Top Ten Scenic Destinations?

[CMF]

Where is the most spectacular scenery you've ever seen? BANF? Nova Scotia? Yellowstone? The Grand Canyon? Alaska? ___________?

Charles

 

[Rose Pink]

Utah

It's been said that if you don't like the scenery where you are at in Utah, just drive an hour in any direction and it changes. From the desolate expanse of the salt flats to the changing colors of the rock formations in Bryce to the mountain forests, you'll find just about anything. We love Moab, Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park, Capitol Reef, and our home in the Salt Lake Valley. (Well, maybe not the actual house--it needs a lot of work--but the location.)

 

[LisaH]

Hawaii, any island
Oregon Coast
Yosamite National Park
Vancouver
Vancouver Island

(I am biased as I live on the West Coast)

 

[lumpy]

Best Scenery

Loved the Alaskan cruise a couple of years ago
Also hard to beat Kauai - Napali Coast, Bali Hai, Waimea canyon, waterfalls

 

[labguides]

One often missed site is Cedar Break in Utah, just out of Cedar City.

 

[glenn1000]

Hawaii, any island
Oregon Coast
Yosemite National Park
Vancouver
Vancouver Island

(I am biased as I live on the West Coast)

I agree with this list and would add parts of New Zealand and Australia plus the California coastline.

 

[CMF]

Most Scenic Timeshare???

How's about North American timeshares near some of these locations? I want to broaden my horizons and travel somewhere other than Orlando with the family once a year.

Thanks for the tips so far!

Charles

 

[JeffV]

All of them have timeshares reasonably close. Go to the RCI directory and do a search by state or better yet, look in the RCI resort catalog as you can then see relative distances. They all beat the heck out of Orlando in my opinion.

 

[Jya-Ning]

Or go to Tug's resort' review, and look at that state or the top 30 resorts

Jya-Ning

 

[spatenfloot]

Worldmark has resorts in many of the listed locations. Are you still considering buying one or did you decide the stick with Marriot?

 

[CMF]

Sticking with the Big M.

I need the security of the Marriott only trading window. But, I will reconsider WM if I have trouble finding the Horizons at Branson at a good price; the trouble is that I have only an educated guess as to what a good price is.

I'm in no hurry though. I have my January vacation in Orlando planned, I am booking tickets on the TUG Alaska cruise, and I'm sure the Foxrun that I am in the process of buying will get me a week in the fall somewhere nice.

So I'm set for 2006 and looking forward to 2007.

Charles

 

[wackymother]

A beautiful location on the East Coast

...is the Hudson River Valley, which was painted by some of the great artists of the (hence the name) Hudson River School. If you visit Mohonk Mountain House (unfortunately not a timeshare), they have wonderful hiking trails and little gazebos set on the cliffs where you can sit and admire the spectacular scenery. It's amazing, just like being in one of those paintings!

 

[CMF]

Been there done that.

My niece worked at Mohonk and it is beautiful, I visited while she was employed there. Loved the huge porch with all the rocking chairs.

A few places to add of my own:

1. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area
2. Mt. Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument
3. Mt. Rainier National Park
4. The San Juan Islands of Puget Sound

Charles

 

[debraxh]

the Big Island of Hawaii

Nearly everywhere I've visited has spectacular scenery of some kind, in it's own way, so I've only listed my favorite.

 

[Steve]

Some Top Scenic Spots I've been to...

Here are some of the most beautiful places I've been to:

In the USA:

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Glacier National Park, Montana
Oregon Coast
Maine Coast
Sanibel Island, Florida
Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina
Sedona, Arizona
Santa Barbara, California
Yosemite National Park, California
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee/NC

In Europe:

Zermatt, Switzerland
Berchesgaden, Germany
Salzburg, Austria

Most of these areas have timeshares in the nearby vicinity.

Have fun!

Steve

 

[EAM]

Top Ten on my list - grouped, but not ranked

Best Cliffs:
Na Pali
Best Canyons:
Waimea Canyon
The Grand Canyon
Best volcanic site:
Kilauea Iki
The Yellowstone Caldera
Best mountains:
The Alps in Austria, Germany & Switzerland
Glacier National Park
The Grand Tetons
The Maroon Bells
The view of Pyramid Peak as one comes over a rise on a ski lift in Colorado

 

[DeniseM]

I might have missed it, but I didn't see anyone post Lake Tahoe.

 

[Fern Modena]

Not ten, and certainly not everybody's...

• The view of the Grand Canal in Venice seen from the steps of the Venezia Centrale train station
• Alaska, too many places to mention individually
• The view of the Las Vegas Strip from Pinnacle Village (see? I told you it wouldn't be everybody's choice)
• Santa Barbara
• Sidi Bu Said (spelling?), Tunisia
• just outside Palermo, Sicily

Fern

 

[JudyH]

No one mentioned Escalante Canyon, in Boulder, Utah. Take the senic route from Moab,Utah, thru Canyonlands National Park, on the way to Zion National Park. Miles of pink marble cascading down forever. One good thing from the Clinton presidency was that he designated this a National area.

 

[bluehende]

list of special places

The special places i have visited.


1. Mount Ranier

2. Arches NP

3. Zion after a 2 inch deluge of rain.....hundreds of intermittent waterfalls off the walls.

3. Yosemite....from the point right above the valley...forget the name

4. View from MT Haystack in the Adirondaks.

 

[krisj]

10 most scenic places I've been;

Bali (especially inland mountain rice terraces)
Glen Coe in Scotland
Sea-to-Sky highway (Vancouver to Whistler)
Zion area, Monument Valley or Sedona (for red rocks)
Bornholm Denmark (island off the coast of Sweden)
Mt Rainier, Grand Tetons, Maroon Bells or top of Whistler Mountain (Black Tusk views)
Alhambra in Granada Spain
Hawaii (soft spot for the Big Island, which has it all)
San Juan Islands or Deception Pass area
Old growth forest (Vancouver Island, CA redwoods, WA Ho River Rain Forest)

Kris

 

[ellend]

Great post, loads of ideas for future holidays here. Add this one to the list,
Exmoor in England when the rain is lashing down and a gale is blowing. Sounds dreadful, it's great.

 

[Neesie]

I fell in love with Sedona, Arizona. I never heard of it until I was paging through the RCI book a few years ago....same with Whistler, B.C. and now I've been to both. Both highly recommended based on scenery.

 

[Greg G]

Acadia National Park, Maine.
I haven't been to any of the other parks mentioned but Acadia National Park was very scenic.

Greg

 

[4dabirds]

Reefs off a small island in the Carribean - there is a whole other world awaiting down there!

Ruby Beach for it's stacks, drift logs, and river that flows out to the ocean (Washington Coast/Olympic Pennisula)

Yosemite - very diverse scenary/ecosystems from meadows to alpine all in a day's hike

Colorado Rockies and Vermont in the fall

Moab, Bryce, Canyonlands, Grand Canyon, Zion, Sedona, Valley of Fire - at sunrise or sunset (especially Bryce dusted with just a bit of snow ...or looking up those canyon walls from the valley floor)

Carmel - sitting on the cliffs as the waves come crashing in

Redwood forest in California

The Hawaiian Islands - for their beauty and diversity