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National Geographic’s travel editors have just selected the ten places around the world they think will most excite nature lovers and urban explorers this summer.

Their suggestions range from the more obvious, like the classic city break destination of Barcelona, to the slightly more far-out, such as the fossil hunting paradise that is Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park.

We think they’ve made some pretty good choices. What’s your opinion? Are there any places you would put on the list instead? Tweet us or leave a comment below.

The complete list:

Pawleys Island – South Carolina, USA
Isla del Sol – Bolivia
Argyll and the Isles – Scotland
Baltimore – Maryland
Barcelona – Spain
Dinosaur Provincial Park – Alberta, Canada
St Petersburg – Russia
Traverse City – Michigan, USA
Spencer Glacier – Alaska, USA
Channel Islands – California, USA

Written by insider city guide series Hg2 | A Hedonist’s guide to…

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About the author

Brett AckroydBrett hopes to one day reach the shores of far-flung Tristan da Cunha, the most remote of all the inhabited archipelagos on Earth…as to what he’ll do when he gets there, he hasn’t a clue. Over the last 10 years, London, New York, Cape Town and Pondicherry have all proudly been referred to as home. Now it’s Copenhagen’s turn, where he lends his travel expertise to momondo.com.

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