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lonely planet best in travel 2026 - the ones worth booking first
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- 01Peru
- 02Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- 03Cádiz (Spain)
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✈️the new seven wonders, ranked by whether they're worth the flight
new7wonders.com's official seven, picked by public vote in 2007. no official rank, this one's mine. check the date, that vote closed almost 20 years ago and people still argue about it.
01
Machu Picchu
inca site from the 1400s in peru. #1 because getting there is a pilgrimage and it still delivers. gate-checked once, never again
02
Petra
03
Taj Mahal
agra, india, started 1632 and took about 16 years. the marble does something to your brain in person that no photo gets across
04
Great Wall of China
05
Chichén Itzá
yucatan, mexico, pyramid predates 800 AD. docked a spot for how packed the base of El Castillo gets by 11am
06
Colosseum
07
Cristo Redentor
rio de janeiro, built in 1931. still cool up close, ranks last because the view around it does more work than the statue does. fight me
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