Sunset over the Acropolis from a rooftop bar
High meadows, mountain huts, and dumplings
Cliff coves, a lagoon, and warm water
Cliff villages, Baroque stone, clear water
The Tuscan hills while they are still green
Provence before the lavender and the crowds
Gorges open, hills in flower, sea still cold
Almond blossom among Greek temples
White sand, clear water, and a Catalan town
The world's largest winter carnival, at minus twenty
Sugar shacks, pea soup, syrup poured on snow
White truffles, Barolo, and autumn fog
Blossom, long evenings, no summer queues
The Wiesn, a hill monastery, and Franconia
Ice cliffs, a ski town, and very good eating
Momiji in temple gardens, deer in Nara
Barefoot hooded penitents, in the Minho
Three cities, and a julbord table in each
Mont Blanc, groomed pistes, and a lake at the end
A living Passion play, then pintxos
Midnight fireworks, roast lamb, smashed pots
Azaleas out, humidity not yet arrived
Four valleys, one circuit, Italian mountain food
The oldest Christmas market in France, then the villages
Nativity scenes, chestnuts, and no real winter
Light shows, port lodges and a river tree
Dune beaches, oysters, and a ferry to the island
Flemish squares, ice rinks and winter beer
The beer gardens reopen under the chestnuts
Three alpine lakes, an hour from Munich
The bulls, then the beach
The harvest, new oil, and empty hills
Empty ancient sites, and a warm October sea
Empty plains, walled hill towns, cheap good wine
Rebuilt old town, Chopin and Uprising history
Gothic old town, modernista markets, city beaches
Baroque capital of porticoes, cafes and chocolate
Restaurants, museums and late nights in São Paulo
First European city in the Americas
Walled colonial capital, criollo food and bars
Ciudad Vieja, the rambla and Estadio Centenario
Rhum agricole, volcano ruins and Caribbean coves
Kingston, Blue Mountain coffee, Portland's coast
Ferrari, Maserati and the circuits at Imola and Monza
Baroque wine towns, Tokaj cellars, the puszta
Harbour capital, rainforest, nutmeg coast and Carriacou
Chalk cellars, vineyard slopes and timbered Troyes
Winter league ballparks across four Dominican cities
Five West Indies Test grounds, island by island
Five cities, five grounds, Maracanã to Fonte Nova
Colonial quarter, gold museum and Monserrate ridge
Soup Bowl, Kensington Oval and the fish fry
Bombonera, Monumental, Rosario and Cordoba by matchday
Old town, lake swims and design shopping
Cafes, cobblestones and Zagreb's off-beat museums
Frescoed basilicas and truffle country in Italy's green heart
Byzantine churches, buzzing markets and waterfront tavernas.
Italian Switzerland's lakeside villages
Granite islands, oyster villages and Nordic seafood
Graz's old town, Styrian vineyards and a volcano-rock castle
Moorish palaces and flamenco in Andalusia's capital.
Trulli, whitewashed towns and cave dwellings across Italy's heel
Barolo cellars, Alba truffles and Turin's cafes
Pizza, catacombs and Vesuvius views
Royal squares, beer gardens and Alpine day trips
Riesling vineyards, riverside castles and Roman Trier
Underground wine cellars and cave monasteries
Bouchons, Roman ruins and Renaissance traboules
Vineyard terraces and lakeside towns around Lac Leman
Balaton's shores and Hungary's volcanic wine hills
Rías, seafood and Albariño wine country
Surf, Basque villages and Pyrenean foothills
Imperial castles, smoked beer and baroque courts
Italy's richest food region, city by city
Prehistoric caves and clifftop villages of the Dordogne
Hilltop truffle towns and the Roman arena at Pula
Grand-Place gilding, art nouveau and chocolate
Castles, cathedrals, and Small Carpathian wine country
Porticoes, towers and Italy's best food
Spa towns, cuckoo clocks and forested valleys
Guggenheim, pintxos and Basque design
Guggenheim, pintxos bars and Rioja wine towns
Storybook villages and cellar-door tastings on the wine route
Classical ruins and olive-oil villages down the Aegean coast.
Madrid plus four walled Castilian cities
Palaces, street food and 24-hour neighbourhoods
Colonial core and vineyards beneath the Andes
Ancient ruins, baroque squares, long lunches
Street food, castles and neon nights
Ryukyu culture, coral reefs and slow islands
Colonial facades, Art Deco seafronts and legendary street food
Cobblestones, smoked meat and bistro culture in French Canada
Mezcal, mariachi and al pastor at 3am
Reggae roots meet river and coastline
Limestone towers, rifugio lunches, and Ladin valley culture
Milan style, then Lake Como villas and ferries
Atlantic capital of music, markets and history
Pilsner roots to Moravian squares
Corsican peaks to Sardinian coves by ferry
Coffee farms, Caribbean walls and salsa nights across the Andes.
Vermút at eight, churros at six
Street drinking, then silence for the fado
Tatami, kaiseki and a bath on the balcony
Techno, beer gardens and trains that run all night
Vermouth from the barrel, warehouses until dawn
Cliff villages, gardens over the sea, boats instead of roads
Karst passes, hill-tribe markets and the Ha Giang loop
Rainforest coast, volcanoes, and high desert on one loop
Colonial port, capital grills, and coastal wine
Neon streets, shrine calm, unbeatable food
Night markets, temples and hot springs
Hills, fog and neighbourhoods with their own personality.
Laneway coffee, street art and food
World-class ceviche meets colonial Lima on Pacific clifftops
Twin towers, hawker feasts and three faiths
Citadels, a Byzantine ghost city, a rock in the sea
Volcanoes, markets, and a legendary Andean train ride.
Skyscrapers, blues clubs and a walkable lakefront
Five islands, five accents, one Caribbean arc
Fishing villages, the Cabot Trail and record tides
Tasting Burgundy's grand crus, hillside by hillside
Thermal baths and Danube-view grandeur in one weekend.
Drumbeats, reef pools, and dunes along Brazil's northeastern coast
Temples, street food and Chao Phraya river life
Ancient ruins by day, rooftop bars by night.
Country, blues and jazz down Highway 61
Temples, hills and night markets across the Thai north
Night markets, gorge country and temple cities by rail
Pizza, cave towns and trulli through Italy's deep south
Temples, tombs and coastlines beyond the capital
Hawker food and garden domes in one stopover
Greek temples, baroque towns and Etna's clifftop views
Provence hill towns to French Riviera coast
Iconic landmarks, world-class art and café culture
Pintxos, cider and seafood along the Atlantic coast
Skyline, museums and pastrami on rye
Medinas, blue alleys and Gibraltar views across northern Morocco
Oaxacan mole, Chiapas highlands and Maya ruins at Palenque
Peranakan food, colonial towns and Bornean wildlife
Backwaters, tea hills and spice gardens
Ramen, onsens and volcanoes across Kyushu
Powder skiing and fresh seafood
Cantonese food, colonial history and delta ferries
Divided-city history, Venetian walls and Aphrodite's coast
Great Wall to the Bund: warriors, pandas and karst rivers
Table Mountain, wine country and two oceans
Waterfalls, Parliament Hill and two historic old towns
Steak, tango and Parisian grandeur on the Río de la Plata
Andean wine country and painted desert canyons
Hill towns to golden coastal cliffs
