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Tripadvisor Reveals Tourists' Favorite Landmarks

The Traveler's choice monument 2016 organized by the Tripadvisor site ended yesterday:the 10 favorite monuments, world, European and French were unveiled.

In the first place we find Machu Picchu, in the heart of Peru. The Taj Majal is placed in 5th place and the Eiffel Tower only comes in 14th position, out of the category of the top 10 favorite world monuments for travellers. These are three top10 in total that trip booking and booking site Tripadvisor revealed yesterday. They were chosen according to an automatic algorithm based on ratings and comments from many users:the Traveler's Choice Monument 2016... In addition to the top 10 world monuments, we can find the ranking of the most requested European monuments as well as the most popular French monuments. most visited. And there, surprise! We discover the average prices of each monument for one night:30 euros to stay near the Taj Mahal in Graba in India and 129 euros maximum to sleep next to the Eiffel Tower.

Italy (Saint Peter's Basilica and the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin) as well as Spain (Cathedral of Cordoba and Alhambra) are the most popular European countries. Among the world rankings, we also find the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in the United Arab Emirates (2nd), the Saint Savior Cathedral in Saint Petersburg in Russia (5th) and the Lincoln Memorial located in the United States in 9th place.

As far as the French top10 is concerned, the Eiffel Tower is the big winner. Parisian monuments come first (Notre Dame Cathedral, Opéra Garnier, Sainte Chapelle, Sacré Cœur Basilica, Arc de Triomphe and Pont Alexandre III in the respective order). The Cathedral of Strasbourg succeeds them in 8th place while the Palace of Versailles comes just after. Marseille brings up the rear (10th) with the Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde…

It makes us want to go on vacation very quickly!