10 Lucky Places in the World: Add These Countries to Your Travel List for 2024

1. Trevi Fountain

Location: Rome, Italy - Tossing a coin into the fountain grantees that you will find love and return to Rome. Over $1 million is collected annually and donated to charity.

2. Money Tree in St. Nectan's Glen

Location: Cornwall, England - The trunk of a tree in St. Nectans Glen is packed with coins by those seeking financial prosperity.

3. Gentleman from Paris

Location: Havana, Cuba - Gentleman from Paris is a bronze statue of life-size whos beard and fingers are particularly shiny if you notice. Rubbing its finger brings prosperity and stroking the beard ensures that you will return to Havana.

4. Tunnel of Love

Location: Klevan, Ukraine - Walking through this tunnel with your partner brings you good luck in love. The couple can make a wish while strolling and it will come true.

5. Fountain of Wealth

Location: Suntec City, Singapore - This Fountain was designed keeping in mind the Hindu mandala in order to achieve positive “qi” energy. Visitors encircle the fountain three times clockwise with their right hand stretched out over the water while making a wish.

6. The Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees

Location: Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, Hong Kong - These Trees are famous for their wish-granting abilities. Writing a wish on a piece of paper and tying it to a mandarin orange, and then throwing it banyan tree’s branches is how the wish is made. If the orange gets caught then the wish will come true.

7. The Guardhouse Monkey

Location: Mons, Belgium - It is believed that if you rub the monkeys head with your left hand, you will have good luck for a year. Singles looking for love and couples who wish to have a child can also find luck here.

8. Xia Hai City God Temple

Location: Taipei, Taiwan - This temple has a big track record of singles from around the world finding love after making an offering to the statue of the god of marriage and love here and praying. Successful couples often times return with cakes and cookies to the temple as a sign of gratitude.

9. Intihuatana Stone

Location: Machu Picchu, Peru - This ritual stone is said to grant visitors visions of the spirit world when they press their foreheads onto the stone. Recently the stone has become roped off and tourists are prohibited from touching it.

10. Hagia Sophia

Location: Istanbul, Turkey - The famous wishing column, also known as the weeping column is believed to be a cure for all ailments. Visitors are supposed to stick their thumbs into a small hole in the copper facing of the column and if it comes out wet, it is considered a positive sign.