101 Things to Do Before You Die: Famous Landmarks by The TI Review Team
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Explore the Cemetery in Montmartre by Andrew Ferree
Paris. In the leafy, tranquil, lovely little cemetery in Montmartre, seek out the graves of Lili Boulanger, Vaslav Nijinsky, François Truffaut, Offenbach, Alexander Dumas, Emile Zola, Stendhal and Heine, amongst others.
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Visit A Man-Made Wonder by AA Gill
Indai, Agra: The Taj Mahal. This is one of the half dozen bona fide man-made wonders of the world. It hurts to look at it; the symmetry, the whiteness, the scale is almost too big to fit in your head. And the people: I don’t mind the people, they give it scale. Only with them do you realize how pristinely vastly monumental it is. They belong there; you belong there. You think it was built as a secret? It was made to be worshiped, to be loved, the one perfect architectural symbol of love in the world. If you die without seeing the Taj Mahal, you’ve missed out big-time.
Sing With the King by Graham Reid
Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. There is a frisson of delight in standing at the microphone Elvis sang into, and having a conducted tour of a room no bigger than your lounge at home. Walls steeped in history and music which changed the world.
Visit Papua New Guinea by Liz Johnston
Port Moresby has an astonishing collection of tribal and World War II artefacts scattered in private and public museums. In Milne Bay province Australian troops inflicted the first land defeat of the Japanese by the Allies in 1942 and rusting hulks of ships and tanks still lie amid jungle foliage and on coral shores. Milne Bay people still live very traditional village lifestyles and this is one of the safest provinces in PNG, although the locals are said to practice powerful magic.
Travel In the Footsteps of Scott and Zelda by Anthea Gerrie
The pre-war glamour of the Cote d’Azur, gradually becoming tarnished by traffic jams and tacky tourists, is re-evoked in an instant as you enter the Belles Rives at the exclusive, pine-forested end of Juan-les-Pins. “We are in a perfect spot,” wrote F Scott Fitzgerald in 1926 during the year he spent here with Zelda when it was still a private villa. Later, this great art deco hotel enriched with a pier, a piano bar and acres of wood panelling by a stylish Russian émigré would play host to the Picassos, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and the cream of French celebrity...today it remains a rare icon of undiluted 1930s style.
Visit Rural Russia by Barbara Erasmus
Russia: Step into a time warp in remote villages with unfamiliar names. Kitzi – amazing wooden churches with cupolas and shingles reflecting the filtered sunshine. Uglich and Gorritsy – multi-coloured domes and spirals; a cappella choristers among the icons; holy words and ancient songs.
Experience Scott’s Hut by Alf Alderson
Antarctica: sit alone in Captain Scott's hut for a few minutes and try to imagine and experience the utter remoteness of this part of the world 100 years ago.
See Medieval Cambodia by Anthony Healy
Cambodia: this ancient and beautiful country is a must-see. Phnom Phen is a medieval town situated at the meeting point of the Mekong and Tongle Sap rivers. The Renakse is a medieval hotel in this medieval town (no air conditioning between 10p.m. and 6p.m. and don’t even think about hot water). Across the street, in the Grand Palace, is The Silver Pagoda, a temple with a floor made of solid silver. And suddenly I was back in my childhood watching Errol Flynn as Captain Blood. Here were riches beyond the dreams of avarice. Outside on the street most people are dressed in rags.
See Apollo and Daphne by Lee Marshall
Marvel at Bernini's sculpture of Apollo and Daphne in the Borghese Gallery in Rome: helps one define the word 'sublime'.
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Visit the Oldest Red-Light District in the World by Sean Thomas
Spend time in Gion, Kyoto, Japan, and arguably the oldest red-light district in the world. Walk down the wooden streets of the town at sunset and if you’re lucky you might see a white-faced geisha hobbling to work in her kimono and wooden shoes. You will almost certainly see sake brewers shipping their barrels of rice wine down one of Gion’s medieval canals.
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