Autumn in Full Swing: The World’s 18 Most Breathtaking Fall Landscapes

By the MOOK Scenic Spots Home Travel & Lifestyle Network Editorial Team

As autumn winds blow, they paint both cityscapes and mountain vistas in a bewitching array of fall colors. A lazy, elegant atmosphere envelops the land, adding poetic charm to travel scenes. Autumn is the best season for travel—free from the intense heat of summer and the bitter cold of winter. In this most beautiful season, explore the world’s wonders in utmost comfort and compose beautiful verses for life. Come and discover these limited-time fall wonders to enrich your travel bucket list.

Jiuzhaigou Valley – China
Jiuzhaigou Valley is Sichuan’s most famous tourist attraction. With its stunning hues, crystal-clear skies, and pristine rivers, it creates a “fairy-tale world” landscape that draws millions of visitors every year. Jiuzhaigou is just a small scenic area in northwestern Sichuan, yet the much larger Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region, many times its size, hides countless breathtaking hidden gems.

Aspen,Colorado,USA
Colorado sits in the Rocky Mountains, offering unique charms in every season. It boasts dozens of America’s renowned national parks and forests. In spring and summer, rolling green mountains and clear waters create a fairy-tale-like scenery. When autumn arrives, hillsides blaze with red foliage in a palette as stunning as an oil painting—it’s also a famed destination for mountain photography. In winter, it becomes a paradise for skiers, with Aspen being one of the world’s most celebrated ski resorts.

Adirondacks,New York,USA

Cléron, France

Mount Fuji,Japan
The Mount Fuji area is a golden tourism destination in Japan. At the foot of Mount Fuji lie the famous Five Lakes of Fuji: Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Saiko, Lake Shoji, Lake Motosu, and Lake Yamanaka. These are volcanic lakes formed after eruptions of Mount Fuji and are all highly popular tourist spots.