This is an example of a picture from Mapcrunch. It's a site that uses images from Google Street View from all over the world. You can also follow the roads along and see different views, and there are pictures from all over the world to choose from:
Some of them are really stunning., but it's worth noting that,since they are all street views, a lot are of suburban streets or motorways and so a bit universal in character. A nice activity might be to show some of these less iconic ones and see if the learners can guess where they are. It could be nice for teaching comparatives and superlatives or doing speaking exercises to descibe scenes. Here are a couple of examples - Which countries do you think they are from?
Give up? Well, it's New Zealand, and Switzerland - arguably two of the prettiest countries in the world!
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