It is a valley surrounded by mountains many of which are always covered with clean white snow.
Chiang Mai, in the northern region, surrounded by mountains and filled with Buddhist temples, is second in size to Bangkok, considerably less expensive and more serene.
Wineries are clustered along the length of the 132-mile long Okanagan Valley, which has a string of lakes running through its middle and is surrounded by mountains on either side.
Back at the family estate, in a stunning valley surrounded by mountains, Mr Jonker sniffed and then sipped a sample of the Methode Cap Classique sparkling white wine that is still fermenting.
In the spring, tourists come from all over the world to see the natural wonders: crystalline salt popping out of the ground, sand dunes surrounded by mountains, vibrantly colored, unearthly-looking rock formations and, if there's been enough rain, blooming wildflowers.
The Aspen Pitkin Co. airport is surrounded by high mountains on three sides, so it is in something of a box canyon.
Otavalo has a reputation as a party town , but it is surrounded by stunning mountains that are considered sacred by indigenous traditions.
This was in the late nineteen-fifties and early nineteen-sixties, in the rural village of Sonobe, about thirty miles northwest of Kyoto, in a river valley surrounded by wooded mountains.
It is made of endless stretches of empty dirt roads surrounded by forests, mountains, glaciers and lakes, with scenic villages, free campsites and hot springs along the way.
Surrounded by the Pioneer Mountains, Divide was nestled in a flat-backed valley sprinkled with sagebrush and half-burnt two-by-fours, a reminder of when people actually used to live here.
The Maliau Basin may be one of the most primeval destinations in Sabah: a bowl-shaped jungle depression surrounded by unscalable jungle mountains that was unexplored until World War II, when it was spotted from the air by an Allied pilot.
Surrounded by the lush Green Mountains, you'll swear you're in a setting that's make believe.
The Hills in Arrowtown, which recently hosted the Pro-Am Championship, is a spectacular spot surrounded by the barrenness of the Remarkables Mountains and the Crown Range peaks.
We'd spend hours hiking up beautiful mountains, only to find ourselves surrounded by cellphone towers or military radar installations, and have to go back to the drawing board.
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Relaxing in the lagoon, surrounded by steam, snow (in the winter) and black mountains of lava rock, is a breathtaking and uniquely Icelandic experience.
Surrounded by wild flowers and walnut trees and with the giant spurs of the Kandil mountains as a backdrop, they pass round plates heaving with figs and grapes, and clap along to Kurdish folk songs crackling out from their radio.
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Surrounded by 8, 000 acres of land, the Biltmore Estate is a picturesque castle hidden away in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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