Sunset over the Acropolis from a rooftop bar
A singing Christmas tree and a Baroque abbey
Advent markets with a coffee house between each
Masks, high water, and a mostly empty city
Illuminations, then the first shrine visit of the year
Three Baltic capitals, three claims to the first tree
Where Silent Night was first sung, in 1818
The world's largest winter carnival, at minus twenty
Two Advent capitals, and Germany's oldest market town
Midnight candles, red eggs, wooden churches
The Wiesn, a hill monastery, and Franconia
The market that every other Christkindlmarkt copies
Polar night, Sámi country, and king crab
Tree, windows, rinks, and the Met's crèche
A maypole, pickled herring, and no darkness
Good Friday statues, then a running Risen Christ
Blossom in temple gardens, and crowds to plan around
Nativity cribs shaped like the city's own towers
Some of the heaviest snowfall on earth
Sixty brotherhoods and a procession all night
Barefoot hooded penitents, in the Minho
Opera in a castle, and sauna on the shore
The month the population doubles
Christmas market, torchlight procession, street party
A living Passion play, then pintxos
A procession that lasts twenty-four hours
Blessed baskets, mystery plays, and Wet Monday
Midnight fireworks, roast lamb, smashed pots
The oldest Christmas market in France, then the villages
Light shows, port lodges and a river tree
Tivoli under half a million lights
Advent market by day, outdoor hot pool by night
Flemish squares, ice rinks and winter beer
The bulls, then the beach
Thrones, patios and sherry, without the crush
Hillside quarters, funiculars and street art
Steelpan and mas in Trinidad, reefs in Tobago
Bernabéu, Camp Nou, the Seville derby, San Mamés
Restaurants, museums and late nights in São Paulo
Walled colonial capital, criollo food and bars
Baroque, Candomblé and drums above the bay
Asunción to the Jesuit-Guaraní mission ruins
Four canal cities linked by flat cycle paths
Ciudad Vieja, the rambla and Estadio Centenario
Botero squares, cable cars and Poblado nights
Rhum agricole, volcano ruins and Caribbean coves
Lord's, Wembley, Twickenham and the league grounds
Four Volga cities from Kazan to Volgograd
Colonial old town, the Malecón and live music
Old Trafford, Anfield, Elland Road, St James' Park
Colonial Cuenca, Inca stone, Andean valleys
Winter league ballparks across four Dominican cities
Dutch Caribbean harbours, dive walls and low-rise beaches
Wax palms, coffee farms and Andean hot springs
Five West Indies Test grounds, island by island
Belle Époque boulevards, communist colossus, old-town bars
Gold-rush towns of the Estrada Real
Five cities, five grounds, Maracanã to Fonte Nova
Bombonera, Monumental, Rosario and Cordoba by matchday
Cafes, cobblestones and Zagreb's off-beat museums
Graz's old town, Styrian vineyards and a volcano-rock castle
Mozart's city below an Alpine fortress
Cube houses, market halls and daring modern skyline
Royal squares, beer gardens and Alpine day trips
Dragon bridges and riverside cafes in Slovenia's green capital
Royal castle, grand square and Kazimierz
Victorian architecture, Mackintosh design and live music
Imperial castles, smoked beer and baroque courts
Italy's richest food region, city by city
Windmills, tulip fields and a car-free canal village
Georgian squares, trad pubs and literary history
Porticoes, towers and Italy's best food
Grand spa colonnades and the fairytale bend of Cesky Krumlov
Art, diamonds, and daring fashion in one Flemish city
Ridgeline drives and mountain-town charm
Qvevri wine, sulphur baths, techno until Sunday
Palaces, street food and 24-hour neighbourhoods
Beaches, granite peaks, and samba between them
Gdańsk to Kraków, Poland's history in four cities
The world's highest paved border crossing
Street food, castles and neon nights
Ryukyu culture, coral reefs and slow islands
Geothermal wonders and Māori culture, coast to capital
Cobblestones, smoked meat and bistro culture in French Canada
Mezcal, mariachi and al pastor at 3am
Castle towns and thatched villages through the Alps
Reggae roots meet river and coastline
Blue-tiled mosques, desert wind-catchers and ancient Persepolis
Ancient theatres, oracles and clifftop monasteries
Ten iconic capitals, one legendary rail adventure across Europe.
Atlantic capital of music, markets and history
Coffee farms, Caribbean walls and salsa nights across the Andes.
Painted monasteries, mountain peaks, Black Sea coast
Cold War history meets underground club culture
Vermút at eight, churros at six
Street drinking, then silence for the fado
Tatami, kaiseki and a bath on the balcony
Bunker clubs, live rooms, fish market at dawn
Techno, beer gardens and trains that run all night
Splavovi in summer, courtyards in winter
Vermouth from the barrel, warehouses until dawn
Palaces, coffee houses and a concert every night
Neon streets, shrine calm, unbeatable food
Colonial river ports, mangroves and kora music across two nations
Volcanic islands, royal Tonga and swimming whales
El Chepe rail journey through Copper Canyon's Sierra Tarahumara
Twin towers, hawker feasts and three faiths
Himalayan monasteries, high passes and a Srinagar houseboat
Marble mausoleums, hilltop forts, and dawn on the ghats
Goethe, Bach and Dresden's rebuilt Baroque splendor
Souq nights and museum days on the Gulf
Karst rivers, rice terraces, and minority drum-tower villages
Skyscrapers, blues clubs and a walkable lakefront
Volcanoes, morna music, and five very different islands
Drumbeats, reef pools, and dunes along Brazil's northeastern coast
Cliff-hanging monasteries across the Himalayan valleys
Stilt villages, royal palaces and the roots of Vodun
Rivers, tea gardens and mangrove tigers
Temples, street food and Chao Phraya river life
Country, blues and jazz down Highway 61
Temples, hills and night markets across the Thai north
Rock fortresses, tea trains and colonial forts
Pizza, cave towns and trulli through Italy's deep south
Temples, tombs and coastlines beyond the capital
Dravidian temple towers to India's southern tip
Forts, palaces and desert bazaars
Iconic landmarks, world-class art and café culture
Skyline, museums and pastrami on rye
Temples, lakeside trails and a jungle safari
Medinas, blue alleys and Gibraltar views across northern Morocco
Cenotes, ruins and lagoon towns on one loop
Oaxacan mole, Chiapas highlands and Maya ruins at Palenque
Royal landmarks, world museums and buzzing markets
Monastery towns and Angkor's temples along the Mekong
Cantonese food, colonial history and delta ferries
Colonial towns, Mayan ruins and a Caribbean reef island
Slave-castle history and Ashanti craft towns
Castles, monasteries and rock-hewn churches of the north
Cuba end to end: classic cars, cigars and colonial plazas
Tea-horse road towns and Himalayan foothills
Steak, tango and Parisian grandeur on the Río de la Plata
Colonial coast, Rio icons and Iguaçu's falls in one loop.
One country, five cities, coast to mountains in 14 days.
