iconic landmarks
Recognizable tourist destinations
Iconic landmarks are widely recognized structures or places that symbolize a city, region, or nation—the Eiffel Tower for Paris, the Statue of Liberty for New York.
The phrase emphasizes both visual distinctiveness and cultural significance.
The tour hit all the iconic landmarks.
Something becomes an iconic landmark through fame and repeated representation, not just age or size.
- Iguazu FallsVast Argentine-Brazilian cataract system
- Eiffel TowerIron lattice monument, Paris
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- ColosseumFlavian arena in Rome
- StonehengePrehistoric megalithic circle
Great Wall of China · Angkor Wat · Grand Canyon · Hagia Sophia · Machu Picchu · ancient ruins · Golden Gate Bridge · Leaning Tower of Pisa · Big Ben · Taj Mahal · Victoria Falls · scenic overlook · Chrysler Building · city skyline · Alhambra · Christ the Redeemer · national monument · Petra
- World LandmarksEiffel Tower, Big Ben, Taj Mahal, Great Wall, Stonehenge