Acropolis Ranked Second Most Beautiful World Heritage Site By CNN

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The Acropolis in Athens, Greece, came in second after the Angkor site in Cambodia on a list composed recently by American news network CNN.

The list was composed following the announcement of the most expensive vacation of all time that was recently purchased by two people (a Chinese student and an Italian businessman) for 1.5 million dollars from luxury website VeryFirstTo.com.

The “vacation” is a two-year luxury expedition to all 962 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, “from dazzling underwater ecosystems to the ruins of ancient civilizations, otherworldly natural landscapes to more modern works of architecture.”

CNN rounded up 20 of the network’s favorite sites. “We’ve rounded up 20 sites that we’d be looking forward to most if we were going on the trip,” CNN’s Sarah Reid said.

20 of the world’s most beautiful World Heritage Sites by CNN

1. Angkor, Cambodia
2. Acropolis, Greece
3. Bagan, Myanmar
4. Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
5. Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia, Turkey
6. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
7. Hampi, India
8. Iguazu National Park, Brazil and Argentina
9. Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
10. Machu Picchu, Peru
11. Mont-Saint-Michel, France
12. Petra, Jordan
13. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
14. Rapa Nui, Chile
15. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
16. Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
17. Tulum, Mexico
18. Valletta, Malta
19. Venice and its lagoon, Italy
20. Yellowstone National Park, United States