Coast

3 places catalogued in this kind of landscape.

Geological oddities Oman · Muscat Governorate

Bimmah Sinkhole

A limestone sinkhole 600 m from the sea, filled with turquoise water where fresh and salt water meet, with steps down from a free municipal park.

Coordinates: 23°02′10″N 59°04′16″E
Crowds: Some visitors
Landscape: Coast
Best season: Best in Winter

Forgotten ruins United Kingdom · Scotland

Slains Castle

A roofless 19th-century mansion on the Aberdeenshire cliffs, said to have given Bram Stoker the setting for Dracula, and left to the gulls since 1925.

Coordinates: 57°24′47″N 1°50′10″W
Crowds: Quiet
Landscape: Coast
Best season: Best in Summer

Hidden towns Faroe Islands · Streymoy

Kirkjubøur

A hamlet of turf-roofed farmhouses on the Faroes' southern shore, once the islands' medieval capital, with a roofless 13th-century cathedral and a farm inhabited by the same family since 1550.

Coordinates: 61°57′18″N 6°47′42″W
Crowds: Usually empty
Landscape: Coast
Best season: Best in Summer