most photogenic and breathtaking places in the world

Most Photogenic and breathtaking places in the world

world's amazingly photogenic locations with breathtaking beauty to enjoy.
1. Paris
Unfolding along the meandering River Seine, Parisis home to more iconic eye candythe Eiffel Tower (pictured), Notre Dame Cathedral, the Arc de Triomphe, the list goes onthan any other city on earth. Beyond these bigticket items are myriad palaces, squares, museums, bridges, gardens and churches, among other lenspleasers, not to mention the French capitals fashionably attired and alluringly accented population.
2. Lake Louise Alberta Canada
Its difficult to conceive of a more picturesque alpine scene: Take 800 square metres of emeraldgreen, canoefriendly lake, wrap it in dramatic Rocky Mountain peaks (pictured), and add a glittering glacier at one end. When the waters freeze in winter,Lake Louiseis arguably even more scenic, with skaterscrisscrossing the ice, festive fairy lights adorning the hotel and avalanches rumbling down the surrounding slopes.
3. Rio de Janeiro
You rarely have to ask cariocas to say cheese! when snapping a photo. Residents of Brazils largest city already have plenty of reasons to smile: Lush, hilly surroundings that culminate in the iconic Sugerloaf and Corcovado mountains; Ipanema Beach and the Copacabana Promenade, where buff bodies squeeze into the skimpiest of swimwear; the annual Carnival celebrations in February or March; and the 2014 FIFA World Cup final, where a Brazil victory would turn smiles into ecstasy.
4. Petra Jordan
If everything looks better through rosecoloured glasses, then rosecoloured light should produce better photos. It certainly does in this World Heritage Site, which is revered by photographers for its striking sandstone facades (pictured) framed by narrow stone passageways, as well as for theinimitable desert light that givesPetra its nickname: The Rose City.
5. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Australia
TheGreat Barrier Reefis the worlds largestcoral reefsystemand by far the biggest structure made by living organismswith more than 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching 2,600pluskilometres. TheMarine Park, meanwhile, protects thousands of species of whales, dolphins, turtles, fish, coral and more. All of this draws waterproof cameratoting divers from around the world.
6. Angkor Cambodia
You know the camera adores a place when it steals the spotlight from Angelina Jolie. But theres much more to the worlds largest religious structure than its fame as a filming location for 2001sLara Croft: Tomb Raider. For centuries after Angkors abandonment in the 1400s, the gargantuan complex of walls, terraces, residences and temples lay cloaked in jungle. As it turns out, this slow decay has enhanced the site for photographers (and moviemakers), with tree roots wrapped evocatively around ornate temples.
7. Bora Bora French Polynesia
If youre looking to step into a screensaveror create one of your ownthis idyllic South Pacific isle is the place to do it. Three decades after it became the birthplace of overthewater bungalow resorts, Bora Bora is now a major tourism destination. Its impossibly blue lagoon andencircling barrier reef are ideal for marine life and scuba diving, while the main island is a twinpeaked extinct volcano that pushes human development to the coast. In short, its amazing how much of the place is accessible to visitors, yet remains irresistible to the camera.
8. Dazzling
It can take a lot of skill, training and legwork to snap superior travel photos. But some spots are so spectacular that it requires little more than the right light and a steady hand to capture images thatll draw applause back home. In short, the places that follow make it easy to look like you were on assignment forNational Geographic.
9. Serengeti National Park Tanzania
Against a varied backdrop of grassy plains, savannah and woodlandsprinkled with volcanoes and rocky outcrops known as kopjes photographers come here to spot Africas Big 5 animals: lions, leopards, elephants (pictured), rhinos and buffalos. Theres also the chance to capture the largest mammal migration on earth, when more than a million wildebeest and 250,000 zebras gallop across the Serengeti each spring and autumn.
10. Santorini Greece
When this volcanic island blew its top around 3,600 years ago, it left a semicircular archipelago rimmed with towering cliffs, and created a dramaticcentral lagoon. Since then, the cliffs have become topped withthe whitewashed, bluedomed buildings (pictured) that are synonymous with the Greek isles. On top of all this,manyof Santorinis main settlements face due west, yielding beautifulsunset views over the shimmering Aegean.