For those who are afraid of the height, the following destinations with high platforms will be best choices for them. Visitors can observe most easily and most detailedly the whole sight of exotic locations in the world. In addition, visitors can experience a feeling of adventure. However, for those who are so "weak-hearted", they should not visit those places because the magnificent beauty of nature from the height may make you shocked. Let\'s take a tour around the highest platforms for sightseeing in the world and enjoy spectacular views.
Top of Tyrol is a steel structure consisting of a grillage of pillars and nine-meter cantilevers covered by gratings. This site is situated on the height of 3200m from the Stubai Glacier in Tyrol, Austria. Top of Tyrol is really a best mountain-top viewing platform for people who are keen on adventures. Winter is the most ideal time to visit here because of the harmony of wind, sun and snow.
Top of Tyrol (Austria)
Auraland Lookout is located in Aurland, a small town in Sogn og Fjordane, on the West Coast of Norway. Such an impressive platform is made from wooden plates and sheets of glass in the edge creating a curved and firm structure. The sheets of glass in the edge of the platform provide tourists panoramic views to the land below. This breathtaking place was ranked No.1 in the list of the competition "Norwegian Tourist Routes".
Aurland Lookout (Norway)
Dachstein Sky Walk, at 2,700 m above sea-level, is among the best high platforms with panoramic views. Tourists can walk on the glacier and climb Dachstein mountain- also called "Balcony alpina mountain” one of the most famous mountains in the world. The site, located in the eastern Alps, is a great place for mountaineers and nature-lovers from all over the world.
Dachstein Sky Walk (Austria)
Grand Canyon Skywalk is a tourist attraction, located near the Colorado River on the edge of a side canyon in the Grand Canyon West area, Arizona, US. This site is exactly 4000 feet above the ground and extends 65 feet from the end of the Grand Canyon cliff. Skywalk is a remarkable state-of-the-art with the horseshoe-shaped architecture of 4-inch glass walls. The marvelous site can weight up to 70 tons and can withstand winds up to 100 meters per hour.
Grand Canyon Skywalk (Arizona – US)
This site brings tourist enjoyable feeling with the beauty of the sparkling waterfall and the fabulous subtropical forests. In guarani language, "Iguazú" means "great waters". The Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO was discovered by Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541 and formed in 1984. Iguazu Waterfall Hanging Platform is located on the border of the state of Parana, Brazil and the province of Misiones, Argentina. The fall is divided into the upper and lower Iguazu falling from a height of 80 feet.
Iguazu Waterfall Hanging Platform (Brazil and Argentina)
Auckland Tower skyscraper is among the world\'s biggest shopping centers located in Downtown site at the bottom of Queen St., New Zealand. This is a 41-storey skyscraper with the amazing height of 328m. The skyscraper is a perfect construction with 2000 tons of iron, 660 tons of steel and 15,000 cubic meters of cement. Besides, this building can withstand the wind speed 200 km/h, earthquakes estimating 8 on Richter scale.
The sky scraper tower Auckland (New Zealand)
It\'s so wonderful that views of spectacular rainforests, canyons, mountain ranges and city landscapes are seen from astonishing heights. Landscape Promontory is a high scenery platform which has been still in progress and is expected to be completed by the end of 2010. The platform is mainly made of iron and titanium.
Landscape Promontory (Switzerland)
Illawarra Fly Treetop Walk is located at Knights Hill on the ridge near Robertson in the southern highlands, Australia. This site has recently won the award Australia\'s Premier Rainforest Experiences. Tourists also enjoy the beauty of 1500m rainforest with panoramic views of the cliffs along the coastline from Kiama to Shellharbour.
Illawara Fly Tree Top Walk (Australia)
The Infinity Room is a part of the House on the Rock- a regional tourist attraction opened in 1959. House on the Rock is a complex rooms, streets, gardens and shops located in Spring Green, Wisconsin, US. The Infinity Room is hundred of feet from the valley and features up to 3000 hand-made windows at the edge.
Infinity Room at the House of the Rock (Wisconsin – US)
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