Here are some of the most stunning cliff-side towns around the world
Riomaggiore, Italy
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Santorini, Greece
Azenhas do Mar, Portugal
Rocamadour, France
Rocamadour is a small clifftop village in south-central France. It is known for the Cité Réligieuse complex of religious buildings, accessed via the Grand Escalier staircase. It includes the Chapelle Notre-Dame, with its Black Madonna statue, and the Romanesque-Gothic Basilica of St-Sauveur. La Forêt des Singes, a park where macaques roam free, is to the northeast. The Rocher des Aigles bird park lies to the west.
Ronda, Spain
Wadi Dawan, Yemen
Wadi Dawan is a town and desert valley in central Yemen. Located in Hadhramaut Governorate, it is noted for its mud brick buildings.
Piodão, Portugal
Pitigliano, Italy
Metéora, Greece
There are 6 Meteora monasteries perched on the huge cliffs people can visit today. A visit to Meteora monasteries offers a unique perspective of nature’s grandeur in conjunction with history, architecture, and man’s everlasting desire to connect with the Divine. Meteora today is the largest archaeological site of Greece in terms of the area that it covers. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1989 and an official holy place for Greece since 1995.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
Castellfollit de la Roca, Spain
La Paz, Bolivia
Manarola, Italy
Al Hajarah, Yemen
Amadiya, Iraq
Positano, Italy
Åstol, Sweden
Polignano a Mare, Italy
