About us
A platform dedicated to the wonders of the world
Seven Wonders Tours brings together the information and tickets you need to visit the New Seven Wonders of the World.
Photo: Francesco Bini (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What we do
Planning a visit to a world heritage site deserves clarity
Visiting the Great Wall, Petra, Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu, Chichén Itzá, the Colosseum or the Taj Mahal comes with its own rules: named tickets, timed entry, required documents and each site's policies. Seven Wonders Tours organizes this information and offers a simple booking process for travelers planning their trip.
Each attraction has a page with historical context, verified practical information and the ticket options available. At checkout you only enter the details the booking requires, and you can track the order, payment and booking separately.
How we work
Our principles
Information with a source
Visitor information comes from official channels and is published with the source and date checked. If something can't be verified, it isn't published.
Conditions before payment
What's included, what isn't and the cancellation rules are shown before you buy, not after.
Only the data we need
Checkout asks only for what each booking requires, and prices are always recalculated on our servers from the catalog.
Focus on what matters
Seven destinations covered in depth: history, cultural context, practical information and ticket options.
Context
The New Seven Wonders of the World
The New Seven Wonders of the World campaign was launched in 2000 by Swiss-Canadian filmmaker Bernard Weber as a private initiative run by the New7Wonders Foundation, based in Switzerland. The idea was to invite people around the world to choose, through internet and telephone voting, seven human-made monuments as symbolic heirs to the wonders of antiquity. The final round brought together 21 finalists, including the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House, and Angkor Wat.
The results were announced on July 7, 2007, at a ceremony held at the Benfica stadium in Lisbon. The winners, in no particular order, were the Great Wall of China, Petra, Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu, Chichén Itzá, the Colosseum, and the Taj Mahal. The Pyramids of Giza—among them the Great Pyramid, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing—were withdrawn from the vote and granted honorary candidate status. The vote has no connection with the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Sources
- New7Wonders — Official declaration of the New7Wonders of the World in Lisbon on 07.07.2007
- New7Wonders — New 7 Wonders of the World and the 21 Finalists
- New7Wonders — Pyramids of Giza
- New7Wonders — New7Wonders project history
- New7Wonders — How did the New7Wonders movement begin?
- New7Wonders — FAQ
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre — UNESCO confirms that it is not involved in the “New 7 Wonders of the World” campaign
- Daily News Egypt (AFP) — Egypt’s pyramids out of seven wonders contest (20/04/2007)
- CNN — New 7 wonders of the world named (07/07/2007)