'Imperial cities', Meknes, Fes, Marrakech ● Volubilis, Morocco's only Roman site ● Atlas Mountain vistas and charming villages ● Merzouga dunes - Sahara experience ● Dramatic Todra Gorge ● Relaxed seaside town of Essaouira

Two full days among the temples of Angkor, including Banteay Srei's extraordinary rose-pink carvings ● an overnight cruise on the karst-studded waters of Lan Ha Bay ● three evenings in Hoi An's UNESCO-listed Ancient Town ● the Cham Dynasty's remote spiritual centre at My Son ● Cambodia's history confronted honestly at Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek ● a Thai cooking class in Chiang Mai, from market to table.

Sapporo city touring including the Sapporo Beer Museum ● Ainu cultural experiences at Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Museum ● Scenic countryside touring in Furano and Biei ● Riding the Asahidake Ropeway into Daisetsuzan National Park ● Glass-bottom boat on Lake Shikotsu ● Exploring Jigokudani's geothermal wonders ● Hakodate's historic waterfront, Motomachi district and evening ropeway view ● Riding the Shinkansen bullet train ● Oirase Gorge walk and Lake Towada boat ride ● The Edo-Tokyo Museum and Asakusa's Senso-ji temple

Vienna bookend experience: ship introduction plus two immersive nights for museums, opera, and coffeehouse culture ● Schonbrunn Palace baroque gardens with time beyond cruise-day visits ● Exclusive Oktoberfest celebration aboard ship with Bavarian music ● UNESCO Wachau Valley scenic cruising past terraced vineyards ● Melk Abbey's baroque masterpiece and medieval manuscripts ● Budapest's Szechenyi thermal baths where locals play chess in steaming pools ● Jewish Quarter including Europe's largest synagogue and ruin-pub architecture ● Belvedere Palace and Klimt's "The Kiss" with unhurried gallery time.

Plitvice Lakes — 16 terraced emerald lakes and cascading waterfalls ● Hermitage of Blaca — cliff-clinging monastery reached by coastal boat on Brac ● Hvar summit hike to cave monastery above Adriatic island vineyards ● Napoleon's Road — stone-walled vineyard paths across Korcula's interior ● Mostar's reconstructed Ottoman bridge and Museum of War and Genocide Victims ● Kotor's medieval walls above the Mediterranean's only fjord

Cappadocia's fairy chimneys and cave churches with underground city of Derinkuyu ● Rose Valley and Ihlara Gorge walks through volcanic formations ● Lycian Way coastal sections from Kayaköy ghost village to Butterfly Valley ● UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Xanthos and Letoon ● Patara's ancient Lycian capital and 18-kilometre beach ● Chimera's eternal flames and Phaselis's three harbours

Explore Abruzzo and Puglia ● Discover ancient traditions ● Experience stunning landscapes ● Enjoy delectable cuisine ● Hike through picturesque villages ● Explore Rome's hidden corners.

Carnac's megalithic alignments and Jersey's Neolithic passage graves ● Loire Valley châteaux including Chambord and Chenonceau ● D-Day beaches at Juno and Omaha with the Normandy American Cemetery ● Mont Saint-Michel's gravity-defying medieval abbey ● car-free islands of Sark and Herm with dramatic coastlines ● Jersey War Tunnels and the Atlantic Wall fortifications

Akagera National Park wildlife viewing ● Nyungwe Forest chimpanzee trekking and birdwatching ● Virunga Mountains gorilla trekking experience ● Warm Rwandan hospitality ● Stunning Rwandan landscapes ● Once-in-a-lifetime African expedition.