iconic landmark
Recognizable tourist destination
An iconic landmark is a widely recognized structure or site that symbolizes a place or culture.
The Eiffel Tower is an iconic landmark of Paris; the Statue of Liberty, of New York.
The phrase often appears in tourism contexts: We visited all the iconic landmarks on our trip.
Iconic here means serving as an emblem—famous enough to represent something larger than itself.
- Angkor WatMassive Khmer temple complex
- Hollywood SignMountaintop tourism icon
- Eiffel TowerIron lattice monument, Paris
- Grand CanyonMassive Arizona gorge
- tourist attractionSite visitors seek out
tourist trap · travel guide · Mount Everest · Taj Mahal · Stonehenge · Machu Picchu · White House · national treasure · Statue of Liberty · photo op · Forbidden City · Great Barrier Reef · Sydney Opera House · Mount Rushmore · Alhambra · national pride · Amazon Rainforest · must-see destination
iconic landmarkstrip mall
Row of adjacent storefronts
suburban sprawl · tract housing · eyesore · big box store · parking garage