Places in context: profiles connected to our guides, maps, sources and verified photographs.
Fars is presented in the article as the province connected with a future stay to visit Persepolis. Planning should wait: regional volatility, risks for foreign nationals and transport disruptions make renewed checks necessary.
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Fern Gully marks the end of the Rakiura Track’s final stage from North Arm: about 11 km, usually taking four to four and a half hours. From there, roughly 2 km of road remain before returning to Oban.
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Feynan is a locality associated with a valley landscape marked by copper mining and smelting. Ancient mines, slag and other remains offer insight into the area’s human and industrial history.
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The former Fiat Tagliero building offers a starting point for considering how ideas of speed, technology and power took shape in Asmara during Italian colonial rule. Its significance comes into focus when set against the city’s streets and other buildings, without separating the architecture from its history.
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In southern Namibia, Fish River Canyon can be viewed from the Hobas lookout or explored on the roughly 90-kilometre hike to Ai-Ais, subject to permits and river conditions.
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Flosagjá is a fissure among the waterways and meadows of Þingvellir’s lowlands. The article places it on a continuation of the walk from the assembly area, provided the bridges and trails are open.
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Fond-de-Gras presents the Minett’s mining history through its railway tracks, locomotives and service buildings. Historic trains help explain how ore was carried through this railway landscape.
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The Fondation Félix Houphouët-Boigny pour la Recherche de la Paix is an institutional site in Yamoussoukro, conceived for research, dialogue and the promotion of peace. Check in advance whether it receives visitors and in what format.
Explore the place →Fongafale is a narrow strip of land where villages, services and the everyday life of Tuvalu’s capital are concentrated. Exploring at an unhurried pace offers a sense of Funafuti’s human scale.
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Fort Belgica on Banda Neira helps explain how control of the nutmeg trade became a means of controlling territory.
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Fort Bullen in Barra was built in 1826, after Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807. Its military positions at the river mouth were intended to intercept the slave trade, offering a different perspective on the river’s history.
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Fort Rodney forms part of Pigeon Island National Landmark in northern Saint Lucia. Its 18th-century fortifications and climb to Signal Peak combine history and landscape, with views over Rodney Bay and the northwest coast. The site remains closed during September 2026.
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At the tip of Birgu’s peninsula, Fort St Angelo overlooks the harbour. Its route interprets medieval, hospital, military and later naval uses, helping explain the city’s strategic role.
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Fort Zeelandia, beside the Suriname River in Paramaribo, houses the Suriname Museum and helps explain how the city spread inland from the riverbank.
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Fossil Rock reveals the marine geological history contained in Sharjah’s desert landscape. It works as a landscape excursion complementary to Mleiha Archaeological Centre and offers a different perspective from Faya’s prehistoric occupation record.
Explore the place →Fougoumba is home to the Almamy coronation house, a circular earthen building associated with ceremonies and gatherings in the Fouta kingdom. It is a living cultural space that calls for a respectful visit.
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The Fouta Djallon massif brings together headwaters, gallery forests, upland savannas and community practices tied to the landscape. Travel calls for time to absorb slow journeys and changing access conditions.
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Freetown is the urban starting point for arranging a boat visit to Bunce Island. Allow time to reach the embarkation point and return, and leave several days in the city so plans can be rescheduled if needed.
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