This category, despite the strange name, refers to harmony between civilization and nature, creating an idyllic location where one can get lost in nature but always close to convenience. Very few places in the world combine these two elements peacefully and seamlessly. Here are my choices, although I agree with many of the magazines entries.

 

       1. Loire Valley, France

 

       2. Big Sur and the Monterey Peninsula, California, USA

 

       3. Canadian Maritimes ( New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island), Canada

 

       4. Irish Countryside, particular, the Kilkenny, Killarney, and Galway areas

 

       5. Coastal Norway

 

       6. Tuscany, Italy

 

       7. The Alps, including parts of Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland

 

       8. California Wine Country, including Napa and Sonoma Valleys

 

       9. Rice Terraces of Bali, Indonesia or Vietnam

 

       10. Pueblas Blancas (White Villages) of Andalusia, Spain