticket?

Open the attraction’s page and compare its ticket options. Check what each ticket includes, the visitor categories, the date and the entry time before paying. You can browse everything we offer or start from a destination.

Which time are entry times shown in?

Always the attraction’s local time, on our pages, in your confirmation and on your tickets, so the time you book is the time you arrive.

Who sends my tickets?

Apollonaut Pty Ltd emails them from booking@apollonaut.com. Your confirmation arrives as soon as you’ve paid and explains what happens next. If something hasn’t arrived, check spam or junk, then email us at that address with your booking reference.

What does the service fee cover?

Ticket prices on Apollonaut include admission and our service fee. The fee pays for our team to arrange your admission, email your tickets and help with your booking. You can see the total before you pay.

Can I save places for later?

Yes. Tap the heart on an experience and open Saved at the top of the page. If your browser allows local storage, your list stays here when you return.

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