“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ― W.B. Yeats
Travel, by its very nature, is all about a switch in perspective.
When we’re in unfamiliar territory, things that seemed incredibly important in our everyday lives can suddenly seem trivial. And things that were trivial to us in our day-to-day lives (like a comfortable bed, or a good meal) are suddenly cherished.
So I was thrilled when our fellow travel bloggers (and genuinely awesome people) Heidi and Alan at Wagoner’s Abroad tagged us in an Across The Rooftops photo challenge, first started by Marianne from the East of Málaga blog.
From the post The Best of Lisbon 10 Things You Shouldn’t Miss
Looking down over the Tagus River
Searching out a great vantage point, and gazing out over the rooftops is one of my favorite ways to play with perspective when we go somewhere new. It’s always a bit disorienting to see a city from up high, but that’s the joy of it, I think.
Here are a few of my favorite places in the world to look down across the rooftops.
From our article Falling in Love with Porto: In Photos
Looking down from the hills above the Duoro river
Porto’s Ribeira district from the Dom Luis Bridge
Taken from Walking the Cold Walls of Avila and Enjoying the Sunshine
Looking down on the newer section of Avila, Spain
From our post This Should Be On Your Bucket List: A Hot Air Balloon Ride Over The Cave Houses Of Cappadocia
Taken from our hot air balloon basket: Ortahisar Castle and abandoned Cave Houses
From the article VIDEO: Hot Air Ballooning with Butterfly Balloons in Goreme Turkey
Photo taken in Toronto, Canada, in early 2013.
Skyline in Toronto, Canada
From our post Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
View of KLCC Park from Petronas Towers Skybridge, Kuala Lumpur
From our article A Tour of Morocco Through our iPhone Lens
Looking down on the valley at Ait Benhaddou Morocco
We hope you enjoyed!
Great post! The first thing I do whenever I arriving in a new city, town or region is find out if there is a good vantage point to view the city from. This has given me some pretty awesome views In my time.
Love it! I knew you would have incredible photos and of course you delivered. The hot air balloon ride view is great.
🙂 Thanks, Heidi. I have to admit it took some serious scouring through our files to dig these up. Ah, someday I’ll have my photos all organized …
I was amazed to see so many hot air balloons in the air in one place. Talk about a crowded sky? The terrain was really interesting. The hilly peaks looked like our giant ant hills in the northern territory of Australia. I’m fascinated by the castle and caves, great photo. I also have a passion for places and rooftops. Nothing like a view over rooftops. thanks found your post really interesting.
lyn, yes, it was pretty crowded in the sky over Göreme. We counted around 80 balloons in the air that day!
Wow! You’ve captured some fabulous rooftops, haven’t you? I was amazed how colourful the rooftops and buildings were in Portugal when we visited last October. It must be AMAZING to take a hot air balloon over the cave houses of Cappadocia. That’s definitely on MY Bucket List!
Love this post! We´re in Copacabana in Bolivia at the moment and our hostel is on a hill that overlooks the city – it reminds me of these photos!
Oh, interesting, I’d never even heard of Copacabana – in Bolivia – before. What a lovely city! Though now I have Barry Manilow’s Copacabana going through my head 🙂
These photos are absolutely stunning! I’m glad you enjoyed your hot air balloon ride! Thanks for sharing.
A hot air balloon flight over Cappadocia?
How cool is that!!!!
Great post!
Great aerials. I am thinking about buying one of those new drones to get these kind of shots. But then again, I suck with photos regardless, so it would probably turn out looking like a blurred pic of a dumpster. Oh well – I will leave it yo you guys.
Yeah, I have to admit that it’s been a long, hard struggle with photography over here, too. It’s taken quite a few years and a lot of sweat and I still have a lot to learn.
Love the drone idea… I’d probably use mine to fly over to the local donair place for takeout.
Lovely- I especially love the photo of the cave houses from the hot air balloon!
Lovely photos! Especially those from Porto, it’s such a stunning city!
We would like to invite you to participate in the next edition of our Travel Photography competition. Every week we publish 3 winning shots on our website and write a nice bio with a link to the photographers’ websites/FB/Flickr pages.
Happy travels!
Really Nice Pictures, very well taken, I like Kuala Lampur photo from the top.
Very cool photos!!
Wow! Great photos. I especially love the ones from Porto.
What a cool post! Love the photos 😉