Breakaway Destination Guides (International)

Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

China - The sheer diversity of China's takes you from noisy cities to isolated mountain-top Ming-Dynasty villages.

India - India's history goes back to 3,200 BC with its great natural wealth has lured a succession of traders and foreign influences to it.

Japan - Japan, influenced by nature and traditional culture with ancient temples or futuristic cities.

Thailand - A dramatic history, its heritage of Ancient Temples, Battlefields and Ruins and two Capitals, a continuing fascination for visitors.

Butan, Tiger's Nest - The Takshang Goemba (Tiger's Nest) Monastery

Cambodia, Angkor Wat - The largest temple in the world

Laos, Wat Phou

Laos, Plain of Jars

Myanmar, Bagan - One of the richest architectural sites in the world

Myanmar, Popa Taungkalat - Popa Taungkalat is regarded as the abode of Myanmar's powerful nat, or local spirits

Singapore, Kong Meng San Phor Kark - This Buddhist temple is one of the largest places of worship in Singapore.

Sri Lanka, Sigiriya - Sigiriya is a major archaeological site in North Central Sri Lanka.

Taiwan, 480 Buddha's - It is the largest Buddhist sanctuary in Kaoshiung County and was founded by Venerable Master Hsing. Yun in 1967

United Kingdom - Prehistoric culture of the earliest inhabitants, Roman invasions, contact with continental Europe, finally becoming united till the Norman conquest introducing Norman French law and feudalism.

Germany - Vibrant cities, varied landscape of mountains, forests and lakes, historical locations, a destination without borders.

Netherlands, Land below sea level, flat, reclaimed, densely populated, and yet liberal with so much water and wind, or so many boats, bikes, dykes, windmills, flowers, bridges and cheese.

France, Loire & it's Châteaux - The Loire Valley known as the Garden of France and the Cradle of the French Language. Is also noteworthy for the quality of its architectural heritage, and its historic towns.

France, Mont Saint-Michel - The Mount consecrated to St Michel in 708 was one of the first place of cult for the Archangel Michel with the Gargan's Mount.

Italy, The Leaning Tower of Pisa - One of the seven wonders of the world.

Italy, Pompeii - One of Italy's most famous cities frozen in time.

Italy, Coliseum, Rome - The greatest amphitheatre of antiquity.

Italy, Rialto Bridge, Venice - A bridge that spans the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy is known as the The Rialto Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Rialto) and is a landmark in Venice.

Italy, Foro Romano - Sometimes known by its original Italian title, 'Foro Romano', is located between the Palatine hill and the Capitoline hill of the city of Rome. It is the central area around which the ancient Roman civilization developed.

Italy, Spanish Steps, Rome - The Scalinata is without a doubt the longest and widest staircase in all Europe.

Italy, Trevi Fountain, Rome - The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is the largest and most ambitious of the Baroque fountains of Rome.

Switzerland, Chillon Castle, Lake Geneva - An architectural jewel located in the most beautiful setting imaginable, between the shores of Lake Geneva and the Alps.

Vatican City, The Basilica of Saint Peter - One of the most important christianic religious buildings in the world.

Poland, Auschwitz Concentration Camp - Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest of Nazi Germany's concentration camps. Located in German-occupied southern Poland, it took its name from the nearby town of Oświęcim (Auschwitz in German)

Romania, Dracula's Castle - This majestic castle still stands today in the Carpathian mountains and is one of the most popular tourist site in Romania.

Ireland, Johnstown Castle - The harmony between great Victorian revival castles and their surrounding ornamental grounds is rarely seen to such perfection as at Johnstown Castle.

Ireland, Skelligs Monastery - Skellig islands are well known for their seabird colonies, and together comprise one of the most important seabird sites in Ireland, both for the population size and for the species diversity.

Norway, Borgund Stave Church - A stave church located in Borgund, Norway. Classified as a triple nave stave church of the so-called Sogn-type and one of the best preserved of Norway's stave churches.

Christmas Island - The island's geographic isolation and history of minimal human disturbance has led to a high level of endemism amongst its flora and fauna, which is of significant interest to scientists and naturalists.

Galapagos Island - The Galapagos islands and its surrounding waters are part of a province, a national park, and a biological marine reserve. The principal language on the islands is Spanish.

Maldives - The Capital located at the southern edge of North Malé Atoll, in the Kaafu Atoll. It is also one of the Administrative divisions of the Maldives. Traditionally it was the King's Island, from where the ancient Maldives Royal dynasties ruled and where the palace was located.

French Polynesia - The term "Polynesia", meaning many islands, was first used by Charles de Brosses in 1756, and originally applied to all the islands of the Pacific.

Pacific Ocean, Easter Island - Easter Island has long been the subject of curiosity and speculation.

Egypt - The land that gave birth to the first great civilisation, legendary pyramids are merely the tip of the archaeological iceberg.

India - India's history goes back to 3,200 BC with its great natural wealth has lured a succession of traders and foreign influences to it.

Jorden, Petra - The High Place of Sacrifice, the Roman theatre, the Monastery, the rock-cut tombs.

Australia - Prehistoric gorges, white sails, deadly spiders, snakes and sharks to the red desert sunsets. A place to be discovered, not feared

Mexico, Chichen Itza - A major regional focal point in the northern Maya lowlands from the Late Classic through the Terminal Classic and into the early portion of the Early Postclassical period.

Peru, Machu Picchu - Machu Picchu is a city located high in the Andes Mountains in modern Peru.

Colombia, Las Lajas Cathedral - Of Gothic revival architecture and was built from January 1, 1916 to August 20, 1949, with donations from local churchgoers, replacing an old nineteenth-century chapel.

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