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What's the most beautiful lake in the world?

Is it Lake Atitlán in Guatemala? I don't think many lakes have multiple volcanos rising from the ground on its shores.

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by Anonymousreply 107June 13, 2019 2:40 PM

I'll see your lake and raise you a spring.

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by Anonymousreply 1April 10, 2019 7:12 PM

Lake Como.

by Anonymousreply 2April 10, 2019 7:16 PM

Lake Garda in Italy. I like it much better than the overrated Lake Como and Maggiore.

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by Anonymousreply 3April 10, 2019 7:16 PM

OP, I don’t recall whether it was DH Lawrence or Graham Greene who said that Atitlan is the most beautiful. I agree. It’s gorgeous. Lake Como for the best combo of natural and artificial beauty.

by Anonymousreply 4April 10, 2019 7:23 PM

Lac Leman - Lake Geneva - has varied landscapes all around it. The Swiss-Italian lakes are gorgeous as well. The mountains are not as dramatic as the Alps but the Adirondack lakes are beautiful.

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by Anonymousreply 5April 10, 2019 7:24 PM

Lake Toba

by Anonymousreply 6April 10, 2019 7:54 PM

R1, I grew up swimming in those Florida springs. There are a number of them. We never even worried about gators back then. We just had fun fun fun. We would float down the riverlets that ran to and from the springs on tubes without a care in the world. The only problem was Rock Springs that had rough rocks on the bottom and cut your feet.

Nostalgia.

by Anonymousreply 7April 10, 2019 8:01 PM

Emerald Lake, Canadian Rockies

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by Anonymousreply 8April 10, 2019 8:08 PM

Lake Louise, Canadian Rockies

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by Anonymousreply 9April 10, 2019 8:15 PM

Lake Kalamalka, British Columbia, Canada.

by Anonymousreply 10April 10, 2019 8:19 PM

Agree with R9 Lake Louise is spectacular

by Anonymousreply 11April 10, 2019 8:21 PM

I'm aching to visit Switzerland again specifically to see Lake Lucerne.

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by Anonymousreply 12April 10, 2019 8:27 PM

Lake Placid and Mirror Lake are smaller lakes and the town is a great place for a weekend getaway. A small and friendly town where you can walk to everything. .

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by Anonymousreply 13April 10, 2019 8:27 PM

I get Lake Louise confused with Moraine Lake. They're both just outside the town of Lake Louise. They are both spectacular. So I'm not sure if what I posted was Lake Louise or Moraine Lake. Peyto Lake is also beautiful.

That area of Canada is awe inspiring.

by Anonymousreply 14April 10, 2019 8:37 PM

Atitlán is beautiful, but the series of swimmable, cascading, turquoise pools at Semuc Champey (also in Guatemala) might be even prettier.

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by Anonymousreply 15April 10, 2019 8:37 PM

Laguna Paron in Peru is beautiful.

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by Anonymousreply 16April 10, 2019 8:41 PM

R15 That reminds me of Plitvice lakes in Croatia a bit. Unfortunately these lakes have been completely overrun with tourists. There are narrow wooden pathways that lead you through the park and you can pretty much move only in one direction on them, because there are so many people there.

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by Anonymousreply 17April 10, 2019 8:52 PM

[quote] Laguna Paron in Peru is beautiful.

Don’t cry for me, Lagunatina!

by Anonymousreply 18April 10, 2019 8:54 PM

R17, I've always wanted to go there. If I make it to Croatia, I would like to see it -- it's a shame about it being overrun with tourists, but I guess that can't be helped.

by Anonymousreply 19April 10, 2019 8:57 PM

Another purty lake near Plitvice is Lake Bled in Slovenia. Unfortunately this one has also been ruined by mass tourism. The modern town that grew up around its northern shores is unbelievably ugly.

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by Anonymousreply 20April 10, 2019 9:01 PM

R20, gorgeous.

by Anonymousreply 21April 10, 2019 9:29 PM

Lake Placid -- you might see a celebrity!

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by Anonymousreply 22April 10, 2019 9:46 PM

Come on, DL. Everyone knows it's Lake Dardanelle!

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by Anonymousreply 23April 10, 2019 9:51 PM

Veronica

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by Anonymousreply 24April 10, 2019 9:54 PM

Grinnell Lake in Glacier National Park wins for the best in the US, IMO.

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by Anonymousreply 25April 10, 2019 9:58 PM

Green Lake. Austria

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by Anonymousreply 26April 10, 2019 10:14 PM

There's nothing special about the artifical Lake Reschen in Italy but the sight of a medieval belltower rising from the water is pretty amazing.

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by Anonymousreply 27April 10, 2019 10:16 PM

These are beautiful choices.

by Anonymousreply 28April 10, 2019 10:59 PM

Lake Titicaca in Peru

by Anonymousreply 29April 10, 2019 11:00 PM

OMG R1 I want to just jump in right now!

by Anonymousreply 30April 10, 2019 11:02 PM

Crater Lake, Oregon.

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by Anonymousreply 31April 10, 2019 11:07 PM

Lake Toba for sure and there may be cannibals there too.

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by Anonymousreply 32April 10, 2019 11:46 PM

A lake can be beautiful without mountains soaring in the background. Lake Vermilion on the southern edge of the Boundary Waters in Northern Minnesota.

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by Anonymousreply 33April 11, 2019 12:38 AM

R29 I agree

by Anonymousreply 34April 11, 2019 1:17 AM

My fave - Waterton Lake, Alberta

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by Anonymousreply 35April 11, 2019 1:28 AM

Is Canada known as the Land of a Thousand Lakes?

by Anonymousreply 36April 11, 2019 1:31 AM

Tahoe, bitch.

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by Anonymousreply 37April 11, 2019 1:51 AM

Lake Titicaca.

by Anonymousreply 38April 11, 2019 1:51 AM

Piton de l'Eau, Réunion

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by Anonymousreply 39April 11, 2019 1:53 AM

Lake Waccamaw, which is an unusual large, fresh-water, natural lake in southeast North Carolina.

It was created by a metorite eons ago. Scientists have removed the bones of a whale that they say may date back 1 - 3 million years.

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by Anonymousreply 40April 11, 2019 1:58 AM

Any lake in Canada.....Ontario alone has more freshwater lakes, than the worlds lakes combined

by Anonymousreply 41April 11, 2019 2:21 AM

R29 = scat troll

by Anonymousreply 42April 11, 2019 2:22 AM

Country with the highest number of lakes in the world is Finland. But since Finland is as flat as a pancake they all look very much alike. But I love those tiny lakeside cottages Finns retreat to in the summer.

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by Anonymousreply 43April 11, 2019 2:26 AM

Lower Grinnell Lake in Glacier National Park is my personal favorite

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by Anonymousreply 44April 11, 2019 2:41 AM

Certainly not Lake Titicaca (its name tells you all you need to know).

by Anonymousreply 45April 11, 2019 2:44 AM

Another vote for Lake Louise. All the lakes posted here are beautiful though. Esp the one in Croatia. It looks like a fairy tale setting.

by Anonymousreply 46April 11, 2019 3:18 AM

R46 Here's something to ruin your fairytale fantasy - the boardwalk crowds I mentioned earlier. I think they will have to limit the daily number of visitors sooner or later because these lakes are a UNESCO world heritage site. UNESCO already forced Dubrovnik to cut down on the number of cruise ships that are allowed to park in its harbour because the old town was getting ridiculously overcrowded during the summer.

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by Anonymousreply 47April 11, 2019 3:27 AM

Here's a more peaceful lake to visit in Croatia: "Veliko Jezero" on the island of Mljet.

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by Anonymousreply 48April 11, 2019 3:31 AM

Gorgeous r48.

by Anonymousreply 49April 11, 2019 3:37 AM

Lake Atitlan looks sooo beautiful.

For your consideration, Crater Lake in Oregon.

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by Anonymousreply 50April 11, 2019 3:40 AM

So many of these beautiful lakes are so cold that you'd die of hypothermia if you fell out of a boat.

by Anonymousreply 51April 11, 2019 3:43 AM

R43... Sorry, you're wrong. Canada is more lakes than the world combined

by Anonymousreply 52April 11, 2019 3:57 AM

Correct R14...that's Moraine Lake in R9, minus the busloads of overseas tourists

by Anonymousreply 53April 11, 2019 4:03 AM

Another vote for Lake Louise, Plitvice, Bled and . . .

Lake Manapouri, Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand

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by Anonymousreply 54April 11, 2019 4:07 AM

I agree about the lake in glacier national Park. It is absolutely stunning.

by Anonymousreply 55April 11, 2019 4:15 AM

Yet another vote for Lake Louise, though Lake Como is close behind. (Now I want to see Lake Garda, as well as other lakes mentioned here. Great thread.)

by Anonymousreply 56April 11, 2019 4:28 AM

This one...

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by Anonymousreply 57April 11, 2019 5:29 AM

This pink lake in Australia looks pretty unique.

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by Anonymousreply 58April 11, 2019 4:25 PM

R58 That looks fucking amazing. But I checked the wikipedia page of that lake and it says the lake hasn't been pink since 2007, because it isn't as salty as it used to be and it was the salt that caused that crazy color. Apparently they're thinking about renaming it from Pink Lake to Lake Spencer because of all the disappointed tourists who come there expecting to see pink water.

by Anonymousreply 59April 11, 2019 4:33 PM

R59, interesting! Love the aerial view.

by Anonymousreply 60April 11, 2019 4:35 PM

Is there a nice lakeside village in Ontario? I've been planning an escape and have thought about the Adirondacks but I grew up near there. Please Canadian friends, recommend a lake that has a nice town to explore. Preferable not Lake Ontario. Been there done that.

by Anonymousreply 61April 11, 2019 4:45 PM

Isn't Lake Atitlán in OP's post so polluted at this point the authorities advise tourists against swimming in it? Or am I thinking of another SA lake?

by Anonymousreply 62April 11, 2019 5:33 PM

R62 I knew it wasn't the cleanest lake around but I had no idea things were this bad. This is from a 2016 article:

[quote] Experts confirmed the presence of cyanobacteria in Lake Atitlán in 2009. The toxic strains of the bacteria can affect the liver, kidneys, central nervous system and skin of both humans and animals, and it has been linked to degenerative brain diseases. Seven years later, the lake is still contaminated, says Margaret Dix, a researcher at the Altiplano campus at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.

by Anonymousreply 63April 11, 2019 5:43 PM

Wolfgangsee in Austria, forever immortalized in the opening scene of The Sound of Music.

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by Anonymousreply 64April 11, 2019 5:53 PM

Nearby Hallstätter See is even prettier but for some reason wasn't included in the TSOM opening montage.

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by Anonymousreply 65April 11, 2019 5:56 PM

Lake Michigan and the Sleeping Bear Dunes are breathtaking.

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by Anonymousreply 66April 11, 2019 6:05 PM

Aerial view of the Dunes

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by Anonymousreply 67April 11, 2019 6:06 PM

If you go to Plitvice in Croatia out of season it is not nearly so bad, or at least that was the case just a few years ago. Same goes for Dubrovnik. Avoid June, July and August and the crowds are significantly less. Also, Plitvice has the upper and lower lakes walks - the lower lakes are where the most spectacular and widely shared photos are taken but the upper lakes is a bit wilder and less visited and also very beautiful.

by Anonymousreply 68April 11, 2019 6:07 PM

Queenstown in New Zealand

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by Anonymousreply 69April 11, 2019 7:02 PM

I went skiing in Zell am See, Austria. It was lovely and reminded me of a smaller Lake Tahoe.

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by Anonymousreply 70April 11, 2019 7:09 PM

Laguna 69, Peru

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by Anonymousreply 71April 11, 2019 8:41 PM

[quote] If I make it to Croatia, I would like to see it -- it's a shame about it being overrun with tourists, but I guess that can't be helped.

Be a part of the solution, not the problem. Stay home!

by Anonymousreply 72April 11, 2019 8:47 PM

It's those lazy cruise ship tourists who are the problem, not solo tourists (and I hope R19 is one of these). All cruise ship tourists do is crowd the tourist destinations and spend very little money in the places they descend upon (since they have everything they need on those floating malls they travel with). And cruise ships also pollute the seas like crazy.

by Anonymousreply 73April 11, 2019 9:05 PM

Lough Ouler, County Wicklow, Ireland.

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by Anonymousreply 74April 11, 2019 9:06 PM

Does it always feature beautiful Peruvian ass?

by Anonymousreply 75April 11, 2019 9:21 PM

R71 wins for the naked mens...

by Anonymousreply 76April 11, 2019 9:32 PM

Lake titicaca

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by Anonymousreply 77April 11, 2019 9:52 PM

It's more caca than titty these days!

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by Anonymousreply 78April 11, 2019 10:09 PM

R75, only the brave fellas. I dipped my bare feet into that lake and it's ice cold!

by Anonymousreply 79April 11, 2019 11:24 PM

It's those lazy cruise ship tourists who are the problem, not solo tourists (and I hope [R19] is one of these). All cruise ship tourists do is crowd the tourist destinations and spend very little money in the places they descend upon (since they have everything they need on those floating malls they travel with). And cruise ships also pollute the seas like crazy.

I blame Rick Steves!

by Anonymousreply 80April 12, 2019 12:06 AM

Definitely not a cruise ship tourist -- have never been on one. I would love to visit Croatia though. Their beaches look gorgeous.

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by Anonymousreply 81April 12, 2019 12:09 AM

Lake Baikal in Russia. The world’s oldest, deepest, and most voluminous fresh water lake. Home to many species found nowhere else in the world.

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by Anonymousreply 82April 12, 2019 12:19 AM

The North Shore of Lake Superior is spectacular in spots, though due to the size of the lake it can seem more like an oceanic coastline.

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by Anonymousreply 83April 12, 2019 12:22 AM

Lake Sinclair, Georgia

by Anonymousreply 84April 12, 2019 12:47 PM

Picture please, R84.

by Anonymousreply 85April 12, 2019 1:38 PM

Laguna Glaciar, Bolivia

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by Anonymousreply 86April 12, 2019 6:43 PM

Photo of the lake R84 mentioned. Now I know why he didn't post a pic.

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by Anonymousreply 87April 13, 2019 3:44 AM

Apparently that ugly power plant was demolished in 2016. Good riddance! But the lake still seems very meh.

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by Anonymousreply 88April 13, 2019 3:49 AM

You can't swim in the lake at Queenstown! Too cold.

by Anonymousreply 89April 19, 2019 5:51 PM

The lake in Maine where I went to camp growing up - Echo Lake - north of Augusta, will always be my favorite.

by Anonymousreply 90April 19, 2019 6:05 PM

Ross Lake in the North Cascades National Park, Washington State

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by Anonymousreply 91April 19, 2019 6:22 PM

Crescent Lake, Olympic National Park, Washington State

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by Anonymousreply 92April 19, 2019 6:26 PM

R14 mentioned Peyto Lake, but didn't post a picture of it.

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by Anonymousreply 93April 19, 2019 6:32 PM

Another vote for Lake Michigan. My dream would be to retire and be the lighthouse keeper.

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by Anonymousreply 94April 19, 2019 6:32 PM

Trying this again. I don't think the link I used before is working.

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by Anonymousreply 95April 19, 2019 6:34 PM

Lake St Marys in Montana, that is a very small island in the center.

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by Anonymousreply 96April 19, 2019 6:39 PM

Inle lake in Burma. Truly in the middle of nowhere.

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by Anonymousreply 97April 19, 2019 6:41 PM

a view of one of the temples built on islands in the lake

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by Anonymousreply 98April 19, 2019 6:43 PM

Lake Geneva (France & Switzerland) Chateau de Chillon

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by Anonymousreply 99April 19, 2019 6:47 PM

I stumbled upon this one while driving north to Alaska, when I awoke the next morning it was a smooth mirror, almost a spiritual experience.

Muncho Lake, British Columbia, Canada.

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by Anonymousreply 100April 19, 2019 6:49 PM

Lake Berryessa is such a nice place to go and find a secluded spot.

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by Anonymousreply 101April 19, 2019 6:58 PM

Silver Lake Michigan, the water in the photo is of Lake Michigan though. Silver Lake is right next to Lake Michigan. There is Silver Lake, huge sand dunes and then Lake Michigan going east to west. The dunes are slowing filling in Silver Lake, some day it will disappear.

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by Anonymousreply 102April 19, 2019 7:00 PM

Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire in the fall.

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by Anonymousreply 103April 19, 2019 8:14 PM

Lake Minnetonka.

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by Anonymousreply 104June 13, 2019 1:33 PM

Laguna Humantay, Peru

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by Anonymousreply 105June 13, 2019 2:00 PM

I was in Queensland New Zealand, can't remember the beautiful lake's name but it was featured in Top of the Lake. Anyway, I was bummed to know it is never warm enough to swim in. Many Glacier lakes are not ever warm enough for a swim.

by Anonymousreply 106June 13, 2019 2:24 PM

In U.S. - Lake Tahoe Overseas - Lake Lucerne

by Anonymousreply 107June 13, 2019 2:40 PM
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