Where is the coolest place you have ever been?

fastfoodietofitcutie
fastfoodietofitcutie Posts: 523 Member
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I need a vacation. I've been in such a slump lately, I feel like that movie Groundhog Day. I want to go someplace to be inspired. Machu Picchu, the Grand Canyon, etc..

Have you been anywhere that has been breathtaking or awe inspiring?
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  • fastfoodietofitcutie
    fastfoodietofitcutie Posts: 523 Member
    No one has been anywhere cool? :)
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Oddly, I really love the Portland area.
  • JtKeil
    JtKeil Posts: 1,389 Member
    Chichen Itza and Niagara Falls...breathtaking, amazing, really words cannot describe it.
  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    Niagara Falls is really breathtaking. I have gone every season and it is always different.
  • tbonethemighty
    tbonethemighty Posts: 100 Member
    The woods on the coast outside Kemer, Turkey.
    The mountaintops above Bergen, Norway.
    The plains/scrubland in Ndutu, Tanzania.
    (I like the wilderness.)
    Citywise, Bergen, Liège (Belgium), and Istanbul get my votes.
  • JtKeil
    JtKeil Posts: 1,389 Member
    I'd love to go in the winter. When I walked in the caverns behind the falls I saw the photos of the icicles around the falls in the winter. It looked like something out of a fairytale!
  • LifeOnMars_
    LifeOnMars_ Posts: 720 Member
    Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia is pretty neat. Also, Ocho Rios in Jamaica was awesome.
  • aerochic42
    aerochic42 Posts: 843 Member
    Volcano national park on Big Island Hawaii, especially if you follow the road down to the end.
  • becky10rp
    becky10rp Posts: 573 Member
    Barcelona, Spain is beautiful..........Rome is amazing.
  • ItsMeGee3
    ItsMeGee3 Posts: 13,254 Member
    Negril, Jamaica 7 Mile beach is amazing!
  • bmoncada1
    bmoncada1 Posts: 477 Member
    Riviera Maya Mexico, B E A utiful
  • fobs13
    fobs13 Posts: 1,080 Member
    Nice,France and surrounding area. Just back from a weekend away there and it was magical. For the sun and cool city vibe,watching how the other half live in Monacco.
    Rome, Italy. Fo all the stunning Architecture and the history of the place not to mention the Vatican.
    Achill Island, Co. Mayo, The Burren in Clare and Most of West Cork in Ireland for the unspoilt scenary.
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Banff and Lake Louise, Alberta
  • jlahorn
    jlahorn Posts: 377 Member
    Some of my tops, more or less in order:

    The Galapagos islands are completely, surreally amazing, and you can visit Machu Picchu as part of the same 10-day to 2-week trip.

    Ireland is pretty spectacular. An 8-day drive that includes the Cliffs of Moher, the Ring of Kerry, the Burren, Dingle Peninsula, and tons of castles...

    New Zealand - blackwater rafting in the glowworm caves in Waitomo, the geological parks in Rotorua, etc.

    Chichen Itza is definitely neat, and it's only a couple of hours from Riviera Maya.

    I really liked Banff in the summer. Super-dramatic mountains and lakes, amazing hiking.

    Getting lost in the winding streets of Venice - daydreamily romantic and lovely.


    I'm one of those people for whom the Grand Canyon is "meh". It's a long frickin' drive through miles of nothingness to get to some dramatic and pretty rocks that you can see better in the IMAX film than you can irl (including from the lame-*kitten* helicopter tours).

  • FrozenTundra511
    FrozenTundra511 Posts: 206 Member
    Aruba/ Curacao
  • Legend1945
    Legend1945 Posts: 71 Member
    Toronto CN Tower is one of the most amazing sites
  • FlashMorehouse
    FlashMorehouse Posts: 138 Member
    edited October 2014
    grnice39 wrote: »
    I need a vacation. I've been in such a slump lately, I feel like that movie Groundhog Day. I want to go someplace to be inspired. Machu Picchu, the Grand Canyon, etc..

    Have you been anywhere that has been breathtaking or awe inspiring?

    Sipi Falls Uganda. Both the rainy season and dry season offer very different and cool aspects of the actual falls themselves. The area is also just very cool in general.

    http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g3732357-d1854368-Reviews-Sipi_Falls_Resort-Sipi_Eastern_Region.html
  • JtKeil
    JtKeil Posts: 1,389 Member
    Stonehenge was pretty awesome too. But I don't think they allow you to get close anymore so it might not be as impressive.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    I'm really loving Tunisia right now.
  • fastfoodietofitcutie
    fastfoodietofitcutie Posts: 523 Member
    Now we're talking. All these places sound amazing! Jlahorn, thanks for the tips on the Grand Canyon.
  • bmoncada1
    bmoncada1 Posts: 477 Member
    Legend1945 wrote: »
    Toronto CN Tower is one of the most amazing sites

    Amen to this. Toronto is amazing by itself
  • GulfcoastAL
    GulfcoastAL Posts: 74 Member
    Rhodes, the entire island, in Greece, has it all. I've got to get back.
    My mother lived in Sardinia for several years, and it's an interesting place. So is Corsica.
    Any of Ludwig's palaces in Austria. Ditto for the Alps.

    In America? My extended family lived in the French Quarter so that's a cool place, but I really like Frenchmen Street with their bars just beyond.
    There is also the COOLEST place to watch upcoming bands in Mobile,Alabama called Callaghan's Irish Social Club. It's very small but a really unique experience. Mobile is older than New Orleans and was settled by the French first.
  • Pirate_chick
    Pirate_chick Posts: 1,216 Member
    I love California, LA in particular. Disney World is normally my go to vacation for a getaway. My dream vacation is Bora Bora.
  • Oi_Sunshine
    Oi_Sunshine Posts: 819 Member
    A fishing village in southern Brazil, on the roof of a boathouse at sunrise, with a giant mug of sweet milky coffee, watching the dolphins jumping and listening to the fishermen readying their boats and calling to each other in Portuguese. The smell of the air there... I can still remember it.
  • JtKeil
    JtKeil Posts: 1,389 Member
    bmoncada1 wrote: »
    Legend1945 wrote: »
    Toronto CN Tower is one of the most amazing sites

    Amen to this. Toronto is amazing by itself

    I wish I'd spent more time in Toronto, I only went there for the day to watch a Yankees/Bluejays game. The bluejays destroyed the yanks and we drove back to the hotel in an angry silence...

  • fobs13
    fobs13 Posts: 1,080 Member
    bmoncada1 wrote: »
    Legend1945 wrote: »
    Toronto CN Tower is one of the most amazing sites

    Amen to this. Toronto is amazing by itself

    + 1 to this too. Forgot Toronto when making my initial list. Went there as part of my honeymoon 15 years ago.
  • Just_Ceci
    Just_Ceci Posts: 5,926 Member
    JtKeil wrote: »
    Chichen Itza and Niagara Falls...breathtaking, amazing, really words cannot describe it.
    +1

    Also Crater Lake, Yosemite, and The Grand Tetons are in my top 5.
  • engodwin
    engodwin Posts: 516 Member
    Honduras, Dominica, Cruises in the Caribbean, New York, Miami, New Orleans, Dallas, Chicago, Gatlinburg, Nashville, Lexington, Louisville, Cincinnati, Indy, Daytona, a lot of cities in Florida, Cherokee, Atlanta, Savannah, I'm sure I'll think of more.
  • Legend1945
    Legend1945 Posts: 71 Member
    With Toronto you also get very close to Niagara Falls, that was amazing as well
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    grnice39 wrote: »
    Jlahorn, thanks for the tips on the Grand Canyon.

    Love the area up there. For most, the South rim side is a great way to see the GC, but if you have any way to get to the North rim side, make the trip. Must less crowded and unrestricted access. I've stood right on the edge of the most amazing view, where one steps forward and I would plunge 1000's of feet down.

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