These stiff or dangerous stairs will give you vertigo
Attention to walking as you climb these stairs , be it to mount steep mountains, narrow streets or famous temples. From the slope to 70% of the steps of the temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, to the slippery path of the waterfall Paílón del Diablo in Ecuador, the scariest stairs in the world are sometimes as beautiful as terrifying.
Even the world's most daring traveller will experience difficulty climbing Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California, where a cable ladder is required to climb the slope of 400 m. From the top of this summit, or from the roof of a church, a mountain or a statue, the view is beautiful And we'd like to spend time watching what's around us. It will however first have to climb the many steps which allows you to reach the panorama so sought.
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The stairs can impact your memory as much as the places they lead you. Before you travel around the world for these impressive places, make sure to take a look at these stairs for the least intimidating.
Cascade Paílón del Diablo, near Baños, Ecuador
Inca Road to Machu Picchu, Peru
To visit the Temple of the Moon Machu Picchu , you have to climb the steps of the inca paths.
Janssen Observatory in Mont Blanc, France
Stairs of the Great Wall of China
Parade of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
Flørli staircase, Norway
It is the largest wooden staircase in the world, 4444 steps, reaching 740 long.
Batu Cave Stairs, Malaysia
Close steps of the Duomo de Milan, Italy
Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, United States
Statue of Liberty, New York, United States
Haiku Stairs, the stairs of paradise in Hawaii
Temple of Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Mounted on Uluru/Ayers Rock, Australia
It is not really a stairway but rather a path on which a rope was built to climb to the top of the Uluru. However, it is a sacred land for the aborigines, and despite the fact that the Uluru climb is not prohibited, it is better to respect their beliefs and not climb on the rock. For the record, many people died trying to climb it, including heart attack.
Stairs of Mount Huashan, China
These stairs are the most dangerous in the world and are cut to the rock.
Verrückt, Kansas City, United States
This is the the world's highest water slide with 51 meters and the fastest in the world with 104 km/h.
spiral staircase of the Taihang Mountains, China
Which one of these stairs impressed you most?
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