Click and drag to rotate>> | One of the world's most exhilarating views! - Coming into view is the Atlantic Ocean with the curve of Copacabana and the unmistakable favelas or shanty townships that tumble down the hills towards the sea. At the summit you can walk around steep paths into the wilderness and picnic areas, or purchase souvenirs or jewelry at the shops around the cable-car station. | Visit Virtual Reality tour>>
Click and drag to rotate>> | The Capitol originally housed the Felip Poey Natural Science Museum, which contains a wealth of natural exhibits and a planetarium. The museum was renamed the Museo de Historia Natural and is now located at Calle Obispo 61, around the Plaza de Armas. Open 09.00 - 17.00 Tuesday - Friday; 09.30 - 17.30 Saturday and Sunday. Everywhere you look, classic American cars Buicks, Dodges and Russian Ladas cruise along the street.
Click and drag to rotate>> | A place to be experienced as much as seen, Havana lives up to all the cliches that have characterized it for so long. The people really do dance the rumba, drink rum and smoke cigars. Everywhere you look, classic American cars Buicks, Dodges and Chevrolets cruise along the streets that seem to have changed little since the revolution. The old part of the city, Habana Vieja, appears caught in a 1950s time warp. It looks like a film set, while the people resemble extras.
Click and drag to rotate>> | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is arguably one of the most stunning harbor cities in the world alongside Sydney and Hong Kong. Rio has been built on a series of hills, some of which are still covered by virgin forest, and looks out over the most beautiful natural scenery of granite islands in Guanabara Bay. City landmarks include: Sugar Loaf Mountain (Pao de Acucar) and cable-car, The Second World War Memorial, Cristo Redentor, Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon Promenades.
Click and drag to rotate>> | The 33 houses of Britain's first circular street each display three types of classical column: Doric (ground floor), Ionic (middle floor) and Corinthian (top floor). The 513 different motifs at first floor level, depicting aspects of the arts, sciences and occupations, are thought to be either masonic symbols - Wood was an ardent freemason - or images taken from a fortune telling book! Acorns on the roof could relate to Bladud or a tribute to the glorious Druid culture that Wood believed thrived in pre-Roman Bath and for whom the oak was sacred. The centre, now occupied by plane trees, was originally a reservoir supplying the houses with water.
Click and drag to rotate>> | The Royal Crescent the first of its kind to be built in the world, (1774) it is thought by many to be the finest crescent in Europe. With its 30 houses and 114 Ionic columns fronted by an impressive lawn, it is a fitting tribute to the 'Age of Elegance' and its architect, John Wood the Younger. Note the small wall known as a ha-ha halfway up the lawn. Built to prevent cattle straying near the Crescent, it cannot be seen from there so that the overall impression is one of a vast lawn sweeping down below.