Discussion thread on the May 2026 theme: Staircases (page 2 of 5)

Agricultural staircases in the "Cinque Terre" to complement photo #3.



Above the village of Manarola, you can clearly see the terraced fields. It looks like a path climbing from the village up to a building on the ridge. Apart from a few dozen meters of flat ground on a terrace, it’s actually a staircase going "straight up the slope." As for the upkeep of this landscape, I didn’t see anything particularly convincing—just a worrying neglect (this was in 2022).

Hi there,

I’m not sure if photo 3 is off-topic—if it is, I’ll delete it.

A rule of thumb to tell a ladder from a staircase: you need your hands for one but not the other!

Sometimes you also need your hands to climb certain staircases (Angkor, Mayan temples...). Usually, a rope serves as a handrail then.

Kerlingarfjöll from another perspective.

Staircase in Ljubljana Castle:

The viewpoints in Baños, Ecuador, are worth the effort!

Still in Ecuador but in Guayaquil this time!



444 steps lead to the top of Cerro Santa Ana hill.

You’d better not be obese or claustrophobic if you take the narrow staircase up to the Duomo’s dome in Florence...

Lillehammer, Norway, staircase leading up to the ski jump take-off platform.



No need to sign up for a gym to get a cardio session in! 😊

Hi

I don’t know if this photo is off-topic

yeah 😕

You’d asked me about it on May 1st

But feel free to post it in the discussion thread

Good evening!

I can't wait to see your photos of staircases in Gujarat ;)

Preferably those on Mount Girnar (10,000 steps—way better than the Chinese ones!) or the staircases surrounding the minarets of Mahabat Maqbara in Junagadh.

In Palitana, it's not really staircases but more like large flat sections that aren’t too hard to climb.

😛Good evening

Thanks for your simple "principle" to easily tell a staircase from a ladder 😛😛

Hey everyone,

We didn’t make it to Mount Ginar.

You’ll only get photos from Palitana. 😉

I went up the other side. It was still quite a few steps.

That climb was exhausting! Not to mention the heat!

Personally, I’m waiting for the Eiffel Tower! I took the stairs up to the second floor, but that was ages ago, and I don’t have any photos!

There’s also Montmartre...

Google tells me the world’s longest staircase is in Switzerland! 11,674 steps... I’ll pass. 🤪

Another famous staircase in Brussels

Another famous staircase in Brussels

Hi there!

Tintin and Captain Haddock’s place is just a stone’s throw from the Manneken Pis, right in the city center.

The other staircase, posted in message 6 on May 3rd, is inside the Atomium—way (too) far from the city center.

In Dresden (Germany), another staircase with a trompe-l'œil effect.



In Pondicherry (Tamil Nadu, India).



And while browsing online, I found this interesting site:

https://www.curioctopus.fr/read/18896/21-escaliers-metropolitains-que-l-art-a-transformes-en-petits-chefs-d-%C5%93uvre

You might also need your hands to climb some staircases (Angkor, Mayan temples...) Usually, a rope serves as a handrail.

I don’t have a photo on hand, but I remember climbing to the top of the Coba pyramid in Yucatán—you really need your hands (and there’s a rope, too!)

You might also need your hands to climb some staircases (Angkor, Mayan temples...). Usually, a rope serves as a handrail.

I don’t have a photo on hand, but I remember climbing to the top of the Coba pyramid in Yucatán—you really need your hands (and there’s a rope, too!)

On the other hand, I do have photos of staircases at Angkor Wat ;)

Access from the back, the one few people take



The equipped climb toward one of the famous central sanctuary towers, shaped like a lotus



And the other side, with the original stone staircase

When I first went to Angkor, there were no installations at all.

We climbed up the original stone staircases and it was super steep !🤪

That hasn’t been possible for years now.

I also remember the staircases leading up to the famous temple known for its sunset views. It was in really bad shape. Nowadays, you can barely see any trace of it.