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Gorge & canyon

4 places catalogued in this kind of landscape.

Alquézar, Municipality in Aragon, Spain
Hidden towns Spain · Huesca Province

Alquézar

A medieval village on a limestone spur above the Vero canyon, with walkways bolted to the gorge walls and Palaeolithic rock art in the caves.

Coordinates
42°10′21″N 0°01′15″W
Crowds
Some visitors
Landscape
Gorge & canyon
Best season
Best in Spring
Curved hexagonal basalt columns of the Symphony of the Stones in Garni Gorge, Armenia
Geological oddities Armenia · Kotayk Province

Symphony of the Stones

A cliff of hexagonal basalt columns hanging over the Azat River, curved like organ pipes, a short scramble below one of Armenia's most visited temples.

Coordinates
40°07′10″N 44°43′21″E
Crowds
Quiet
Landscape
Gorge & canyon
Best season
Best in Shoulder
Nong Khiaw, Village in Laos
Hidden towns Laos · Luang Prabang Province

Nong Khiaw

A village on the Nam Ou river hemmed in by limestone karst towers, where the view from the Pha Daeng peak trail takes in the whole valley.

Coordinates
20°34′24″N 102°37′00″E
Crowds
Quiet
Landscape
Gorge & canyon
Best season
Best in Winter
Khertvisi Fortress, Fortresses in Aspindza Municipality, Georgia
Forgotten ruins Georgia · Samtskhe-Javakheti

Khertvisi Fortress

One of the oldest fortresses in Georgia, a 10th-century keep on a rock at the meeting of two rivers, walked past by everyone on their way to Vardzia and entered by almost no one.

Coordinates
41°28′59″N 43°17′13″E
Crowds
Quiet
Landscape
Gorge & canyon
Best season
Best in Summer