Most beautiful villages
WHS on their countries list of Most beautiful villages.
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Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque | Zempoala is among Mexico's Pueblos Mágicos ("Magical Towns") | |
Arab-Norman Palermo | Cefalú is among I piú bei borghi d'Italia ('Italy's most beautiful hamlets') | |
Camino Real | Pinos, Nombre de Dios and Mapimí are among Mexico's "pueblos magicos" | |
Causses and Cévennes | La Couvertoirade is among Les plus beaux villages de France ('France's most beautiful villages') | |
Cilento and Vallo di Diano | Castellabate is among I piú bei borghi d'Italia ('Italy's most beautiful hamlets') | |
Costiera Amalfitana | Atrani, Conca dei Marini, Furore are among I piú bei borghi d'Italia ('Italy's most beautiful hamlets') | |
Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake | Vershinino (The Most Beautiful Villages in Russia) | |
Ferapontov Monastery | Ferapontovo is among The Most Beautiful Villages in Russia (Самые красивые деревни России) | |
Fortifications of Vauban | Villefranche-de-Conflent is among Les plus beaux villages de France ('France's most beautiful villages') | |
Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda | Jalpan de Serra is among Mexico's Pueblos Mágicos ("Magical Towns") | |
Gulf of Porto | Piana is among Les plus beaux villages de France ('France's most beautiful villages') | |
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces | Saint-Saphorin ist among Switzerland’s “die schönsten Schweizer Dörfer”. | |
Loire Valley | Montsoreau is among Les plus beaux villages de France ('France's most beautiful villages') | |
Longobards in Italy | Monte Sant'Angelo is among I piú bei borghi d'Italia ('Italy's most beautiful hamlets'), Cividale is among the Bandiere arancioni ('orange flags') by the Touring Club Italiano. | |
Mantua and Sabbioneta | Sabbioneta is among I piú bei borghi d'Italia ('Italy's most beautiful hamlets') and the Bandiere arancioni ('orange flags') by the Touring Club Italiano. | |
Pienza | Pienza is among the Bandiere arancioni ('orange flags') by the Touring Club Italiano. | |
Popocatepetl monasteries | Tepoztlán is among Mexico's Pueblos Mágicos ("Magical Towns") | |
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands | Vernazza is among I piú bei borghi d'Italia ('Italy's most beautiful hamlets') | |
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings | Ledro is among the Bandiere arancioni ('orange flags') by the Touring Club Italiano | |
Qadisha Valley | Hasroun, Hadath el-Jebbeh and Bcharreh are among Lebanon’s “Les plus beaux village du Liban”. | |
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy | Agliè with its castle is among the Bandiere arancioni ('orange flags') by the Touring Club Italiano | |
Route of Santiago de Compostela | Santillana del Mar is among "los pueblos más bonitos de España" | |
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France | Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Vézelay, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Conques, Estaing, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, La Romieu are among Les plus beaux villages de France ('France's most beautiful villages') | |
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy | Orta San Giulio, Varallo are among the Bandiere arancioni ('orange flags') by the Touring Club Italiano | |
San Gimignano | San Gimignano is among the Bandiere arancioni ('orange flags') by the Touring Club Italiano. | |
Santa Maria de Guadalupe | Guadalupe is among "los pueblos más bonitos de España" | |
Shirakawa-go and Gokayama | Shirakawa is in the "Nihon de mottomo utsukushii mura rengō" (Association of The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan) | |
Tequila | Tequila is among Mexico's Pueblos Mágicos ("Magical Towns") | |
The trulli of Alberobello | Alberobello is among I piú bei borghi d'Italia ('Italy's most beautiful hamlets') | |
Val d'Orcia | Radicofani and Pienza are among the Bandiere arancioni ('orange flags') by the Touring Club Italiano | |
Val di Noto | Militello Val di Catania, Palazzolo Acreide are among I piú bei borghi d'Italia ('Italy's most beautiful hamlets') | |
Venetian Works of Defence | Palmanova is among I piú bei borghi d'Italia ('Italy's most beautiful hamlets') | |
Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont | Barolo, Grinzane, Ozzano, Rosignano are among the Bandiere arancioni ('orange flags') by the Touring Club Italiano, while Cella Monte is part of the Borghi più belli d'Italia. | |
Vézelay | Vézelay is among Les plus beaux villages de France ('France's most beautiful villages') |
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