At one of the creepiest observation decks in China.

Modern people, accustomed to a comfortable and measured life, apparently really lack adrenaline. Even watching horror movies and going to roller coasters don't help. Otherwise, how can we understand the fact that more and more tourists are ready to fly to distant lands to visit the most terrible observation decks peace? But just the sight of these structures “hovering” over the abyss should, in theory, discourage anyone from visiting them.

"Skywalk"


Arc-shaped corridor in the USA

The Grand Canyon Skywalk observation deck is located in Arizona (USA). It is an arched corridor that, like a balcony, hangs over the abyss. The floor and walls of this site are transparent, and if you know that you are at an altitude of 1 km 219 meters, it becomes especially creepy. But if you're not afraid of heights, you can enjoy the stunning view of the Grand Canyon, which, by the way, is included in the list World Heritage UNESCO, and the Colorado River flowing somewhere far below.


The sky walk is not for the faint of heart.

The Skywalk site was opened 11 years ago, and over the years its popularity has only grown. Particularly anxious visitors are reassured by the fact that the thickness of the glass floor is 10 cm, and this unique design can withstand eight times more than that the load it usually experiences is almost 5 tons per square meter.

Bridge in Engelberg


Bridge over mountain peaks.

Pedestrian bridge on ski resort Engelberg (Switzerland) is considered the highest in the world. At the beginning of the last century, a cable car was opened here, and it was possible to travel only by cable cars. Now you can walk over the snow-covered mountain abyss on foot - along a narrow (less than a meter wide) bridge, which, by the way, also swings.


Scary, but beautiful.

The entire path takes 150 meters, and if you don’t think about the fact that you are at an altitude of 500 meters, you can try to pull yourself together and take pictures of the gorgeous views of the Alps along the way.

Observation deck at Alspitze


Two arcs suspended in the sky.

The Alpspitze observation deck (Germany), opened 8 years ago, consists of two crossed arched balconies-bridges protruding 13 meters above the two-kilometer abyss. From here they open beautiful views you can look at the mountains and remote villages, and at the thick clouds you can look not from the bottom up, but from the top down.


For the sake of such beauty it is worth overcoming fear

Many visitors notice that when they step on the grated floor, the structure vibrates slightly and becomes very eerie. And here a piercing wind very often blows, and at such moments it seems that you are just going to be blown away.

"Trail of Terror" and "Bridge of Terror"


This observation deck is recognized as the scariest in the world.

"Glass Sky Path" is like a long balcony attached to Tianmen Mountain in Chinese province Hunan is just one of several such observation points in the Middle Kingdom, but it is usually the one that causes the greatest horror among travelers. And although its length is only 60 meters, the 1.5-kilometer abyss under the glass floor involuntarily forces especially impressionable tourists to literally “walk along the wall.” And the fact that you are walking along a sheer wall makes it seem like you are a real climber, and this makes the path even more exciting.


Above the abyss you involuntarily press yourself against the wall.

Not far from this observation deck there is another “trail of fear”, which is a very long and transparent suspension bridge. It is located at an altitude of 180 meters, but is considered the most terrible and longest (300 meters) of all such bridges in the world.


The world's longest bridge of fear.

This path is also creepy, although incredibly beautiful, but the structure itself is much wider and more impressive than the “path” on the rock. However, before this bridge was wooden and even then there were daredevils to walk across it.

"Sky Bridge" Langkawi


From this creepy bridge you can see all the beauty of Malaysia.

Malaysia also has a scary observation deck - this is an arched bridge built 10 km from Langkawi airport. The structure connects two mountains, and its only support is a metal pylon in the center. To get to the bridge, you first need to ride one of the funiculars that start from the local village, and then climb to the southern end of the bridge by an inclined elevator or on foot along the path.


Even in this paradise planets can tickle your nerves.

To make walking along this long corridor more scary and at the same time more interesting, there are transparent “windows” under your feet every now and then. And at both ends of the bridge there are triangular viewing platforms from which the beauty of Malaysia opens up in full view.

Hello. Observation platforms around the world always attract many tourists who want to get some unusual and unforgettable sensations while on their journey. Do you know where the highest observation decks are, where travelers strive to get to get their share of adrenaline?

In French Alps at an altitude of 3842 meters there is a glass cube that hangs over the abyss. Photos from such a height they will be better than from a copter, and you will definitely never forget your sensations. All visitors to this observation deck are given white slippers, but this is without any ulterior motive, simply so as not to scratch the transparent floor.

Price

The cable car in both directions costs 57 euros per person, and after the cable car, you need to walk along the bridge between the rocks and then take the elevator to the cube itself.

The longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world

Where do you think he is? That's right, pride in our country is simply bursting, it is located in Russia, in Krasnaya Polyana. To visit it, you need to visit the SkyPark mountain park and there you will find this unique structure. Length suspension bridge is 439 m, and it is located at an altitude of 207 meters from the ground.

Only from this point can you see and admire all the beauty of the Akhtyn Gorge and the surrounding mountains. But, you should not be afraid of such a height, being on the bridge, as its creator assures, the bridge is able to withstand hurricane winds and an earthquake of up to 9 points.

In the same amusement park, for extreme sports enthusiasts, there is the Mowgli rope park, where the most challenging adventures await you at an altitude of 107 meters. high swing in the world. And in the near future, you will be able to dine at a restaurant that will be located on the edge of a cliff.

How much does the ticket cost?

Today, to visit the bridge, the prices are as follows: a ticket for an adult costs 1,250 rubles, for children under five years of age and adults over 75 years of age, admission is free, and for children from 5 to 12 years old, a ticket will cost 600 rubles.

Viaduct in the city of Millau in the south of France

This is the highest cable-stayed road bridge in the world. So, when traveling around France, do not forget to take a ride through this attraction. The bridge is 2.5 km long and is part of the road from Paris to the town of Beziers. Almost 400 million euros were spent on its construction, so there is a toll to travel across it, and in about 80 years the bridge should pay for itself.

What's the fare

To drive across the bridge in a passenger car, you need to pay six euros, and lovers of two-wheelers Vehicle(scooter, motorcycle) almost 4 euros.

Petronas Towers Glass Bridge

It is located in Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, where the Petronas towers are located (their height is 452 m), and glass bridge located between these skyscrapers at an altitude of 170 meters. It’s not easy to get here (only 300 people a day), first you need to stand in a queue for many hours, and if luck smiles on you, then for $24 you can safely walk around this glass structure, and also go up to another observation deck on the 86th floor.

Willis Tower of America in Chicago

Most tall skyscraper in the USA, its height is 443 meters, and the observation deck consists of four glass balconies that extend from the building at the 103rd floor level, which can accommodate no more than five people.

In good cloudless weather (visibility up to 80 km), in addition to views of Chicago and its environs, you can still see the territory of four states, such as Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.

What is the price?

As always when visiting such unique places, you need to stand in a long line and get a ticket, paying only $16. But the wait is worth the experience.

Skyscraper Lotte World Tower in South Korea

This building is located in Seoul and houses (from the 117th to 122nd floor) the highest stationary, glass observation deck in the world, SeoulSky. From there, in clear weather, you can see the surrounding area for several tens of kilometers.

In addition, in the building itself there are:

• The largest aquarium in the world.
• The highest altitude swimming pool in the world.
• Cinema with the world's largest screen.

How much does the ticket cost?

For a ticket you will have to pay $27 for an adult, $24 for a child. There is also a ticket that allows you to skip the line and costs $50.

The tallest single-support bridge in the world

It is located in Malaysia on the island of Pulau Langkawi, above the gorge at an altitude of 700m. This bridge is supported by just one metal support with the help of eight cables. It has 2 observation decks from which you can take stunning pictures, the main thing is camera do not forget.

Visit price

The ticket costs about $13, and you need to get here by cable car (2.2 km), then another glass elevator, in general, an excellent excursion. By the way, the price also includes a visit:

• 6D - cinema.
• 3D - museum.
• Planetarium.

Sky Trail in Arizona in the USA

This observation deck is located in national park America's "Grand Canyon" is at an altitude of 1219 meters and still hangs 20 meters above the cliff.

What is the price

Tickets for one person will cost $30.

The scariest attraction in the world

You can “tickle” your nerves in China in the Hunan province, where the national park Zhangjiajie. There is the famous “Trail of Fear” at an altitude of 1400 meters. To get to the observation deck, you must first overcome this “path” (or yourself) in the shoe covers that will be given to you. If you still decide to take a walk over the abyss, you can visit the Heaven’s Gate restaurant and temple at the top of the mountain.

Price

To visit the “Trail of Fear” and the temple you will have to pay $37 per person, and a 7.5-kilometer long cable car will help you get to the trail.

Observation deck in the Bavarian Alps in Germany

It is located on the Alpspitz mountain peak at an altitude of 2628 meters and consists of two crossed platforms. One of them is extended 13 meters above the abyss, and the second 11 meters.

Ticket price

For the funicular, with which you will get to the observation deck, you will need to pay 27 euros for an adult and 15 euros for a child. What if your dog suddenly wants to admire the views too? Alpine mountains, then a ticket for your pet will cost 4 euros.

Good to know

And on earth, it is no less interesting to visit the longest tourist one, which is located in China, or spend the night on a floating one, which is located in the Japanese park “Huis Ten Bosch”.

I wish you to visit as many interesting places as possible.

For many years now no one has been surprised by glass walls and roofs. But there are also many structures in the world in which transparent is floor. Most often these are buildings that are related to tourism. And today we will talk about 10 most beautiful and unusual similar cases from all over the world.

Glass balcony in a Chicago skyscraper

On the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower in Chicago is one of the most unusual observation decks in the world. Its most interesting element is the all-glass balcony that protrudes outward. Even the floor in this architectural element is made of strong transparent material, which gives it a special extreme.

For five years it was believed that this glass floor was absolutely safe for visitors. But recently an emergency occurred - the strongest glass in it burst. There were, of course, no casualties. But the company that operates this observation deck in the Sears Tower has taken measures to ensure that this never happens again - it has installed even stronger and thicker glass.

And if the Sears Tower skyscraper was put into operation in Chicago in 2009, then in Moscow there has been an observation deck with a glass floor for several decades. It is located at an altitude of 337 meters in the Ostankino TV tower.

But this is not a balcony. The glass floor on the observation deck in Ostankino is built in separate blocks into a regular floor. Each of these elements is designed to support a weight of up to 10 tons.

Observation deck over the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River

The Grand Canyon is one of the most popular and most visited tourist attractions in the United States of America. And in 2007, a very unusual object opened on one of its slopes - an observation deck Grand Canyon Skywalk.

It is unusual in that this horseshoe-shaped structure, hovering above Grand Canyon Colorado River, has a glass floor. And people walking along it are essentially walking over a 350-meter abyss of one of the most beautiful places on the ground.

Statistics show that about 10 percent of Grand Canyon Skywalk visitors, after seeing this glass floor with their own eyes, refuse to walk on it, even though they have already paid money to enter the site.

Even more terrifying for some visitors is walking along a scenic path in the Tianmen Mountains in Hunan Province, China. After all, about seventy meters of the path pass through a structure with a glass floor. And this is at an altitude of 1.2 kilometers!

However, several years ago the path in this place was even more terrible and dangerous. After all, the modern tourist path is located on the site of the old path of the monks who lived in these mountains. And they didn’t have any glass floor or safe railings - they walked along separate ledges, clinging to hooks driven into the rock and ropes stretched between them.

The futuristic-looking Apple store in New York became the first building of a huge network that later entangled the whole world. It has spawned many imitations all over the planet. And not only the walls and ceiling, but also the floor are made of glass in this building. True, the latter is slightly foggy so that people on the lower floors cannot “admire” from below the intimate parts of the body of store visitors walking on the level above.

A glass floor inside a building is possible not only in tall skyscrapers or multi-story stores. It is quite appropriate to do it in . Especially if it is located somewhere in the Maldives and stands on stilts in the middle of the warm azure ocean.

One of the buildings of the LUX* Maldives hotel boasts such an interior. In the living room of this bungalow, a coffee table sits on a glass floor, and armchairs and sofas are arranged around it.

There are similar design elements in other hotels in the Maldives. For example, in Water Villa on Nunu Atoll.

Radio tower Sky Tower, like the Ostankino TV Tower, boasts an observation deck with glass floor elements located at an altitude of more than 300 meters above the earth's surface. But still, another similar element of the Sky Tower design is more interesting to us.

When ascending to the above-mentioned observation deck in the Sky Tower, the tourist rides in a high-speed elevator, which has part of the floor also made of glass. True, he has to admire not the panoramas of the city of Auckland, but the elevator shaft of the tower.

In some booths cable car Ngong Ping 360 in Hong Kong, even those people who, in principle, are calm about heights, are afraid to sit down. But they also cannot travel in a trailer flying through the sky, which has strong, bullet-proof glass installed instead of the usual floor.

These cabins on the Ngong Ping 360 cable car are called Crystal Cabins, and travel in them costs more than in ordinary cars with a metal floor.

In another Chinese metropolis, Shanghai, it's not a cable car cabin that has a glass floor, but a hotel pool Holiday Inn. Moreover, this part of it is a balcony located on the twenty-fourth floor of the building.

This is one of two cases in this review where best views They open onto the glass floor not from above, but from below. A person swimming in such a pool will look like an airplane flying across the sky to others.

The Sundial Bridge over the Sacramento River in the Californian city of Reading is known throughout the world for two facts. Firstly, it was built according to the design of one of the greatest architects of our time - Santiago Calatrava.

Secondly, the surface of this pedestrian bridge completely covered with transparent glass, which allows you to achieve incredible visual effects both during the day and in the evening.

We are already accustomed to glass panoramic walls, but what if there is a glass floor?

What if this floor is at an altitude of 100 or 1000 meters?

The glass cube is located on the 88th floor of the Eureka Tower in Melbourne.

The observation deck “sticks out” from the high-rise building by 3 meters.

The deck is located 300 meters from ground level.

Skywalk platform observation deck in Sydney, Australia

Outdoor observation deck at Sydney Tower.

The outdoor observation deck is at an altitude of 268 meters, and at an altitude of 250 meters there is a closed observation deck with a regular floor.

Five Fingers observation deck in the Austrian Alps

The Five Fingers site is located above Lake Hallstatt in Austria.

Each of the “fingers” protrudes 4 meters above the abyss 400 meters deep.

All “fingers” have their own flavor.
there is a frame on the first finger so that visitors can take a photo portrait as a souvenir;
the second finger has a floor made of transparent glass so that visitors can literally “hang over the abyss”;
the third (central) finger is shorter than the others and is closed to visitors - this symbolizes the inaccessibility and freedom of the mountains;
at the fourth finger there is a hole in the floor through which you can observe the cliff below;
a free telescope is installed on the fifth finger.

Observation deck in Triassic Park, Austria

The coral-shaped observation deck is located in Triassic Park, Waidring, Tyrol.

The floor on the site is partially glass.

Tower Bridge in London, UK

The glass floor of the gallery at the top of Tower Bridge is 42 meters high, 11 meters long and almost 2 meters wide.

Visitors can watch the bridge being raised and see ships sailing along the Thames.

AlpspiX observation deck in Germany

The AlpspiX observation deck is located above the "Hell Valley" in the Bavarian Alps.

The platform consists of two crossed platforms. One of them is “pushed” into the abyss by 13 meters, and the other by 11 meters. The length of each platform is 24 meters and the width is 3 meters.

The floor, however, is not glass, but lattice, but still transparent, everything is visible.

Observation deck in Jasper National Park,

Alberta, Canada

In Canada's Jasper National Park, located in Alberta, there is an observation deck called Glacier Skywalk.

It is located at an altitude of 280 meters above the Sunwapta Valley.

Observation deck on the TV tower in Calgary, Alberta Province, Canada

The observation deck is located on the television tower in Calgary.

Height above ground - 191 meters

Suspension bridge in Hunanpijang village, Hunan province, China

The bridge is located above the gorge at a height of 180 meters.

The bridge is constantly swaying in the wind!

Bridge on Tianmen Rock, Hunan Province, China

In Hunan Province, China sheer cliff Tianmen is 1430 meters high and has a glass observation bridge.

The length of the glass section is 60 meters, the width is about a meter

Tourists are given cloth galoshes to walk along the glass walkway, which is 2.5 inches thick.

There are also cantilevered viewing platforms. There is glass under your feet, and under the glass there is an abyss.

Yunduan Bridge in Chongqing, China

The bridge is built on top of a steep cliff.

The length of the suspended platform is 26.68 meters, and the depth of the gorge under it reaches 718 meters. The structure was designed to withstand an earthquake of up to magnitude 8.

The Yunduan Bridge can accommodate up to 200 people at a time: the structure is designed for loads of up to 9 tons per square meter.

Glass corridor and observation deck in Shanghai, China

The glass corridor and observation deck are located in the Shanghai World Financial Center.

The floor is not solid, but consists of individual glass inserts. The height above the ground is 474 meters.

Observation deck on the Ostankino TV tower, Moscow, Russia

The observation deck of the Ostankino TV tower is located at an altitude of 337 meters.

Each of these elements is designed to support a weight of up to 10 tons.

Observation deck " Heavenly Path"over the Grand Canyon Skywalk, USA

Skywalk Observation Deck is the world's first horseshoe-shaped cantilever glass bridge, soaring above the Grand Canyon at an altitude of about 1200 meters and at a distance of 21 meters from the edge of the abyss.

No cables or brackets limit the 720° view. The bridge's 10 cm thick transparent floor and its entire open glass structure make it possible to "step off the edge" Grand Canyon", look at this amazing miracle of nature from a bird's eye view.

The Skywalk bridge is 3 m wide, 42 m long, and the walls are 1.5 m high. Today, the Grand Canyon SkyWalk is the tallest building in the world and the first structure of its kind in the world, and the reinforcing bars holding the bridge are the largest in the world. Interestingly, no cranes were used during the construction of this engineering miracle.

"Infinity Room" over the abyss in the USA

The Infinity Room is located in Wisconsin.

The "endless" room has 3,264 windows and ends with a glass floor above the treetops.

Glass balcony in Chicago, Illinois, USA

The glass balcony is located on the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower in Chicago. In total, the skyscraper has 110 floors.

There are 4 glass balconies and each of them can withstand a load of 5 tons.

The height above the ground is 412 meters, the width of the balconies is 1.22 meters.

Observation deck “Step into the Void” in the French Alps

Observation deck "Step Into the Void". located at the top of the Aiguille du Midi mountain in France

The glass room has five transparent sides, each of which consists of three heavy-duty glass layers.

And under your feet - 1035 meters of alpine air and glaciers, ahead - a magnificent view of the French, Swiss and Italian Alps.

A few days ago, after two years of renovation work and 30 million euros spent, the Lower Tier was opened to the public. Eiffel Tower. The main attraction of the reconstruction was the installed transparent glass floor, which partially replaced the usual covering. From now on, millions of tourists will be able to climb panoramic platform and find yourself without visible support under your feet at an altitude of 57 m above Paris.

Indeed, it is a terrifying sight, but it is not the most mind-blowing observation deck in the world.

The “Path of Faith” on Mount Tianmen (Hunan Province, China) was built at an altitude of 1430 meters.

The glass balcony of Chicago's Willis Tower (the second tallest building in the Western Hemisphere) is located on the 103rd floor, at an altitude of 412 meters.

Attraction “Step into the Void” (Chamonix, France), at the top of the Aiguille du Midi peak (3842 meters). A completely transparent glass cube hangs over an abyss whose depth is 1035 meters.

A huge viewing terrace at an altitude of almost 250 meters above the Dachstein glacier (Austria), the floor of the front part of which is covered with glass, is called the “balcony of the Alps”.

Glass balcony over the Grand Canyon (USA). The platform with a 20-meter ledge hangs at an altitude of almost 1200 meters. According to the creator of this masterpiece, David Jean, visitors should feel the flight of an eagle.

The glass floor of the CN Tower skyscraper, a symbol of Toronto, was built in 1994 and was the first of its kind. Tourists can enjoy views of Toronto from a height of 340 meters.

Tokyo Skytree is the tallest television tower in the world. One of the two observation platforms with a glass floor is located at an altitude of 350 meters.