What's the biggest tourist attraction you know of near your home?

I live in a city called Pune in India. There are many places which are major tourist attractions around the city. But I think, I would mention the Ajanta and Ellora caves in a place called Ahmednagar which is about 5-6 hours journey by road. These are a group of caves with mind blowing frescoes and carvings based on the life and times of Gautama Buddha and the Jain guru, Mahavira. These caves date back to the 2nd century BC. The caves especially Ajanta had no royal patronage and were carved by Buddhist monks. There is another place called Shirdi which is also very beautiful. It is a pilgrim spot famous due to Sai Baba, a saint extremely revered and worshipped in India. It is one of the most frequented tourist places in India. There are quite a few hill resorts such as Mahabaleshwar, Matheran, Lonavala, Khandala and Panchgani which is famous for its strawberries.

It is about 120 km from the city of Bangalore, there is a lovely bird's sanctuary called RANGANATHITTU. It is believed that in season, birds from Siberia migrate here and stay for couple of months. This sanctuary has hundreds of species of birds and stay throughout the year, because the famous river KAVERI flows through this place, perennial water supply, full of trees, uninhabited by people and no hindrance.

I live in southern Metro Manila, so we're about 1-hour drive away from Tagaytay, one of the few places in the Philippines where you can get cool, fresh air. The view of Taal Lake is breathtaking. There are plenty of hotels and restaurants overlooking the lake serving great-tasting Filipino dishes. Every weekend it's packed with tourists. It's a romantic place too so an ideal venue for a date or even a wedding proposal. It's one of my favorite places in the world.

My favorite place out of all the tourist attractions here in our sunshine state is St. Augustine, which is on the east coast nearby Jacksonville. Known as the oldest city chronicled in the USA, St. Augustine was founded in 1565 by Spaniards for the King of Spain,and was named for a feast day in Spain known as St. Augustine. Over 5 million vacationers are known to visit this city each year. It is a great place for tourists who are drawn to historical architecture like a fort the Spaniards built in 1672 which still stands looking over the ocean. This city is well known for its beautiful beaches and many summer vacation activities from snorkeling and beach volleyball to fishing and biking. St. Augustine is an amazingly beautiful place to visit. If you are ever in our part of the world I think you would not be dissapointed in your visit there. Here is a link for you: http://www.staugustine.com/visit Have a great day!

Pat's and Geno's Steaks I suppose. Philly is known for their cheesesteaks. Its nothing historical but most tourist visit both or atleast one of them during a visit here to Philadelphia. I personally don't see the appeal but whatever. Everything historical is in center city which is far enough from me.

Biggest tourist attraction, eh? Hm, that'd probably have to be the springs i guess! The city is evem named High Springs! There are natural springs around where I live, and the water is super cold so I don't like them much personally, but alot of other people do!Just recently I've heard that people are bottling up the spring water and selling it! supposedly it's supposed to be good for you, and I beleive that. Also, one of the main reasons the springs are so popular is because of the look! most of them come up from one big giant pit, and it's amazing how crystal clear the water is! When they come out, they usually trail off and connect with a huge river, but around the springs themselves it's quite shallow. Where the springwater rises, however, isn't shallow. it's very deep infact!I've heard rumors of underwater caves connecting inside the springs too! The only thing I don't like about the springs is that they're usually jammed packed with people, and usually the people are quite annoying and creepy too. No offense to them or anything, but a chick who calls dudes "Princess Leia" Isn't my kinda girl.:P

I live only a few miles away from Disney World, which is the largest tourist attraction near me. Not to mention one of the biggest tourist attractions in the United States.

Australia has numerous world class tourist attractions, many of them unique to Australia, including the Great Barrier Reef and the outback. The biggest problem here is one of distance. Enormous distances separate attractions in this country, so that visitors usually have to select only one of the many. I have visited a great number and would love to spend a lot more time in the outback, but of the more accessible attractions, it would be difficult to spend a happier day than at Australia Zoo. The Irwins have done a fantastic job there. The staff are certainly well trained in courtesy and helpfulness and public relations and there is no end to things to see and do. One day is not enough. One of the best things is that it is continually improving, with more and more features.

I live in Northwestern Arkansas in the USA....there is alot of American history here......old battlegrounds of the Civil War can be found in many areas close to my home...there is a couple of museums for Veterans of War here as well.... I also live about an hour from Branson, Missouri which is a tourist town with many "shows" and shops, and lots to other attractions for people to do and participate in... Great topic...

The biggest tourist attraction near me is AuSable Chasm. It's a gorge carved by many years of water eroding rocks. It's a nice walk on a beautiful day and there are lots of near shapes to look at. Take care

Hi eprado! :) The biggest tourist attraction here in our city if the 7 falls. A lot of tourist visit it most of the time. :) take care and God bless!

Yeh! I really want to . my hometown is the famous tourist attraction in China.we call it Mount Wuyi.Lots of people came here everyday.I am pround of it.

I live in Chennai, India. There is a city called mathurai down south in our province. There is a temple called meenakshi amman temple, housing the above mentioned godess. It is one of the biggest temples in India. It contains exquisite art work on thousands and thousands of pillars and the temple itself is enormous in size. Both the paintings and the carvings are treaet to the eyes. Was One among the contestents for the new 7 wonders of the world. Dunno much about it but its extremely famous.

I live in Indianapolis, Indiana in the States, and there is not a whole lot here that people come to see. It's a city, but nothing compared to New York, Manila, or Shanghai. We do have the Speedway, so we have people coming in for races every now and then. But, on Indy 500 weekend, this place is completely insane... about 200,000 people come into town for it, and you can't get a hotel room within two hours of the track. The only time that us locals can go out that weekend is during the actual race, because those 200,000 people are all at the Speedway. We also have what is apparently the world's biggest and/or best Children's Museum, and while people do come from out of town to see it, I doubt that number is very high.

The Mission Inn in Riverside California, U.S.A. Former President Richard Nixon had his honeymoon there.

We have lots of museums in the Five College Area where I live the most popular are the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (in Amherst) and the Basketball Hall of Fame (in Springfield). Also really popular is the Mullins Center at UMass campus where plays basketball and hockey. I live in Belchertown, MA USA.

I live in Flagstaff, AZ--so the biggest one here is the Grand Canyon. It's only about an hour and a half away. Funny thing, I used to work there and I kind of miss it....lol